is what we are doing at the moment..... Waiting for Madame Sweetie to decide to give birth. She has had enough of her stomach, Libby has had enough of her staring at Isabell and quite frankly we are over “mare watch” already. I shudder to think how we managed when we had 7 babies arriving (which is 2 years ago now).
We have definitely decided to give Sweetie and Libby the year off this year and will get them in early next year. Maddie and Joie will go this year … just waiting for Joie’s foot to heal 100% before sending her to Irish. It was quite traumatic for Libby and its funny because baby Isabell is giving her curry because when she settles down to eat, Isabell decides that that is the perfect time to run away from mum … naturally Libby won’t eat because Izy won’t stand still… Ah, the joys of motherhood!
Sweetie stands with her head over the rail and longingly looks at Isabell… Evan and I longingly look at Sweetie’s undercarriage waiting for a sign that she is close. She has changed over the past few days (her tummy has changed and her teats have changed as well), but when she will foal is anyone’s guess!
I spent some time out in the gale force winds today with wee Jim and Maxwell… both boys are looking rather odd … bum up in the air, their shape all over the place… still, it’s that time of the year when the young’ins do do some growing … Max (pictured above) is looking really good .. he has a really strong head and strong features (just the way I like them!). Jimmy isn’t far behind, but he is completely different to Max and will share the same confirmation as his half bro, Lenny. (Let’s hope they can run!).
In all of the foals that have been here from the same mares, it has been interesting to see the family features that follow through the line. Although in saying that, I cannot see Jakey in little Isabell, not just because they are a different colour (!!), Jakey is just the spit of his mum the way that he is put together – really strong through the shoulder and the rump.
Dust in the Wind was a big horse, 16hh and long in the barrel, whereas Private Agenda (Jake’s dad) while he stands 16hh as well, is compact. It’s all interesting stuff.
Pure Theatre stands 16.1h.h (as does Sweetie), and there are two things that Sweetie does pass to her foals and that is 1) Her long thin head and 2) a white near back foot – which both Lenny and Jim possess (actually it’s 3 if you count her assertive nature!!). A grey filly would be nice Sweetie.
Hahahaha – it just ain’t going to happen.
I need to digress…
The Warwick Daily News and the Toowoomba Chronicle ran stories on Friday on the neglect case that I mentioned in my last post. 35 horses were rescued from the property in Clifton that was owned by an ex Olympic swimmer turned failed horse trainer. From the report it says that there were at least 7 carcasses lying in the paddocks … and that this particular bloke just let the horses starve. Do I mention that there were thoroughbred stallions there? A son of RC … I cried when I read the article.
Shame, shame, shame. This should never have happened and this bloke will deserve everything coming to him.
Let me digress again …
Wouldn’t you be upset if you paid $10Million odd for a horse from overseas that ran first up and pretty much last in the Cox Plate? Where would you go from there? Wouldn’t you be crying in your beer?
On the other hand, wouldn’t you have a smile on your dial if you paid $1 for Adavale Hornet who won the Toowoomba Cup on Friday? This boy has amassed over $280,000 worth of prizemoney in his career to this date.
Ah, the ups and downs of racing a thoroughbred. I just love it.
Helen.
"Hi dad, look at me .... a big tummy, my rump sticking up ... iam no picture at the moment ... but I know that you love meeeeeee anyway!"
Max and Jimmy eating their lunch in the gale force winds that really forced us inside. As you can see, both boys are up at the rump. Jimmy still has a bit of a hairy tummy, lol. But they are both good boys to handle.
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