Beauty's baby, Breezy, is now two weeks old! She's happy, healthy, and growing - and those are good things.
Beauty and Breezy go out in the round pen regularly now and Breezy loves to canter along behind her mom. Her legs are so long that she still looks awkward when she canters, but she can really move. Jasper often helps herd Breezy into the round pen (and back to the stall at night) so she doesn't wander too far.
Breezy's full name is Call Me a Dreamer. The "Call Me" comes from her sire, Call Me Starmaker, and "Dreamer" comes from Beauty's full name, Beautiful Dreamer. Since she doesn't have any spots, we can't register her with the International Spotted Horse registry. If mom finds the money to have Beauty DNA tested to see if she's part or all Newfoundland Pony, we may be able to eventually register Breezy as a part Newfoundland. Time will tell - and Breezy may darken up to be a liver chestnut bay or roan out and develop a lovely lacy pattern.
Classy is having a great month. Delilah came into season last Sunday, so we turned Classy and Delilah out in the riding ring so that he could breed her when she was ready. We saw two successful breedings on Sunday, and Delilah was receptive to Classy's attentions until Wednesday.
Another mare, Allie, is here to be bred by Classy, too. Spot gets to tease her every day to see if she's ready to be pasture bred in the riding ring. She's interested in Spot, but not ready yet.
In June, we'll breed Hey You to Classy and then Lori plans to bring Little Girl to breed to Classy in July. Lucky Classy!
Natasha attended a Hunter Clinic at Rosewood Stables and did quite well. It was the first time that we'd taken Coconut off property and he was super! Here's a video of one of her jumping rounds:
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