New arrivals this week

First came Peanut. He was born to Miss Daisy on Thursday, June 24th, sometime after the MareStare link was turned off and before morning chores. He's by Spot My Dream out of Miss Daisy and will probably finish around 10 hh. Peanut is Pebbles' half brother.



Next, Candy arrived on June 27th, Sunday morning, about 2 am. Donna, too, managed to foal off camera. :) Delicious Cot'n Candy Dreams belongs to Sue B. and is by a black and white Paint stallion out of Donna Delicious. Candy is Reba's (My Jet Star - Serge's 38 year old mare) great granddaughter.



On Wednesday, June 30th, Anabelle arrived. She's out of She's in Our Soul by Classy Bingo Bar. Soul wasn't expected to foal for another week or two, so the camera wasn't even on. It was quite a surprise to come down and find Anabelle, still damp from her bath (Soul is a great mom) in the stall. We're not sure what colour she'll be, but it looks like she may be a gruella.



That's it for foals for this year. Now we're waiting for Aggie and Cooba to calve. They're both due this month, too.

Happy Canada Day!

Catching up - spring news

Upcoming Events



Coming up in July:


OPEN BARN - July 17th



What's that, you say?


Well, we're having an Open Barn event to thank all the people who helped us in so many ways to get on our feet again after the barn fire last December.



There will be music (possibly by Dog & Pony Sound, Ottawa's top karaoke company), a barbeque, and informative tables and demonstrations by local equine professionals. Some of the participating people include Saddle Ridge Stables, Dr. Jeff Sleeth, and Andrew Droppo will demonstrate his Hay Steamers.



We'll also have a silent auction to raise money for the horse rescue.



Watch for more information right here and on FaceBook.




Spooktacular Fun Show


Mark your calendars now! Our second annual Spooktacular Fun Show will be on Sunday, October 31. There will be leadline and mounted classes, games, a potluck lunch (Mom's making her chili again), and of course, a costume class.





News


Forever Green Stables held their first AERSO dressage show on June 12th. Porto and I did well, achieving scores of 65.65% and 65.36% in our two classes. We brought home first, second and reserve champion ribbons! Our next AERSO show is in St. Lazare on June 26th.




The rain stopped in time for the classes and it was nice and cool for showing.


We're still waiting for Donna and Daisy to foal. Donna looks like she'll foal sometime this week. It would be nice if it happened tonight as I'm off tomorrow.


Classy (Classy Bingo Bar) is sold. He's being picked up tomorrow from Forever Green Stables where Christine was trying to start him under saddle. He's just not interested in being a riding horse, so I felt it was best to find him a new home where he could just stand at stud. His new owner is pleased with her purchase and has agreed to allow us to breed Donna and perhaps Delilah to him next year, as well as honour the breeding contract for Little Girl, Lori's pony.


Shawn (Dreaming in Technicolour - Delilah's colt) and Spot (Spot My Dream) were gelded on Friday, June 11. Both are recovering well. That means that Spook (Cool Blue Dream) is now the only stallion on the property. He's only available for breeding by artificial insemination (AI) and lives in the paddock with the cows.


Aggie and Cooba are both expected to calve soon. We check their paddock regularly to see if there are any new additions.


Dreamscapes Delilah is now a Canadian Sport Horse approved mare!!! She took Second Premium with a score of 71%, with a score of 9.5 out of 10 on her trot. We are thrilled! Thank you very much to Julie and Elisha for arranging and hosting the inspection.




Delilah was exceptionally well behaved throughout the whole experience. She's quite a different horse now than she was a couple of years ago when we rescued her off the meat truck.

Doesn't she look good with her trimmed feet and beautiful red ribbon?
Pebbles (Beauty's colt) and Shawn are both growing well and getting bigger every day. Both colts are handled daily. Shawn will be registered as part Canadian Sport Horse now that Delilah is an approved CSH brood mare. Pebbles will be registered ISHR. They're both for sale, too.








Pebbles and Shawn play together every day. Pebbles is much faster, though, and very nimble. Shawn can't scoot under any of the mares' bellies anymore: he's too tall.



Perfekt Song, the Selle Francais mare that Elisha and Julie adopted, had a beautiful filly. Her name is Muzik. She's very sweet. We're very happy that Song has a great home with wonderful people.






EastWind Pony Club news

Miella participated in the D Rally at Kemptville College on the long weekend in May. She did her D level test and got excellent marks! Congratulations, Miella! Miella's team also placed first in the Stable Management competition. Great job, Miella and Kiana (United Counties Pony Club)! I'm glad to know Sneakers was in good hands all weekend.


We have raffle tickets for sale for the SLOV raffle. Tickets are $2 each, or 3 for $5. Pony Club parents have tickets to sell, or you can email our DC for some. The prize is a handmade tack trunk filled with all sorts of goodies, including brushes, bandages and a saddle bag. The draw is in October.



Two more potential members hope to come to our next meeting. If they join, that will push our membership up to six - the biggest number of members so far.