Summerfest Breeders' Show 2010

Yes, I know I'm way behind. The gremlins in my computer ate the post that I wrote way back when, so now I'm going to try to catch up.



We took Beauty, Pebbles, Daisy and Peanut to the Summerfest Breeders Show at Kemptville College on August 1st, 2010.



Daisy and Beauty went in the Broodmare (Pony) Class, and Beauty placed 1st, with Daisy placing 2nd. I showed Daisy, and Mom showed Beauty. Susan B and Serge took care of the foals.

Next was the Pony Foal of 2010 class. Peanut and Pebbles were in that class, along with another foal. Pebbles won the class and Peanut placed 3rd. Serge did a great job with Pebbles and I showed Peanut - both of them were so little it seemed like an awfully long run around the ring, even though the judges had us only use half of the outdoor ring.



Since Pebbles won his class, he had to go in the Champions class. In that class, he was up against a lot of much bigger ponies - yearlings, 2-3 year olds and more.



Pebbles won that class, too, qualifying him for the Sport Pony Challenge at the Royal Winter Fair in November!!!! He won a Champion ribbon, a Sport Pony ribbon, a cooler, and a bag of feed.

Beauty went in the Champion Broodmare class, showing against the winners of the CSH and Open broodmare classes. She was Reserve Champion!! Pretty amazing for a little mare that mom bought at Galetta Auction a few years ago, along with her daughter, Firecracker.





Poor Peanut! He was so tired at the end of the day that he fell asleep with his ribbon back at the trailer. He was only 1 month old - and had to run with his mom in every class.



Mom with Beauty and her 1st place ribbon.



Beauty and Pebbles, both showing off their ribbons.



The end result - a ton of ribbons, a cooler (for Pebbles - and all his friends), feed, treats and other stuff.



Pebbles' ribbons and cooler!

We're not sure that he'll ever grow into it, but it's a pretty cooler and we'll find a pony to wear it eventually.

Thank you very much to Susan B for all her help - we couldn't have run all those circles without you to help with the ponies.

Dreaming of Chocolate is here!

Born sometime between 1 am and 3 am on Thursday, May 20, 2010, it's Dreaming of Chocolate (aka Pebbles), a cute and friendly little pony colt! Finally! Beauty's pregnancy went 375 days - well over a month past her due date.



Out of Beautiful Dreamer (Beauty) by Spot My Dream (Spot), he'll be a little pony - probably around 10 hh - when he grows up.


Spot My Dream, Pebbles' father.

He's very friendly and we know Beauty is going to bring him up right. Half sister to Firecracker and Breezy, he's got a white sock in the back, a white coronet band with a splash up the back of his foreleg, and a cute little star on his forehead. No sign of spots, but it looks like he'll be a silvery bay with a chocolate dorsal stripe.

Pebbles almost needs his hooves trimmed as he was so late!

Delilah and Shawn checked him out through the riding ring fence. Shawn wanted to know if he could play with Pebbles, but Pebbles was concentrating on getting lots of milk from mom.

Aggie Moo-Moo has a fly mask on to keep the bugs out of her eyes - she looks like some sort of alien. She quite likes it, though, and doesn't try to rub it off at all.

EastWind Pony Club news

We have two new members! Welcome, Dawn and Emma! We hope you have lots of fun in Pony Club.

Miella and Kiana (from UCPC) are taking Sneakers to the D Rally at Kemptville College this weekend. Miella and Kiana have had a couple of practices with Sneakers to make sure they're ready for Rally - both for the schooling part and for testing on Monday.

The smiles say it all!

The girls had a bit of a challenge as Fire, Breezy, Serenity and S'Heir looked on and occasionally wandered across their path.

Kiana led Emma around the field. Emma even went over the trot poles with Sneakers! Good job, everyone!

Time flies!

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:

Natasha cleaned all her tack, bathed Coconut, and put on her show clothes for the clinic. Don't they look handsome together?