Once again I apologize for the lack of posts: I could have sworn I had updated things around here, but apparently I'm good at fooling myself! There have been quite a few changes in Saddlebredland, most of which revolve around the new additions to our barn.
Duke has been doing better. Poor boy lives wrapped and keeps getting all sorts of stuff painted onto his legs, but he's dealing with it like a champ! He still snorts at his wraps when I'm rolling them up like they're a poisonous snake at least once a week, which never gets old: Have you ever seen a 17 hand horse trying to hide in the corner of a 10x10 stall? It's hilarious!
On top of Boo, the road pony Julie bought in September, the yearlings are back in the barn to start their training. Nut, Ann's filly out of Fantasy, is huuuuuuuuuuge! She's already 15.2, and Ann has been on her back once or twice already. Belle, the girl I work with, is smaller than Nut, but she's also almost 3 months younger. I'm taking things slow with her, and she seems to be learning her lessons.
I bought a weanling filly at Tattersalls last weekend! Winsdown The Heights, better known around here as Ramora, is a six month old chestnut filly by Hi Octane. That's her getting sniffed by Duke. She's going to be fun to work with for next years futurity classes at Springfield!
Another new addition is our rescue, Memories Majesty. Apparently his barn name was Champ, but I started calling him Skinny, and it just stuck and will probably continue to stick even when he is hog fat. He came to us in August, weighing just 760 pounds. I'm proud to say that he has gained almost 200 pounds and is much stronger, but I'd like to see at least another 150 on him. He's such a sweetheart, and he lets me use him as a guinea-pig without complaint - I was trying to figure out/practice braiding mane and tail hunt-style, and he never twitched his tail once. I think he's going to be a hunt horse, so that will be a new experience for me! I apologize for the bad-quality pictures, I took them with my cell-phone.
