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December
31, 2007
December 31,
2007
I
can’t
believe
that tomorrow
will
be
2008
and
soon
the
new
babies
will
be arriving.
This
is
the
most
exciting
time
of
the
year
for
me.
The problem is,
as I
get
older,
I
get
more
critical
and
expect
more
from
the
foals
and
am
disappointed
if
they
are
not
what
I
want.
This
year
will
be a
banner
year compared
to
last
year
when
we
only
had
two
babies.
The
first
foal
will be
born in
January
and
will
be
sired
by
Kids
Classic
Style
and
out
of
Miss
Bunny
Tardee,
who
will
be
22 in
2008.
We
have
two
embryos
coming
out
of
her
but
the
second
one
by
The
Finest
Mocha
will
not arrive
until
the
end
of
May.
Wisconsin
has
had
a
lot
of
snow
and
cold
this
year.
Mike
says
it
is
an
“old
fashioned
winter”
It
is
really pretty
and
I
snapped
a
few
winter
scenes
for
those
of
you
who
have
to
suffer
in
the
warm
climate
(now
do
you
think
I
really
feel
sorry
for
you?)
I
know
that
I
have
not
been
keeping
current
on
the
news
and
I
can’t
imagine
why
I gotten
so
lazy.
I
guess
I
have
to
blame
it
on
the
lack
of
babies
this
year.
One
thing
about
it,
if
that
is
the
case,
I
will
be
updating
every
few
days
next
year
as
we
are
expecting
so
many
foals.
Let
me
tell
you
about Coco
(No
Kid
Left
Behind) Roger,
Lanis
and
I decided
to
let
her
“be
a
horse”
as
she
is
already
qualified
for
the
2008
World
Show.
She
is
really
enjoying
it---growing
a
lot
of
winter
hair
and
staying
so
sound
on
her
legs.
I
marvel
at
how
short
and
strong
her
back
is,
a
characteristic
that
is
hard
to
find
in
our
modern
day
horses.
She
is
maturing
just
as I
would
want
her
to---getting
more
muscle
and
still
keeping
her
thin
neck
and
gorgeous
profile.
She
is a
fun
horse
to
be
around
as
she
has
a special
personality.
I
have
been
taking
pictures
of
her
progress
and
you
can
see
what
I
mean.
If
you
go
back
on
the
news
to
when
we
bought
her,
you
will
be
able
to
see
how
she
is
changing,
besides
growing
hair.
Whoever
buys
her
will
be
getting
one
of
the
best
in
the
country---one
that
will
be
able
to
compete
at
the
highest
level
and
then
make
a
great
broodmare.
I
really
would
like
to
get
an
embryo
out
of
her
before
we
sell
her
but
since
she
is a
late
filly,
I
don’t
know
if
she
will
be
mature
enough.
I
have
all
of
the
mares
under
lights.
I
think
we
will
take
a
couple
of
open
mares
to
Kentucky
as
I
feel
as
though
the
Kentucky
Incentive
Program
is
going
to
be a
great
thing
for
our
industry.
My
biggest
problem
is
that
I
get
my pleasure
out
of
foaling
the
mares
and
handling
the
newborn
babies.
I
can’t
imagine
them
being
gone
for
that
part
of
their
lives.
I
also
remember
in
the
“olden
days”
before
shipped
semen,
when
I
had
to
send
the
mares
and
their
newborns
to
the
breeding
farms
and
the
foals
would
come
back
wild
and
sick
and
it
was
very
difficult
to
sell
them
in
that
condition. Besides
that,
they
would bring
sickness
back
with
them
and
my
other
horses
would
catch
it. It
is a
real
problem
for
me
so I
will
probably
not
be
sending
any
mares
and
foals
there.
Some
of
you
have
asked
about
Legacy.
Well,
as
you
know,
we
took
him
to
Mississippi
and
Monte
May
has
been
riding
him.
Everyone was
so
impressed
with
his
athletic
ability
that
we
decided
to
send
him
to a
professional
trainer
for
a
month.
I
have
a
pictures
of
him
being
lunged
at
Montes
and
will
show
it
to
you.
He
now
stands
over
16
hands
and
is
still
the
gorgeous
animal
we
expected
him
to
be.
The
fact
that
he
is
NN,
makes
him
even
more
special.
There
will
be 3
foals
coming
by
him
this
year.
We
have
not
decided
whether
to
show
him
or
breed
him
this
year,
but
I
will
keep
you
up
to
date
as
to
our
decision.
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Sandy
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A Legacy in
Mississippi, 12-23-07
November
Pictures
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Casino Clu |
Casino Clu |
Coco |
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Lacy and Clu |
Recipient mares on a
warm day in November |
Recipient mares |
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"No Kid Left Behind"
Coco
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Angelica |
Christmas day
in Wisconsin
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Janie |
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Sally |
Beautiful snow! |
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Snow Gates |
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October
30, 2007
October 30
Things have definitely been
happening at Ellis Quarter Horses.
Lanis, Rodger Shabel and Mike and
I have embarked on a new
partnership. We have purchased two
new horses. One of them is an 8
year old mare named Casino Clu.
She was raised by my good friend
Joanna Strickland from
Mississippi and is sired by her
great NN stallion, Casino Cool and
her dam is an own daughter of
Conclusive. Talk about a nice mare
with a huge hip and a baby doll
head. Casino Clu has a total of
47.5 halter points and has produced
a filly that won the Limited
Yearling filly class at the
Congress. We intend to breed her to
Statuatory, the sire of the filly
that won the Congress.
Mike and I were discussing the fact
that we only have 7 mares and of
those, the Tardee mare is going to
be 22, Dandy Dee Gal 17, and Cooleah
is blind in one eye and has limited
sight in the other. We decided that
we need to take Exceptional Affair
off the market and winter her and
see what our brood mare situation is
next spring. At that time, we will
either add her to the brood mare
band or sell her.
I was looking for a show horse for
my friends, Anne and Larry Lemke and
had been asking everyone I talked
to. I remembered Les Kostrova from
North Carolina and by some weird
coincidence he happened to call me.
Les gave up his AQHA judges card
last year. Les announces most of the
horse shows in the Southeast and
Sharon, his wife, does all the
bookwork. Here is a knowledgeable
horseman who gets to see the best
horses in the East every weekend
Les told me that there was a
yearling filly that he had seen that
was shown by an amateur and was
standing Grand over horses led by
big trainers. She is sired by CK Kid
and out of a daughter of Mr
Elusive. I thought she may work
for Larry. Les said that there was
a lot of interest in her and that if
we were going to do something, it
should be done fast. I tried to get
in touch with Larry but couldn’t so
I talked to our “new partnership”
and they told me to fly to North
Carolina and look at the filly.
She was gorgeous and she was owned
by the nicest people, Steve and Amy
Britt. We ended up buying her. The
filly had been shown in 3 weekends
to 10 different judges with a total
of 8 wins and 7 Grands in Open and 8
wins and 7 Grands in Amateur for a
total of 21.5 Halter points. Since
her first show was August 24 she is
not qualified for the 2007 World but
she is qualified for next year’s
World. I am going to turn her out
and let her be a horse until next
spring. Of course, I have to take
some picture of her before I do
that. Her name is No Kid Left
Behind. Mike really likes the name
as it is the name of the political
program that was initiated to
provide education for all children.
The Golden Gunslinger stud colt is
at his new home near Houston,
Texas, I was a nervous wreck as
Ben Todd, who bought him, had never
come to see him. I had sent him
many pictures but you know how it
is----everyone has a different idea
of what they like in horses. I
think I gained 5 pounds eating
everything in sight while the colt
was on his way there. When Ben
called and told me that Gunner
“exceeded his expectations” I was
extremely happy and relieved. Ben
plans to show him extensively next
year. We have retained breedings to
him and will definitely use him in
our program in the future.
Sandy
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Casino Clu as a yearling. |
Casino Clu as a yearling. |
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Yearling filly by Statuatory |
Yearling filly by Statuatory
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Casino Clu
Casino Clu -
Pictures taken November11, 2007
No Kid Left Behind - Pictures taken
October 11, 2007 in North Carolina
No Kid Left Behind - Pictures taken
October 29, 2007 in Wisconsin
No Kid Left Behind - Pictures taken
November 1, 2007
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August
30, 2007
August 30
I can't believe
how fast the
summer seemed to
fly by and I am
late on news
again. My
excuse is the
lack of rain,
which made the
grass brown and
everything
looked so
desolate.
Enough for
excuses, I have
taken new
pictures of
Caroline and of
Sherry and you
can see the
pictures on the
for sale page.
Both fillies are
looking good and
both will make
great show or
broodmare
prospects. We
are offering
both of them for
sale along
with both foals
that are on the
foal's page. I
was also able to
get a few more
pictures of
Gunner and he is
really making a
good stallion
prospect.
Whoever buys him
will have the
"real" thing as
he is from the
last crop of
Golden
Gunslinger and
out of the good
Shanes Lady
Romantic.
Mike was
complaining
about the
drought and the
fact that he
hadn’t cut grass
all
summer----well,
that has
changed! It
rained 4 and a
half inches last
week and it made
everything green
again. Now, he
can’t seem to
keep up with the
lawn mowing.
Our third
cutting hay
headed out at
about 2
inches and
we thought we
were done
haying for the
year. Since the
rain, all of the
hay plants that
had been dormant
started to
grow. We are
thinking that we
could get a
bumper third
cutting. I am
not counting on
it as it is
difficult to dry
hay this time of
the year in
Wisconsin. Time
will tell, I
guess.
Tim and Shannon
Gillespie did
a fantastic
job at the
Reichert
Celebration.
Shannon
won one of the
big slot classes
with a mare
named Pretty
Vegas, a double
registered 3
year old. As
you know, they
bring their
stallion, Zips
Heaven Sent here
to be collected
during breeding
season. The big
Friesan,
Nanning 374 was collected last
Wednesday and
they shipped
frozen semen on
him on Monday.
It amazes me how
different breeds
of horses
have breeding
seasons start
and end at
different
times.
Also my good
friend, Katie
Klundt and her
daughter Kayla
are really
getting into
horses. They
purchased a half
brother to Dandy
Dee Gal and have
been showing him
and doing quite
well. Of
course, now that
they have the
"bug" they are
looking for
another pleasure
prospect.
I keep telling
Katie to be
patient and not
rush into
anything. She
promised me she
would not buy a
horse without my
approval---we
shall see.
LoL
The horses are
doing great.
The nice thing
about the
drought was that
there were very
few mosquitoes
and flies which
made it nice for
the horses.
Now, that the
rain has come,
the horses tend
to stand under
the fans in the
shelters and the
outside horses
are ready to
come in soon
after they go
outside for the
day. I snapped
a few pictures
of the mares in
the shelters
but, excuse the
mud.
I need to get
some new
pictures of
Abby. She grew
winter hair and
I didn't
realize just how
hard it is to
photograph a
buckskin with
long hair. I
snapped a few
pictures of her
and I promise
more pictures
soon.
My good friend,
Carri Jones has
decided to raise
Bernese Mountain
Dogs. If you
know Carri you
will realize
that she
doesn’t do
anything in a
small way----she
now has 3 female
puppies and of
course, they are
the best
bloodline and
conformation
dogs she could
find. I think
the dogs are
going to require
more care than
Carri originally
thought. When I
talked to her
yesterday, and
today, she was
building a huge
chain link fence
to house them
and she told me
she found out
that she needs
to have air
conditioning
for the males
during the
summer. I
guess that means
that she plans
to get a stud
dog. The pups
are beautiful
and if we didn’t
have Molly, I
would be tempted
to get one
myself. I guess
1 dog and 2 cats
are plenty for
Mike and I.
Sandy
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Kayla and Theo. |
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Shannon Gillespie (rider)
and Annaliese Benesh (owner)
and Pretty Vegas |
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Carri's Ginger at 6 weeks of age. |
Carri's Holly |
Carri's Sosha at 3 months. |
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July
30, 2007
July 30
I can’t believe it has been 2 months
since I have updated the web page. So
much has happened and the longer I go
between doing it, it just seems as
though I can’t remember all of the
things that have happened. The horses
have been doing great this year. We had
a good “breeding” year----have two
embryos coming out of Miss Bunny Tardee,
the 21 year old matron of our place and
two out of Dandy Dee Gal. Regretfully
the embryo out of You Bet Im Cool and CJ
Miss Cool Evidence did not make it so
they will be open along with Phenomenal
Affair. I am going to be busy next year
with nine babies coming. They will be
sired by Kids Classic Style, CK Kid and
JMK Malibu Ken. Looks like we could
have a “colorful” group of babies.
We have two crops of hay in the barn.
Early this year, I was afraid that we
would not get any hay in without rain,
but it has been so dry and we have been
able to make a lot of beautiful hay. We
also decided to cut down on our number
of recipient mares. I sold the two half
draft mares and the campgrounds that
bought them, just love them. I couldn't
believe the number of calls I had on
them. Mike told me that we should find
some more as they were so marketable. I
also gave an older recipient to some
people who were looking for a companion
horse for their mare so that leaves us
with 2 open ones and 4 that are carrying
embryos. I guess it was time to revamp
the group and perhaps get some new ones
this fall.
Dr Fox is still collecting Nanning 374.
He is the gorgeous Friesan and he is
still breeding a lot of mares.
Evidently the Friesan people like their
foals to be born later as there are
still owners calling for semen and mares
coming in to be bred. This week we are
going to train some young stallions to
collect.
We have had so much dry weather that the
bugs have not been bad this summer at
all. I think the mares are spoiled as
they spend the day standing under the
fans that we mounted in the outside
shelters. The babies are growing and
both are looking good. Abby has grown
winter hair and that is why I haven’t
been able to get any good new pictures
of her. I took some recent ones of
Gunner and he is really making a nice
stallion prospect. I can’t believe how
small his head has stayed---but then I
guess with Romantic as his dam and
Golden Gunslinger as his sire, he is
supposed to have a gorgeous head. I
have new pictures of him on the foals
page.
We undertook a big project this summer.
Our barns have never been painted and
two of them are over 20 years old. We
hired Roberts Painting and they sent a
crew here and power-washed them and then
painted them the dark blue again. The
place looks like new. I took a few
pictures of them painting. I will
update the pictures of the place soon so
that you can see the difference with its
"new look"
The Experimental Aircraft Convention
just got over in Oshkosh. It is a big
gathering of airplane enthusiasts. They
come from all over the world and lasts a
week. The population of Oshkosh
increases by 60,000 and during the week
we stay away from Oshkosh. The neat
thing about it is that the planes turn
around just above our barns so I get to
see some of them without leaving home.
I took a picture of the warbirds in
flight formation. I also took a picture
of some birds in flight formation.
I don't know if I told you, but I took
new pictures of the mares and will soon
update their pages. I am hoping to redo
the whole web page with new "stuff".
Thank you to everyone who emailed about
the lack of new news. I will try to
keep up with it in the future. I am
getting lazy in my old age.
Sandy
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May
21, 2007
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May 21
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Spring is finally here---we have had some
beautiful weather and during the sunny days,
I have been trying to catch up on my
pictures. There are no biting flies or
mosquitoes and the air is clear with no
humidity. I am going to try to take updated
pictures of our mares and also the pretty
scenery around out place. Molly and the two
cats have been really enjoying the wonderful
weather and have been spending a lot of time
sleeping in the sun.
Dr Fox has been busy collecting stallions,
breeding mares and doing embryo transfers.
I have been helping her all that I can.
She is a very hard worker and I really
admire her work ethic. We have a great
group of helpers here to collect the
stallions and ship them and owners of the
stallions are wonderful. Stacy is her right
hand helper and then Matt and Larry handle
the stallions. Of course, we can’t
forget Bob Luebker, who has been with us for
so many years and I don’t know what we would
do without him. The
stallions come to be collected on Monday,
Wednesday and Fridays. Zips Heaven Sent is
a world renowned paint stallion that has
sired many champions. He is owned by Tim
and Shannon Gillespie. Nanning 374 is a
Friesian stallion that Scott and Shelley
Kelnhoffer imported. He is also very
popular and we have been shipping semen all
over the country and into Canada with both
stallions. Joel and Peggy Jacque and Larry
and Lois Mossholder also bring their
stallions to collect at our farm. . I guess
I have been designated the roll of “airport
courier” as I have been taking the shipments
to the airport. All in all, it is fun and
very interesting and I am learning a lot.
Lanis Noble from Mississippi, who is our
partner on several horses, came to visit us
on Sunday. It was a fast trip as he had
business in Chicago and drove up to see the
babies that we own in partnership with him.
I had been hesitant to price the foals
without him seeing them, but we had a
“meeting of the minds” and they are now
priced.
The AQHA horse shows have started down the
road from us. There is a gorgeous facility
in Oshkosh and I get a chance to go and see
some of the top horses in the country. Last
weekend, Rita Crundwell and Jim McKillips
were here and Rita has a new mare that I
absolutely love. Her name is Bob Bob Barann.
Wait until you see her and I am sure you
will at the Congress and the World. She is
my kind of mare.
I have been taking pictures of our mares and
will have them up soon.
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Sandy
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April
25, 2007
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April
25
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Last weekend the weather was beautiful!!!
I spent the days taking pictures of the two
babies and also of Caroline, the NN yearling
Exceptionist filly. She still is not shed
off and she needs weight, but she certainly
is a nice mare. I will have her on the for
sale page and I will try to get updated
pictures of her as she gains more weight.
Both of the babies are doing great. Both
have a lot of size and a lot of muscle. My
friend Dudley would be proud to see what
great foals the Skips Shane mares have
produced. I am thinking that the foals are
going to stay buckskin and sorrel. I keep
looking around their eyes for any signs of
gray but haven’t found any yet. The filly
is a gorgeous buckskin color with the black
points and Gunner will be a real red sorrel,
I think.
The breeding has been going pretty good this
year. We had two embryos that absorbed in
their recipients but we still have several
mares in foal. I am going to keep breeding
on Miss Bunny Tardee and try to get as many
embryos as I can, as she is now 21 years
old.
Spring is such a wonderful time of the year
in Wisconsin. Our neighbors who plant our
fields have been out planting oats and hay.
We are next and hopefully the weather will
enable them to get in our fields this
week.
We had quite a scare last night. Molly, our
dog who is just like our child since we
don’t have children, was missing. She never
leaves our place or goes outside our gates
so we thought perhaps someone had taken
her. Mike drove all around and we called
everyone we could think of. Low and behold,
while Mike was asking down by the lake, he
found a lady who saw her in front of our
place and was afraid that she would get run
over by a passing car, so she took her to
the humane society. Were we relieved that
we found her and was Molly ever happy to see
us. I guess we get too complacent and have
to be more careful of leaving her alone.
What a terrible thing it would have been if
we hadn’t found her or she would have been
run over.
Since Dr Fox is doing her breeding work out
of our facility, it has been quite
exciting. She told me that tomorrow she
will collect 4 stallions. Zips Heaven Sent
will be coming to stay with us for a few
days while his owners, Tim and Shannon
Gillespie go to a horse show. He is a good
boy so I am looking forward to having him
here.
Look for new pictures of both babies on the
foal pages and also pictures of Caroline on
the For Sale page. Now that better weather
is here, I am going to try to take some
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April
7, 2007
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April
7
One
thing that I can say about my life is that it is
definitely not boring. It seems as though one day
turns into another and I just don’t have time to get
everything done. I have been very negligent on the
news. Rexine has not been after me to get it done
and as you can tell I need a little push at times.
My computer skills are not very good so, please be
patient as I try to get things caught up on the web
site. They may not be the same but at least there
will be something for you to look at. Since I am
not good at doing these things, I will put the
pictures in the galleries instead of on the news
page, at least until I can figure out how to do
things.
First
of all, if you don’t already know, we lost the baby
out of Cooleah. I was nervous about it being born
early and it was. She foaled at 295 days and Dr Fox
told me that the umbilical cord looked like it had
twisted in the mare, causing the baby to die. The
colt was a buckskin stud colt and he would have been
a full brother to some really good horses. That is
the trials of the horse business---there are good
times and then there are disappointments.
My
breeding has been going pretty good this year.
Remember last year when we didn’t get any embryos
and only got three mares in foal? Well, things are
looking up this year. We have recovered 6 embryos
from our flushes and 3 have made it in the
recipients and we are still waiting to check another
mare. We also have some mares in foal that are
carrying their own babies. I am considering trying
to freeze some embryos but haven’t ventured into
that yet. Dr Fox is so talented but there sure
seems to be a lot of variables involved. First of
all, you have to get the embryo and then you have to
freeze it and then you aren’t going to know if it
works until you thaw it out and the recipient mare
accepts it.
Call Me
a Renegade (Larry) is now at his new home in
Mississippi. Garrell has some good mares that he
needed to breed and decided it would be easier if he
were at his ranch. I appreciate all the interest
in him and you can either call me or Garrell
Chiasson, his owner about him. Garrell’s phone
number is (985) 518-1661. He is wonderful to work
with and I am sure you will enjoy visiting with him
about Larry. Garrell bought Easy Off the Tee and we
bred her to Larry before she left here. I can’t
remember getting as many calls on a mare as I did on
Beauty. I guess people still like big NN black
mares. Lol
I have
Caroline home now. She is the NN gray filly by
Exceptionist out of Shanes Lady Romantic. She is a
half sister to Twice the Romance, the mare that my
good friend Vicki Benker bought to breed the The
Finest Mocha. Lanis and I own her together. Wait
until you see Caroline---talk about muscle on an NN
mare along with a gorgeous neck, back and body. As
soon as the weather permits, I will get some
pictures of her for you. As far as the weather
goes, it is terrible. We had a few nice days of
warm weather which produced mud but now it is cold
and windy. In fact, it has been below freezing.
The horses had just started shedding and now it is
cold again. I can’t wait for the warm weather to
come and stay so that I can get them outside. The
weatherman says another week of this but he has been
known to be wrong when he says it will be nice, so
maybe he will be wrong on this too.
Sandy
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March.
4, 2007
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March 4
It
seems as though it has been forever since I wrote
news. So much has happened-- let me begin to tell
you.
First
of all, on February 9, Shanes Lady Romantic had a
gorgeous NH stud colt by Golden Gunslinger. We have
named him Gunner. Well, if you remember, I was
nervous about the color as the mare is gray and the
sire was palomino. To my surprise the colt is
sorrel but I am not betting that he will not turn
gray. It is difficult with these gray mares,
knowing that the gray gene can pop up at any time.
I used to have a gray AAA stallion that we made an
AQHA champion and I remember the first crop of
colts. I was so disappointed that none of them were
gray. Wellllll-----when they became 3 months old,
almost all of them had turned gray. I keep watching
the Kids Classic Style filly to see if she is
turning gray, but she is still a buckskin. By the
way, her HYPP test came back NN but you would never
believe it to see the muscle on her.
My life
has certainly not been dull. Dr Fox is doing her
stallion collection and embryo transfer work out of
our barn and I am enjoying it. Of course, it has
made me get up earlier in the morning in order to
finish my ultrasounding and then Bob and I and Mike
when he is available) get the barn cleaned before
the “crew” shows up at 8 AM. As usual, the mares are
doing weird things with their cycles. I don’t know
if it is the weather or just them. I know everyone
wants to blame it on the weather, but I seriously
don’t think that is the case.
If you
have been watching the foal cams, you may have
noticed that the mouse population has gone down. We
have two cats and we really like them. Mike named
them Mickey and Minnie but our friend, Dickie, says
that those are mouse names. Anyway, they are doing
a great job. I took a few pictures of them.
Minnie likes to sleep in her “house” and Mickey
prefers our office. I tell Mike that the office is
not where the mice are, but it seems as though when
I look up, there she is sleeping on a chair.
Our
weather has been cold and wintry. I was unable to
get semen shipped due to bad storms one weekend. I
don’t really know if Fed Ex or the airlines is the
way to go when shipping semen. I think Fed Ex is
more reliable but it makes me more comfortable
getting the semen in the mares as I have had them
ovulate before it gets here.
I took
a few pictures of Janie, Larry, and Beauty playing
in the snow. I am afraid that when this weather is
over, we will have mud and I hate that. Rexine is
adding some pictures to the winter gallery on
“Sandy’s Gallery” Take a look at Rebecca and the
old Tardee mare in the snow, along with some
"beautiful snow pictures" of Janie and Beauty and
just some good old Wisconsin winter scenery.
I
promise that I will keep up to date on the news.
Once I get behind, it is easier to not do it than it
is to write it. We have one more mare to foal and
that is Cooleah, or Olivia as we call her. She
always scares me as she foals at just over 10 months
and she has a huge bag now. Her ovulation date was
May 23 of last year so she really has a way to go
until her due date. She is 285 days today. I will
put her in the foaling stall and you can help me
keep an eye on her. She is the dam of the 2 year
old mare that won the Youth World last year and she
is back in foal to Kids Classic Style. I am hoping
for a filly but I bred her after she ovulated so it
will probably be a stud colt.
Back to
work---tomorrow is my birthday---I guess I am
supposed to be getting wiser
as I get older, but I think the only thing happening
is that my mind is going more and more. Pretty soon
I won't even be able to remember which horse is
which..lol...
Sandy |
Please click on each thumbnail
below to view larger.
From left to right -
Gunner sleep, Gunner, Gunner newborn head shot, Gunner
stand, and Romantic & Gunner.
From left to right - Cats
( Mickey & Minnie ) , Mickey , Minnie , Molly snow .
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Jan.
24, 2007
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January 24
The new
year has come and I had such good intentions of
reviewing the past year with you. Well, for some
reason, I didn’t get around to it and now it is the
middle of January and I think it would be better to
get you up to date on things that are happening this
year.
First
of all, let me tell you that we sold Twice the
Romance and she couldn’t have gone to a better
home. Dr Fred and Vicki Benker bought her and they
will breed her to The Finest Mocha, who they stand
in Ocala, Florida. I knew Fred years ago when he
lived in Indiana and had Color Me Skip and would
come to our Wisconsin Futurity and win everything.
Those were the days when there were 100 babies in
the classes, so I guess I am dating myself. Vicki
came to see the mare and she picked the 2 days
before the bad weather started in Wisconsin. We had
a wonderful time and I have found a new great friend
in Vicki. We plan to take some “horse trips”
together in the near future. Of course, visiting
her in Florida is pretty appealing to me too,
especially this time of the year. I am sure I can
find horses to look at there.
We have
a new filly and she is quite the filly. Of course,
I was totally unprepared for her to be born. I am
used to horses waxing and then dripping milk and
nights of no sleep waiting for the event. Wellllll-----Angelica
must have thought she would give me a break this
year. My friend, Dickie and I had just returned
from Fleet Farm and were walking down the aisle in
the barn and the mare decided to have the baby.
Since we are remodeling the barn to do the breeding
business and everything has been moved around, I
couldn’t find anything. I ended up having to treat
the navel with betadine scrub. The filly is
awesome---couldn’t ask for any better. She has the
most gorgeous head and back and hip and is loaded
with muscle. Her sire is Kids Classic Style and she
is buckskin. Of course, with her mother being gray,
I keep looking for white hairs around her eyes to
indicate that she will turn gray---haven’t found any
yet. Lanis and I named her, Abby. She is live on
the foal cam and soon Ric will have the replay of
the birth on the Internet. Now, when you watch
that, you will know just how bumbling I was.
I have
a page on Call Me a Renegade on the website. He is
really a nice stallion and is NN besides. He is
owned by Garrell Chiasson in Mississippi and Garrell
is planning to take him to his place to stand and
then continue his show career. If you are looking
for a really nice stallion with great conformation,
breeding and disp | | |
