Horseback Riding Lessons in a Nutshell

Kaitlyn Jekyl (above with Wyatt at her holiday ride in December '11) rides with Nicole on Wednesday nights. Kaitlyn presented us with this beautiful book she made about her riding lessons and we thought it ought to be shared!

Kaitlyn's brother Cole is also a most excellent artist and helped Kaitlyn out together these treasures for Wyatt.

Congrats Foxy!

Easter weekend Foxy had her first foal, a filly! Everything went well and both are happy and healthy!
Foxy's registered name is Definitely a Fox. Her sire is Define Good. The foal's sire is Chic Please.
So far the suggestions for names have been: "Definitely a Foxy Chic" and "Chicken Please".

The buckskin mare is now four weeks over due and looks like she could foal out at any time.

Genzanit

Genzanit, fondly known as "Dunnit" or "Donut" around the farm, and I participated in our first show together over the Easter weekend. Dunnit is Coco's dad, for those of you who recognize the name. He has been shown numerous times as a 3, 4 and 5 year old, and has spent the last 7 years breeding. This past weekend was his first show in a long time and his first show, hopefully of many, with me. We went to Michigan State University and competed at a Michigan Quarter Horse Show in the Open Reining. We schooled on the Friday night in the show pen, Dunnit came alive in the show pen, as aged horses do. Saturday we loped through our pattern quietly and ended up third out of twenty-plus entries earning 2 AQHA points. We're looking forward to a fun show season!

Mom Team 2012

We are looking forward to a promising year for foals this year! Above is "Smartie" who is a amaiden mare and is in foal to Genzanit.

This is Nic who is also a maiden mare and in foal to Genzanit.

"Bucky" or "Hollywood" above, has had two foals previously and is in foal to Chic Please.

Foxy is a maiden mare in foal to Chic Please.

Can you guess which one will foal out first? What colour the babies will be? Fillies or colts?!

Can-Am Equine Extravaganza

The Can-Am Equine Extravaganza proved to be a lot of fun last weekend. We brought horses for the Ontario Quarter Horse Association and for the reining demonstrations with Gary Yahdijan. "Horse Power", was a special event that pitted one breed against another for a barrel-racing and pole-bending challenge.

Here you can see Genzanit, fondly referred to as "Dunnit" or "Donut", representing the Quarter Horse breed, about to run against a Curly Horse. There was also an Appaloosa, Gypsy Vanner, Spotted Draft, Percheron, Miniature Horse, Freisan and a Thoroughbred.

Gary did a great job explaining job of the reining horse to the crowd. There was a beginner rider or a mid-level trained horse, a skilled non-pro rider on a well-trained horse and Jessie and I as the Open riders on another couple of great horses.

Jessie did the demonstrations for the Quarter Horse breed with this colt, "Whiz", a grandson of Topsail Whiz.

Thanks for having us Can-Am! Hope to see everyone again next year!

Playing Catch Up!

It has been a busy couple of months for us, hence the lack in posts. We're hoping to make up for it with some great shots of what we've been busy with!
J-lo was a superstar at the Western Fair District Sport and Rec Show in February. She was part of several grooming, saddling and riding demonstrations where some lucky participants were chosen from the crowd to participate. The picture above was selected for the front page of the London Community News and the picture below includes our new friend Brooklyn who was chosen from the crowd to try grooming for the first time.

Horse Slaughter Legalized in The United States

As many of you have already heard, President Obama passed a bill to legalize horse slaughter for human consumption over the weekend. There has been a lot of backlash and misunderstanding about the move. This is a great article a friend of mine found and shared with me. Please read!

AVMA Unwanted Horse FAQ