I don't really do 'waking up' and I'm a zombie most mornings!
Her behaviour still seems off, she is separating herself off a little and it is just a feeling. Although I just yanked Apollo out and stuck him in the next paddock down since he was getting a little to "in your face" witht he girls and I was worried he'd accidentally steal a foal.
Lyric goes outside soon. Just giving her mum plenty of time to finish breakfast
Lyric just took my breath away... and made me fall in love with her all over again.
My main breeding goal is for movement. Both Pallidon and Rivain have exceptional trots, they aren't big flicky trots but they are long ground covering strides that make them float... but they still have energy. Hard to describe but I just love it, and Lyric has it! I just watched her trot out for the first time and her movement is stunning
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Resizing pics now and I took a littl bit of cruddy video so I'll see if any of that worked.
I'm so in love with this little girl, someone could offer me a fortune for her at our first show and I wouldn't take it!
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If the other Pallidon foal is half as nice as Lyric then I think he'll have proven himself as a sire to watch.
She has a lot of prescence, was a bit hard to photograph as she was rarely holding still
But Rivain has finally done the introductions to Ashanti and Twinkles (although Ashanti didn't seem to care much) and they are all standing under the trees. Maybe I'll get some good standing still shots later?
I'm thrilled to hear I'm not biased! I've passed on all the compliments and I think she likes them. Being outside has really relaxed Rivain who has started coming up to me again for treats and pats. The new relaxed version of mum has made Lyric more at ease with wandering up to me but she is still a little unsure about the other mares.
Twinkles has had her food rations upped as she's still dropping weight. Seems she is putting everything into her foal! Also I think she didn't bounce back enough from Derby who got weaned at about 7 and a half months
So with as much hay as she (and Ashanti and Rivain) can eat, light pick in the paddock and a good serve of lucerne/oaten mush (served soaked and warm) with their pellets mixed in I think she'll be fine. She'll get a year off breeding to pull herself back to perfection before I rebreed her.
Ashanti has gone rather quiet. She sits herself sort of away from everyone but near enough to keep an eye on things. Her udder goes from very warm to nothing special over the day and goes from hard to soft. At last check it was warm and solid feeling and she was on her own but no restless signs. She's been doing cow pats since yesterday. I know we are close but I'm not sure how close!