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Sterling thinks his big sister is just a toy for him
he follows her around and jumps all over her, climbs on her when she's sleeping, grabs her ears and mane
Lyric keeps acting liek she's too old for that silly stuff but then chases him and does the same climbing all over thing to her mum or Ashanti!
She's certainly put the height on, I wonder if she and Sterling will go small horse like their dad? Will be interesting to see! He is only 3/4 quarters of an inch over height and Rivain and Twinkles are neatly within height but are above 30"
Fantasy's foal will be similar, she's 36" and the sire is within height. Bit of a guessing game!
Lyric keeps acting liek she's too old for that silly stuff but then chases him and does the same climbing all over thing to her mum or Ashanti!
She's certainly put the height on, I wonder if she and Sterling will go small horse like their dad? Will be interesting to see! He is only 3/4 quarters of an inch over height and Rivain and Twinkles are neatly within height but are above 30"
Fantasy's foal will be similar, she's 36" and the sire is within height. Bit of a guessing game!
a mini dream come true
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Great pics! The babies are growing up so fast. Fantasy looks fabulose(sp). Put new pics on the computer and now can't find them
. Guess I'll have to try again.
Fantasy is a minimal splash bay mare.
The sire is a chestnut blanket appaloosa, suspected minimal splash.
So the colour chances are:
58.34% bay
33.33% chestnut
8.33% black
With a 50% chance of splash and a 50% chance of appaloosa.
Her first foal by the same sire was a chestnut minimal splash filly.
So crossed my fingers for any of the colours, with either enough splash for blue eyes or enough spots for a blanket
Preferably on a filly!
The sire is a chestnut blanket appaloosa, suspected minimal splash.
So the colour chances are:
58.34% bay
33.33% chestnut
8.33% black
With a 50% chance of splash and a 50% chance of appaloosa.
Her first foal by the same sire was a chestnut minimal splash filly.
So crossed my fingers for any of the colours, with either enough splash for blue eyes or enough spots for a blanket
Eagle
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Fantasy girl that belly is just enormus
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WOW!! Where did our tiny baby Lyric go? She's quite the young lady and nearly all growed up!
Love the picture of her and Sterling together - he sure is a rich colour of bay.
But, Fantasy's tummy is almost beyond belief - she is going to be so very pleased when it gets 'unloaded' I think, bless her.
Love the picture of her and Sterling together - he sure is a rich colour of bay.
But, Fantasy's tummy is almost beyond belief - she is going to be so very pleased when it gets 'unloaded' I think, bless her.
Lyric certainly has this whole growing thing under control
Rivain must have some pretty good milk! Although Lyric is already on hard feed as well, she's gone from nibbling to eating along with the grown ups. Sterling couldn't care less about what's in the feeders and just wants snuggles
:wub
Rivain must have some pretty good milk! Although Lyric is already on hard feed as well, she's gone from nibbling to eating along with the grown ups. Sterling couldn't care less about what's in the feeders and just wants snuggles
cassie
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Lyric is sure growing up!! how old is she now Bree??
and you know how much I love Sterling!!!!!!!!!!! Its a good thing you live so far away!! otherwise you would find him gone I think hehe!
can I ask? you all know I love to ask questions lol.
is he dark under all that fuzz or light? just curious to see the difference between him and Finn!
he has such gorgeous long legs! WOW!
and you know how much I love Sterling!!!!!!!!!!! Its a good thing you live so far away!! otherwise you would find him gone I think hehe!
can I ask? you all know I love to ask questions lol.
is he dark under all that fuzz or light? just curious to see the difference between him and Finn!
Lyric is about a month and 1 week old now
Sterling is lighter then Derby, his half brother. By a small margin anyway! But I've never seen Derby's natural coat, he was fluffy right thorugh until I clipped him. And of course once they are clipped they get that washed out look and if you enhance it to get colour back it's never quite the true colour.
I adore Sterling's legs
can't wait to see him grow!
Sterling is lighter then Derby, his half brother. By a small margin anyway! But I've never seen Derby's natural coat, he was fluffy right thorugh until I clipped him. And of course once they are clipped they get that washed out look and if you enhance it to get colour back it's never quite the true colour.
I adore Sterling's legs
Argh, I just had the most horrid day at a show ever!
Need to have a vent so feel free to skip the next bit if you like.
It didn't start well with only an hours sleep and an injured foot. But when the judge started asking us questions in the class about "why do you do the manes like that" "and why are you all always teasing their necks like that" and even "miniatures aren't really my thing" I got concerned. And then most of the day he picked the heavier boned pony types so if you think of the type of Pallidon and Derby you can imagine I, and most of my friends, were totally stuffed because of a judge who had NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS DOING!
To top it off the person I'm getting Special from brought him out just to show him for me and then got horribly abused by someone else over a mistake which resulted in huge issues which meant she couldn't take Special out
:No-Sad
Poor boy had to come out for nothing!
I hung around for an hour after the show with friends and so I could spend some time with Special which helped cheer me up. He gave me a few smoochy snuffles and seemed to enjoy the fact that I just wanted to have a little wander and a sulk.
So mare updates!
Fantasy is looking good, I have to get new photos but she is getting camera shy. She is nicely bagged up although not full yet and her nipples have started to turn outwards so we're certainly on the right track! She's also getting sulky and cranky.
Need to have a vent so feel free to skip the next bit if you like.
It didn't start well with only an hours sleep and an injured foot. But when the judge started asking us questions in the class about "why do you do the manes like that" "and why are you all always teasing their necks like that" and even "miniatures aren't really my thing" I got concerned. And then most of the day he picked the heavier boned pony types so if you think of the type of Pallidon and Derby you can imagine I, and most of my friends, were totally stuffed because of a judge who had NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS DOING!
To top it off the person I'm getting Special from brought him out just to show him for me and then got horribly abused by someone else over a mistake which resulted in huge issues which meant she couldn't take Special out
I hung around for an hour after the show with friends and so I could spend some time with Special which helped cheer me up. He gave me a few smoochy snuffles and seemed to enjoy the fact that I just wanted to have a little wander and a sulk.
So mare updates!
Fantasy is looking good, I have to get new photos but she is getting camera shy. She is nicely bagged up although not full yet and her nipples have started to turn outwards so we're certainly on the right track! She's also getting sulky and cranky.
cassie
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oh WOW thats the worst Bree!! did you get storms down your way to top it all off? LOL we have had storms on and off all day and so muggy!!
poor Special! how terrible for his owners!
Excitement bout Fantasy!!! won't be long now! what are you hoping for in this breeding??
poor Special! how terrible for his owners!
Excitement bout Fantasy!!! won't be long now! what are you hoping for in this breeding??
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I guess we all have to deal with a bad show day. Just hate when they are THAT bad.
I really want a filly I can keep since I don't have access to the sire, I don't mind if we get a chestnut, bay or black but would LOVE the sire's spotted blanket or Fantasy's minimal splash.
A boy can't stay since I'm running Sterling on for showing so I've got the fingers crossed for filly bits
I really want a filly I can keep since I don't have access to the sire, I don't mind if we get a chestnut, bay or black but would LOVE the sire's spotted blanket or Fantasy's minimal splash.
A boy can't stay since I'm running Sterling on for showing so I've got the fingers crossed for filly bits
lucky lodge
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Thanks Diane.
In Aus we have seperate the minis into two types. We have Miniature Ponies and Miniature Horses.
Much like how that sounds we want the pony types to properly pony but get a range of these fantastic little tanks built like a British Shetland through to a slightly more refined type. With the horse refinement is most certainly the aim with breed standards calling for proper length of leg and neck to achieve that goal. The small horse/b class size in particular gets very demanding and I am lucky (or is that unlucky?
) to be competing in the same state as same of the best breeders of that size in the country.
Now of course we get judges who prefer certain qualities over others, such as short back over long etc, and I'm always happy to accept that. But when we get a judge who so heavily favours the pony type I don't think they have a right to be judging the horse
Anyway, new day and there is always a new show around the corner. My big show in December marks the arrival of Special to my show team!
:OKinteresting
The lovely Miss Whale will have t put up with some new photos today so everyone can take a look at her. I'm hopeful she foals soon as it's becoming quite the weight for her to carry and her hooves are getting a little long from us waiting for her to foal
Between those two things she's not feeling that comfortable and I hate not being able to fix that.
In Aus we have seperate the minis into two types. We have Miniature Ponies and Miniature Horses.
Much like how that sounds we want the pony types to properly pony but get a range of these fantastic little tanks built like a British Shetland through to a slightly more refined type. With the horse refinement is most certainly the aim with breed standards calling for proper length of leg and neck to achieve that goal. The small horse/b class size in particular gets very demanding and I am lucky (or is that unlucky?
Now of course we get judges who prefer certain qualities over others, such as short back over long etc, and I'm always happy to accept that. But when we get a judge who so heavily favours the pony type I don't think they have a right to be judging the horse
Anyway, new day and there is always a new show around the corner. My big show in December marks the arrival of Special to my show team!
The lovely Miss Whale will have t put up with some new photos today so everyone can take a look at her. I'm hopeful she foals soon as it's becoming quite the weight for her to carry and her hooves are getting a little long from us waiting for her to foal
thay are both beautiful..do you think lyric will go black i hope not
As Diane says the darker shades seen on Lyric's coat is classic foal shading.
But that said I doubt she will be as pale as she is now coming from such deepl and richly coloured parents. Pallidon aslo carries the smutting gene.
You see the darker shade of gold around her eyes and above the dark colouring on her muzzle? I'm positive that's her adult colour peeking through, she'll very much be a golden buckskin with possible smutting to some extent. Very little chance of her going burnt/black buckskin!
Well she'll probably get her first clip in Jan/Feb since I'd love to bring her out before the end of the show season. Not sure what she'll come out like since clipping always compromises the colour. WIll be interesting to see!
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