Marlanoc Foal Thread

[Wings]

Thank you for my spot-fix for the morning!!! What a gorgeous boy!! I love 'em leggy -- and I do see his blue fleck in the left eye!!! And socks too in the back? Beautiful pintaloosa -- he should go places!!

Yay! A few people think I'm imagining his fleck, I keep showing them the photos going "but it's right THERE"

nice to know I'm not going mad

And up he has two little socks on the back legs, he definetly took his mum's splash and did it even more minimal!

WOW!! Who is that HUGE hefferlump in that first picture with him?? Surely not our sweet, cute, cuddly TINY Lyric??? LOL!! She looks enormous against baby Storm!

But he is just gorgeous Bree.

Those long legs and his cute little hind socks - a future champion in the making.

Spotted the little blue fleck too.

Lyric is so huge against the other two

she has a month on Sterling and almost two months on Storm along with extra winter fluff! But the three foals have started playing together and she's actually the most gentle of them. Sterling and Storm wallop each other with much glee

Storm is almost the same size as Sterling! Originally he was meant to be for sale at weaning but now I want to put him in the ring for at least a year so I'll be watching the boys very carefully and waiting see how they grow before I decide who to geld and such. I feel a bit spoilt for choice with this group of foals! Good thing I can fit four in the float!

 

[Wings]

Been chatting to Fantasy's breeder. Storm's full sister is standing at 32" as a yearling and has started to turn spotty! Apparently the sire has thrown a lot that have minimal spots but end up near leopard or varnish once they mature, so Storm could have a lot more colour in his future!

Also he seems to have 3 solid white hooves and one mostly white with a stripe. I think I'll have to run this guy on just to watch him mature

:rofl

 

[AnnaC]

Oooooo yes, this could be interesting - you cant sell him now coz we need to see what happens to his colour as he gets older too.

 

[Wings]

Been a bit slack with my updates

Waiting nervously to see if any of my amres come back into season! They are all due to either be in heat now or very soon. Hopefully Tinker and Palli have done their jobs

I have one more mare to breed though, decided to go for another November foal and breed Fantasy to Palli! She came through her foaling so easily and is in great condition so rather then wait another year to breed her I'll put her straight back to Pallidon. I can't wait to see what they produce!

Storm's looking REALLY nice, he'll probably be shown as a cotl next year and if he holds his type and does well he might get to stay as a future stallion. Fingers crossed! Obviously it's too early to tell for sure but he is certainly getting some good attention from those who have seen him

I'll get updated photos of the three bubs soon

Almost half way through the show season! Begining to plan for the big end of year shows now and shopping for some new halters

I LOVE halter shopping! I'm so fussy that it takes me over a week to decide on one halter!

 

[cassie]

Thats so exciting Bree! can't wait to see how much Storm has grown! he is one gorgeous man!

hope the end of yr shows go well!

do you go to Canberra Royal at all Bree? I should be going next year... not with my own fur kids but with my best friend and her hack and riding ponies

LOVE Canberra Royal!

I am so excited to go show halter shopping I have been looking a little bit, but thought I should wait until I decide that I will actually show them before I go crazy hehe

 

[Wings]

I don't do the Royals. Melbourne Royal won't open up to the B class minis which half of mine are, and my best show horses are!

Just makes it not worth the money to attend with only half my team.

When you do halter shop Cassie budget yourself around $150+ for the halter alone. I know a lot of people say the cheaper ones are fine but quite frankly I can spot the difference between each price bracket of halter and I've been told by judges they can as well. Good halters are also easier to onsell if kept in condition, I have a second hand one here that was $200 new and I paid $150.

Most horses are out in bar halters now with less beaded ones, check out brands like Shilo and Shepard. kingstons.net.au stocks a good range.

That said I'm about to break convention and I'm having some macrame halters made for my foals in England. I'm also comissioning an arab style halter collar set for Special to use

But I think we all get a bit bolder at baking the mold after we've been doing it for awhile

Hoping I'll have that halter ready for the big shows in Feb! I've got Barastoc HOTY, IMHR States and possibly somthing else. In March I have AMHS States followed by IMHR Nationals so I'll be flat out!

Was hoping to have Lyric ready as she can show in January when the foal classes start. But I'd have to start gradual weaning in December so she can leave for the day to show in Jan and Feb and be off her mum completly for States in March.

Would love to get her out there but not sure.

 

[cassie]

fair enough Bree

Thanks for the halter advice

hope you go well at all your shows

are you going to Werraby? (I think thats how you spell it?) hehe, my friend is going down, wish I could come but to busy at work atm...

do you ever come to the shows up this way? would love to come and meet you if you did

and I have never been to a mini show so would be a great experience for me hehe.

hope your able to get Lyric ready in time! how is she going with the coat shedding? does she get really hot on our hot days? I worry about Finn as he is so fluffy...

he is fine at the moment as its freezing up here but those 40 degree days... yuck!!

 

[Wings]

Werribee, I hate spelling it too and I used to live there!

And yeah I'll be there for Barastoc, I LOVE showing at Barastoc. It is the best enviroment to be involved with! So many horse around and usually you're seeing the best

Lyric hasn't shed out at all and Derby didn't last year so I doubt she will. Derby coped fine but if worried I guess you could always do a partial clip. Lyric will get a full clip if I show her.

I think she'll cope fine with early gradual weaning. She's an independent little thing and already drinks little from her dam she prefers the hard feed and hay!

Only time I'll be interstate will be for the IMHR Nationals at Tamworth. A whole week of showing

:OKinteresting I can't believe I'm taking Special! Plus I'll be grooming for the team I'm going up with which will also be fun!

 

[cassie]

oh I wish I was going down then! have always wanted to go to Werribee hehe n would love to see you and your gorgeous ponies in action!

my friend across the road usually goes to Tamworth but I don't think she is going this time

she has a nice little collection of miniatures and has just put her mare into foal again

so even if I don't breed next year we will still have a baby around

have you got wet weather down your way?

 

[Wings]

I'm really looking forward to Tamworth, I've never been before so I'm thrilled that someone squeezed me and Spesh into their team so we could go! I think we have somthing like 10 classes all up!

We've had a bit of the wet stuff but the foals race track has dried up

 

[AnnaC]

Oh wishing you all the best with the shows Bree - I'm sure our gorgeous Lyric will walk away with the prizes when you eventually get her in the ring!

I do get a bit muddled with all the seasons in different areas of the globe (sorry!) but you are approaching mid Summer, correct? And your end of season shows will be around March/April just as we are going into Spring? Just wondering why you (and Cassie) are talking about foals 'shedding out' their coats? Here, our babies dont lose their foal coats until the Spring of their yearling year when they lose the baby coats alongside their first winter coats. Yes, they all lose some round their eyes and muzzles (hence the 'goggles') but they dont actually 'shed out' until that first Spring, so Finn wont natually lose his baby coat until after your next winter Cassie when he's a yearling! (So our Autumn of 2012 - have I got that right?)

 

[lucky lodge]

wishing the best of luck at the show

you no were all gunna wont photos LOL

 

[Wings]

Yup we hit our Summer in December.

Unfortunatly those fuzzy early Spring foals keep their pjs on! And summers aren't to forgiving over here so I'm always ready to clip some sweat areas on any horse that needs it although I do prefer to leave them natural and find their own shade. Of course this won't mean anything to Lyric if I show her as she'll get all that fluff clipped away anyway. Looks like I'll have to buy some foal rugs! My poor bank balance

I finish my shows as we go into Autumn

Pallidon's glorious golden coat turns to off cream! It's such a horrid way to finish the season!

I just hope Lyric places well, she'll have a lot of competition down here as we have some amazing breeders with a lot of experience. Although I should probably start halter training her now to help things out

I actually can't wait to clip her

everyone says how chunky she is compared to the boys but that is all down to her fuzzy coat, when that comes off I'll get a good look at what is really hiding there!

 

[Eagle]

Yeah Bree I can't wait to see what she is hiding too

 

[Wings]

Yeah Bree I can't wait to see what she is hiding too

It's like unwrapping a present!

Now I just have to source some rugs for her. Not sure on sizes because of course I haven't measured her properly and on top of that she'll probably do a fair bit of growing

My smallest rugs are 3'3s and Derby is only just outgrowing them now but still too small for 3'6!

I envy my mentors and their rug room! Rugs of every type and size hanging around the whole length! Would make it a lot easier

I guess I have to build up to that though, before Derby I only owned 3'6 and 3'9s for the show team!

 

[Wings]

Lyric and Sterling are wearing halters for the first time

:OKinteresting

:OKinteresting

Lyric's is purple, Sterling's is navy blue. Storm is too small for his!

 

[lucky lodge]

weres all the pictures

:yes

:yes

 

[Wings]

It's too wet for pictures!

And I somehow have to wash and clip two of the rotters this week for my next show. Thankfully Special will get prepped for me for this show!

And then he comes home!

 

[AnnaC]

I bet they looked so cute in their headcollars!

Maybe pictures when the rain stops?

I had forgotten about your hot summers, so I can understand that you might have to clip a bit of fuzzy coat off the foals (they seem to have such thick hair as babies dont they!!) But I was referring to Cassie's question about how soon Finn would start to shed out naturally and trying to work out when your next Spring came round so she would know that she will have to wait until then if she is going to leave him to shed naturally.

When is your next show? Bet you cant wait for Special to come home - we will want pictures of him as soon as he arrives I hope you realise!!

 

[Wings]

Well they'll get another halter lesson once the rain goes away, for now just very wet cuddles

It's such hard work raising foals

I'll grab shots of the newly haltered babies

Next show is December 4th, one week away! So excited and nervous.

Derby will be doing performance for the first time and he is only half trained

I've spent the past month getting all the basics installed so he knows what he is doing but we could have done with less wet spring weather and a bit more work.

Also I'll be handling Spesh for the first time and it's his first time out in 2yrs. While it is exciting to be handling a National Supreme winner it's also very panic inducing, it's a lot to live up to and it's a very competitive class

:shocked Plus I'm pitting him against Pallidon in the trot class.

So a big show for me and my team!