PlayTime Minis - Finished for 2013; See you in 2014

[Eagle]

I will rename her Fluffybum. Lol she is such a scream

 

[MountainWoman]

Thanks Renee and Anna. She keeps me smiling!

 

[MountainWoman]

Got my professional photos so here are a couple of them. First is my 24" boy, Raputure's Adriel Magic Afterglow.





Good things do come in tiny packages!! And my beautiful boy (obviously I'm prejudiced), Zorro.

 

[targetsmom]

WOW!! You would never know Adriel was only 24". We just clipped his half sister yesterday and there is a family resemblance - but your boy is definitely the better one. I am starting to wonder what a pro trainer could do with our horses.....

 

[MountainWoman]

Thanks Mary. I think if you find the right pro trainer, it is well worth it but that's a really individual and personal decision. For me, it was the right thing to do cause if the horses stay with me, they'd never be in show shape

 

[Eagle]

Wow Sara, they take your breath away. Just stunning!

 

[LittleRibbie]

24 inches!!! My mind is now blown!! holy mackerel is he amazing!!

 

[MountainWoman]

Thank you Renee and Heidi! Mary, I was thinking it might be awesome to be a show horse at a trainers. Kind of like going to a spa with a healthy diet, exercise, facials and massages, travel to far off locations and then modeling for photo shoots

Oh well, I'm happy with my life cleaning poop from stalls and playing kissy face with foals.

 

[AnnaC]

Oh my!! They are both stunningly beautiful boys!! Quite takes ones breath away to look at those pictures.

 

[lexischase]

Saw these photos on Facebook, Sara. I have always loved little Adriel, but WOW! He is maturing into a beautiful little stallion. I just love him, and Zorro is equally as handsome. Such nice boys!!

 

[MountainWoman]

Thank you Anna and Lexi.

 

Oh my!!! They are just stunning....both boys! Just love the photos.

Mary, I used to send my horses out with trainers and generally had very good results -- all winning at least Top Ten placements at Nationals and Worlds -- except for one trainer in the Mid-West who shall remain nameless -- who wouldn't take the stallion to Nationals although he qualified and almost got his HOF in one season. But it was okay -- because the other stallion out that year took a 3rd place at Nationals.

You just have to be selective and make sure you have everything in writing, and you are in control of the expenses the trainers want to incur on your behalf. The trainer in the mid-west I used cost me over $10,000 for one season -- and then didn't take my boy to Nationals because he decided to take his own stallion instead. A lesson learned the hard way.....but learned!

 

[targetsmom]

Just for fun - here is a photo of Taffy, Adriel's half sister, also as a yearling. Of course, not fully clipped and with a foofy mane, and no pro trainer...

 

[MountainWoman]

Diane, that sounds like an awful trainer to not take your boy. I have to say I LOVE Danielle Hill and if anyone is thinking about showing in AMHA, you should send your horses to her. She's the absolute best and has done an amazing job with my boys. Mary, Taffy is lovely. How are they related? On their Daddy's side? Adriel's Mom was a daughter of Robin's beloved Whypy. It's such a small world. Here we are friends on the board and our horses are related too.

 

[targetsmom]

LOL, it really IS a mini world!! Yes Taffy's sire is Ten L Spirits Afterglow and she is out of Alamos Sirs Toffee Snow, so maternal half sister to Luna and Clyde.

 

[MountainWoman]

I've loved Ten L Spirit's Afterglow for a long time. I love your horses Mary. If I ever leave the farm, I'll have to come visit.

 

[LittleRibbie]

Well if I were sent to the trainers it would have to be a draft horse trainer size spa......I sure wouldnt fit in a mini spa...that's my story and Im sticking to it.

funny thing is after looking at your last pictures...and drooling mind you, I had to go read your entire thread. You sure have some nice crosses going on.

diane, I have no words to describe how mad I would be if a trainer did that to me.....I would be taking a tranquil, peaceful, quiet walk in the nice forest......only I'd be dragging a rolled up piece of carpet with a shovel over my shoulder.

 

[Eagle]

I am with you Heidi

Mary what a lovely little girl you have there in hiding, I think you need to share some more pics of all your chips or are you afraid I might pop by at night time

Sara I love your idea of a horse in training

 

[MountainWoman]

Heidi, I'm telling you that you need to write a book. We'd all be in stitches laughing!! Renee, Mary's mare is lovely. I agree!!

 

[targetsmom]

Taffy is clipped and going to the show Sunday, so will have to take pics to post here. One of my all time favorites is this one from the show last October which was the first show ever for both of them.

Funny thing about Spirit (or Afterglow): I liked the stallion too, but of course, with him being SOLID, I would never breed a mare to him. Then Parmela Bonney offered her mare Alamos Sirs Toffee Snow - a PINTO - bred to him!! So I bought the pregnant mare, had Parmela foal her out, and of course she had a filly (you know the best way to get a filly is to sell the mare) and a pinto one too!!