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Growing babies of 2012, where are they now?

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Just a little continuation from this thread...since technically they are no longer yearlings LOL
http://www.horseforum.com/horse-breeding/yearlings-2012-a-155519/


Here's Talyn, a grade, inbred, fugly pinto filly that was feral when I got her as an almost yearling. Best guess is that she'll be 2 somewhere around the first part of April....so with her mare-itude, I'm just going to call her an April Fool's baby LOL.

All these pictures are old as I've not had a chance to get any new ones, but it will get us started at least.


Forgive her funky stance here and her "stink face". That's the mare-itude I was talking about LOL.


Just to prove that she can occasionally have a pleasant look on her face....


 
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#625 ·
My girl in her winter fluff. My husband finally got my truck fixed so we'll be riding at one of the indoor arena's soon for the winter months.
 

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#626 ·
Merlot, Cap, those are two pretty pretty Buckskins. I haven't seen Zephyr update in ages, look how handsome he is!!

It blows my mind to think in 3 months Stryder will be 4. FOUR.

He is sporting quite the hay belly. He's so fat his fat has fat. And all he gets is a round bale and a measuring cup of mini-horse feed twice a day to make him feel like he's getting something when the others get fed. Easy keepers, pfft.






So you know that video of a woman wrapping their horse up in gift wrap? I tried that.

Preparing.



As finished as we got.

Wrapping paper is a lot of work and I"ve never been any good at it. It would have been easier if I had a second pair of hands.

He didn't move though, far too interested in that hay net.. you know because his round bale isn't enough for the piggy.


That would have been so much cuter if he had his eyes open.
:loveshower::loveshower::loveshower::loveshower:

He was all Derp for the whole thing. Fat and lazy! I should start riding him. I Should I should.

 
#627 ·
So.. I was feeling ambitious today.






This is the 3rd time I've hopped on him since he got back from training in April. The difference is night and day. He is more filled out, more balanced. Also he's fat so...

I wasn't sure if I was going to get on him and stood staring down at him from the mounting block for like 5 minutes. He yawned and looked at me so I was like "FINE!" and got on. Just did a 10 minute stroll working on stopping, walking, turning.

He was not amused at having to cart me around. He tried biting my toe whenever i put my leg on him, but that was the worst he did so he was a good boy.
 
#628 ·
Panacea went to the breakers on the 14th December. The first two photos are of her at the breakers.
The last one is of my 3rd time sitting on her. PLEASE don't have a nervous breakdown. I know I'm very fat and I should be wearing a helmet but honestly it was a spur of the moment thing. She was amazing. Didn't care at all, just splashed about, walked around the lagoon and enjoyed ear scratches.
So she's going really well but i dont know when I'll have her back yet :blush:
 

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#630 ·
I've been giving my boy a little break from work as the rain has made everything super sloppy out here. We did finally get snow a couple days ago, and the ground was finally nice enough to let Finn out into the arena to play. I took the "nice" camera out with me and these were the results.

Cute little whiskery nose:


Love his soft eyes, and that star made by the whirl between his eyes:


Pretty trot:


One of my favorites of him:


BLASTOFF!:


Big streeeeeettttttttch!:


"Mom! I'm a ballerina horse! Look!":
 
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Can you believe these horses are all coming on the FOURth year? Stryder's birthday is in March.. Where did my little clown-baby go?

Kinda hard to follow up with the pretty pictures above, as my guy is FILTHY and in pasture condition (which is.. fat and no muscle) but here you go!

I hate Stryder's coat in the winter. It's thick, and he rolls.. and its just gross. Next winter I'ma blanket him to keep him clean if we're riding a lot.

This is how he spends his days.




Sleeping.. or eating.






We're not riding right now, something is up with his right side and I have a feeling it's a stomach issue. So put him on some uguard and going to have him looked at/scoped if it doesn't resolve itself soon.
 
#633 ·
Next month Chloe is coming back from being out to pasture to start her training. I haven't been out lately since I've been focusing on putting miles on Wyatt, work, and the frigid weather, so I only have this picture of her that's semi recent that I didn't put up before. She and Magik got into burrs and it's my own luck that they both have thick manes and tails so had to tie her while working on her long tail DX.
 

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#635 ·
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I thought my horse had socks? At least he did before we went on our trail ride today...
We are celebrating the mud though, because that is from walking through a puddle as directed without sidestepping or trying to avoid it! Yay Finn!
Horse Stable Mane Mare Stall

On another exciting note, he is finishing up another growth spurt. His neck and chest are really looking like the nice stock-type horse I wanted when I first bought the little derp, now I'm just waiting on his back end to catch up again, and maybe that'll be the end of those (hahahahaha in my dreams right?!)
 
#638 ·
It is a real buzz to see these horses all grown up.

Zephyr will be 4 in November. He has been out and about in hand for experience and loves it. He is such a dude about everything.
As a yearling I took him to a big show (with his mother) and the classes were huge.

Fortunately I am NOT a 'showy' but took him for experience because fter the third class came around the Zeph man was getting fidgety as everyone walked far too slowly for his big strides. Anyway the next class was the 'Mannered' ring - I tell you my horse chooses his moments. He threw a complete tantrum - which fir him, means dumping himself down on the ground and kicking his legs all about. That is what he did in the middle of the ring. When he did stagger up, I had a BROWN horse. I was laughing so hard I couldn't move. People were glaring at us and we got kicked out of the ring. Hilarious.

Anyhow I didn't take him to another show until a few weeks ago when I got talked into taking him out again. This is him the day before - all washed and pimped. He was absolutely incredible at this, did not put a foot wrong even when some horses went nuts beside him. (he almost rolled his eyes)
 

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#640 ·
Loki is finally, finally starting to look like an adult horse. He'll be 4 in May. Sticked him at 16 hands in the front and 16.1 hands at the butt. My horses have been at home with me since November. I was really scared I wouldn't be able to take proper care of them because I've never had horses at home before, but so far, so good. I absolutely love having them right outside my door.

Pics...

First one he's on a hill so he appears to be level (yay!) lol, and excuse the wormer on his lips:



He's going to start under saddle this summer. I was originally going to start him as a 3-year-old but he was so immature in body and mind I just couldn't do it.

This next pic I'm only sharing because I love the relationship he has with my daughter. He does everything for her. :)





I hope everyone is able to enjoy their horses. I've been a member for almost 3 years and a lurker for 6, but rarely post. I should be posting more often now that I'll actually be working with him lol
 
#647 ·
I thought I replied to this!

I was actually thinking of doing horse agility with my 2014 baby. I talked about it with her breeder last summer and totally forgot about it, so thank you! She's awesome. She follows me at liberty through all sorts of distractions and even while we're walking through the woods (which are privately owned by the landowner I rent from and double fenced). She loves learning new things, is very athletic, and just tries her hardest for me. I'll try a couple agility things with her over the next month or so and see what she thinks. Have to go back into research mode with it, though :)

Loki begrudgingly does what I ask. And with begrudgingly, I mean he does what I want, but makes sure I know he's not impressed with it lol. Kind of like my daughters lol. I can't cross a bridge or a creek or go through the "car wash" I set up without a lot of deep boredom sighs, even during the first time he ever does it. He will be easy to jump on and just trail ride, but in between rides, I'm sure he'll be happiest being left alone in the pasture. Although he does like to come over for his daily brushing and fly spraying, lol.
 
#642 ·
Stryder is going to be 4 tomorrow! (the 11th March)

Where did all the time go? He's still a gawky, awkward, never gonna have good conformation kind of thing.

Oh well, at least he has personality and spots.

He got his feet done today. As you can see he takes standing for the farrier very seriously.




All that winter fat is gone, but so is some of his winter coat. He's shedding so bad.



And showing off his musical talents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drArO_sZ1B0
 
#644 · (Edited)
Insurance. The last time he got taken out for the farrier (4 weeks ago) he spent the entire time rearing/bucking and trying to kick. They ended up having to twitch him. Sometimes he gets a bur up the butt with a big weather change and acts a fool. Since I'm not there to hold him my BO puts a chain on just in case she needs it. It's very rare for him to act like an idiot, but once every few months he decides to be jerk. If he's nice, he doesn't even know its there. He was nice today, as he usually is.
 
#649 ·
Wow! Everyone's colts are looking great!

Update on Hooey:
I got really busy last fall and just couldnt consistently ride him as he needed. I swallowed my pride and sent him to my friend who makes really nice cow horses. (He's the one the one tries to buy him from me) I've always started and trained my own horses but you just have to do what's right for the horse. I sent him for 30 days and rode him a couple times before winter hit. Turned out for the winter and brought him back in last week. The snow and ice finally melted off!
I saddled and led him off with not a hump in his back, gyped him a little and climbed on. He tried to crow hop going into the lope but he's just playing and easy to pull him out of it.
Next day a friend I headed out at a trot down the railroad tracks. He wanted to play, crowhop, bite Stilts, I spanked his butt and away he went. Once he frees up he is so much fun to ride, you could trot for miles, so smooth. Pretty mover and moves big!
Trying to get him legged up for work next week, so excited to see him on cattle.
I couple of pics from the other day. He isn't that lanky colt anymore he's gotten soggy!
 

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#651 ·
Wish Stryder had that kind of build! He's definitely doesn't have that nice thick QH build.

Been trying to get in the habit of consistently riding him. He is thrilled (not)




Got pretty spring time flower picture at least






Ignore his feet, he's due for a trim next week. toes grow like weeds. Not really happy with the farrier either but we're changing that up in May when I move barns.
 
#652 ·
Thanks smrobs! I'm so tickled with this horse, I wish I had a trailer load of him..lol

Drifting, I like the way he's built I bet you could go for miles on him!

Took Hooey to work yesterday.
Jumped out of the trailer just before sun up the coldest part of the morning with a fresh coat of snow on the ground. He was pretty excited so he does his ususlly, tries to crowhop and he's fry 90 as we are gathering heifers. He's like a guided missile on cattle, he locks on, pins his ears and tries to take chunk of hide. We doctored a few foot rots, I didn't rope off of him he wasn't tired enough yet so I set ropes, gave shots and notched ears.

Boss got a phone call, cows had made over the ridge onto the wrong side. We drove up the road hopped out and went to looking for a few head of vows got them thrown together and headed up the mountain. Hooey has getting a little tired. Got down the other side put them on the fence to the meadows. It was kinds like trail ride then, we all just took it easy and B.S. Everyone's horses were tired it was about 12 miles from the highway, over the ridge and down to the meadow let alone the circle we pulled that morning.
He did really well for his first day at work, he's a tough one ! I didn't want to put that many miles on him the first day and pull his plug but he took it. Got compliments on him from the guys on crew which always makes you feel good, like a proud parent..lol

A couple of pictures:
Turning out heifers the day before, 1300 head. Second pic, Hooey and I looking for cattle. The ridge in the background is the one we had to go over.
 

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#653 ·
We are making the leap to a new barn in May. We have been at my current barn since I got Stryder at 4 months old, so almost 4 years! It's not very conducive to riding though as the rings are small, and there are sometimes a lot of restrictions since it's a breeding facility. It was safe though when he was younger. It feels like we're graduating, new place has a massive indoor ring and double the amount of fields and horses.

Now if only the weather would clear up so we can get back to work.

 
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