Chamfron Colorado

Colorado (possibly Colin for short!) out in the paddock for the first time tonight.

Last one for 2009!

Last foal safely delivered for 2009,  Nico (Exbury Ghost) x Molly (Abelbeck) and its obviously a red head year for the spotties!!  Chestnut colt born at 3am on the 14th of July.  

Very flashy legs!

Chipita at a month old.

Well we have to say we are thrilled with all the foals this year but I must admit I adore Ruby's foal, the cross with Nico seems to produce these incredibly human friendly, super quiet and well, adorable foals.  Chipita believes that people are only there to fawn over her and she gives kisses (there goes my reputation) and demands her backside scratched, her full brother was absolutely the same last year.

She certainly has her dams head and neck and the QH backside!

I haven't done her American papers yet as I can't work out the colour of her eyes!!

Bit of blue in this one but I couldn't quite make out if she has the same on the near side in the evening light.

I wonder if I could use these photos for her registration... both sides and front and back!!

Su!

Well Su is now about three weeks old and rarely bounces around when I have the camera so I was pretty excited when she came flying over tonight.

I got these three photos while there was a subtle tugging at my shorts, "hello, hello, wouldn't you rather be taking photos of me?"  Then there was a shuffling of feet, Chipita's feet, round to the front of me and  I didn't get any more due to the presence of a furry lens cap!!

Malambo and Viscacha

No point in giving this pair a separate blog as they do everything together, they sleep together...

and when Viscacha gets up, Malambo is "encouraged" to get up too!

They play furiously together, though Malambo thinks he is boss!!

After these photos were taken, Malambo bucked and caught Viscacha fair and square under the chin and she was FURIOUS!!!  Well we all know nothing sulks like a Criollo, and the sulking part she definitely inherited!

Malambo bounced over happily to resume the fun but Viscacha was having none of it and glowered at him until he went away.  Loves young dream not taking a smooth path!

Viscacha was so grumpy she stomped over to see Chipita, "Oh" said Chipita "you don't normally play with me" 

"Your right" muttered Viscacha and stomped off again.

Flying visit!

Visiting mare Beanie (Phalastine Fasoulia) left tonight after a lightning quick visit to Nico, leaving in her wake a terribly heartbroken Cheeko who had been keeping her company in the paddock and acting as teaser!  

Beanie is owned by Omar Rabia local dressage rider and enlightened equitation instructor so we have our fingers crossed for a positive scan and a future spotty dressage horse at Willacy's Stud.

Fluffy...

Fluffy (Real name Molly) has come to be broken in after a very successful in hand career.  She's now going well under saddle though the cantering photos make me giggle "yes I'll go fast, but don't expect me to be happy about expending calories" in true dales mode!

I'll be riding her a bit over the next week to check she's happy with other riders then she'll be ready to go home.  I think she'd be lovely crossed onto Nico, imagine that with a white spotty bum... snigger, snigger, sorry Rose!!