I should have updated on this sooner, but life outside of the barn has been pretty busy lately.
My Morgans have really been pulling in titles!
Infectious Love
Became a Grand Champion right around his tenth birthday! Bugsy is such a pleasure to work with. Very gentle and conformationally he is probably my favorite stallion. He didn't care much for chasing cows though; they kept out-running him! Bugsy loved showing off in-hand and under saddle. He reached a score of 82.385 in-hand and 78.712 under saddle. I haven't yet used him as a sire yet, but I plan to soon!
Lady Cassandra
Also became a Grand Champion! This was a huge surprise for me. Her sire's bloodlines are completely unproven in the show ring, and her dam is as well. But Lady Cassandra kicked tushie! She excelled in both cutting and saddleseat too! Just how I want my future herd to be. On first glance one wouldn't expect her to reach 84.283 in-hand, 80.317 under saddle, and 77.399 cutting! But she did! And she was only 6 years old! Such an excellent show mare. Toed-out? I could care less. She's on her way to National, and maybe World? ;)
Prescription For Sunlight
Pulled in a GCh title at 6years 1month and then became our second ever National Champion at only 8years 7 months!!! 141 events with 33 majors! I knew she was special from the day she was born. I would try for WCh with her but I don't think we have enough competition in Gaited or cutting to get her there. Plus I really want to get her into the broodmare barn... Anyway, she made 84.108 in-hand, 81.735 under saddle, and 78.036 in cutting! She has a major conformation fault? What? Who cares, her toes just point out a little.
Controversial
Not even four years old yet and she has scored over 80 and earned 20 points toward her ACh! I absolutely LOVE working with this mare. She is everything I want and more in a Morgan. Able to prance and collect up and then turn around and cut cows without hesitation. WCh? maybe...
I've got two older ACh stallions working their way up to a GCh as well. Alice In Strings and No Sunlight 'Til Dawn.
As of right now, we have reached 18 homebred champions! Someday soon I hope to make it on to the top breeders list.
Thanks for reading!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
I Got One!
Well, I told myself I wasn't going to do this. I wasn't going to use all of my ten custom import credits so quickly, but after my 5 failed attempts to get a filly, I thought I'd try again.
Import 6: colt
Import 7: colt
Import 8: colt
Import 9: colt
Import 10: filly!!!!
Well. Of all the rotten luck, right? 9/10 colts. Oh well, I really can't complain too much! I got one lovely filly and only 3 of the colts are grey, plus I got two black and one gorgeous dark flaxen chestnut!
Now my DHH herd can really start off. :)
Import 6: colt
Import 7: colt
Import 8: colt
Import 9: colt
Import 10: filly!!!!
Well. Of all the rotten luck, right? 9/10 colts. Oh well, I really can't complain too much! I got one lovely filly and only 3 of the colts are grey, plus I got two black and one gorgeous dark flaxen chestnut!
Now my DHH herd can really start off. :)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
ARGH
Well, good news is I placed 2nd in E-R's Spring 2013 Art Contest in the Traditional Category! (Thank you so very much Admin!!!) I decided to purchase a ten pack of credits for custom imports to kick start my DHH herd.
My #1 desire was a filly. That's all I wanted. I only have 3 broodmares right now, and could really use another 1st gen filly. I told myself I would stop importing after getting a filly. Well....
Import 1: colt
Import 2: colt
Import 3: colt
Import 4: colt
Import 5: colt
ARGH! I don't want to spend all my credits today so I am just going to stop there and hope my luck improves in a few months. I got some really nice stud colts though.
My #1 desire was a filly. That's all I wanted. I only have 3 broodmares right now, and could really use another 1st gen filly. I told myself I would stop importing after getting a filly. Well....
Import 1: colt
Import 2: colt
Import 3: colt
Import 4: colt
Import 5: colt
ARGH! I don't want to spend all my credits today so I am just going to stop there and hope my luck improves in a few months. I got some really nice stud colts though.
Friday, July 12, 2013
My DHH Project
Hello all,
Some of you may recall that a while back I started a club for breeding "Dutch Harness Horses", which in E-R are Dutch Warmbloods bred for fine harness. The club is closed now, but I have decided to again start a DHH herd on E-R, but this time at my main ranch, The Carousel.
I have many different plans for this herd though. In my old herd, color was my first goal, then movement, and my horses had a lot of local stock influence. This time, I am going to mainly use performance customs to found my herd, and no LS at all. Why? I just want to see how these horses shape up in comparison to my Morgans, who were largely founded on LS blood. I will try for realistic colors(mainly bay, black, chestnut, with roans, sabinos, and tobianos), but they are not of high importance right now.
We look for leggy stock, with good bone, an upright and well shaped neck, a high and proud tail set, and a strong, short topline. As far as temperament, I am not going to be too picky. I don't care if my horses are "hot," they just need to be proud and bold. To start, I am looking for well rounded stock, and eventually I plan to push for energetic, agile horses with phenomenal movement and conformation.
I am going to go about breeding these animals in a different way than I did with my Morgans. I am going to use a lot of self-made calculations to analyze and compare my horses. I mainly will be focusing on show scores in comparison to peak fitness and comparing offspring to parents. I have been using a Google spreadsheet to keep track of the data. I do this with my Morgans too, but to a lesser degree. I will also try and use a grading system on my stallions once I really get going.
I have also got a little naming system for these guys. All of the "foundation horses", meaning the first generation imports, will have a name starting with "A". Next generation will have "B", then "C", then so on. Skipping Q, X, Y, and Z. If a crossing is made with a "C" name sire to a "B" name mare, then the foal will be considered of the oldest generation possible, so a "D" in this case. For another example, a cross of a "L" sire to a "R" dam will have a "S" foal, as s comes after r, the oldest generation. Once I get through the alphabet, we will begin again at "A" but horses will have the roman numeral "I" after their name. And the pattern will continue. If the horse is not bred by me, I will attempt to figure out its letter status.
But enough of the chit-chat, let me introduce you to the "A" foundation horses!
Stallions
Almere
Almelo
risky undertaking - not owned by me
Mares
Aangenaam
A Patchworks Mystery
Roos - my mare, but not named by me
Only 6 horses so far. I hope to get some more imports soon because 6 certainly isn't enough for a good start. I would really love to get a performance custom filly.
We also have three second generation DHHs too!
Begaafd
Booker
Bornerbroek
I am very pleased with these guys already.
Spring of 203 I am hoping to get my 3 "A" mares pregnant!
Thanks for reading!
Some of you may recall that a while back I started a club for breeding "Dutch Harness Horses", which in E-R are Dutch Warmbloods bred for fine harness. The club is closed now, but I have decided to again start a DHH herd on E-R, but this time at my main ranch, The Carousel.
I have many different plans for this herd though. In my old herd, color was my first goal, then movement, and my horses had a lot of local stock influence. This time, I am going to mainly use performance customs to found my herd, and no LS at all. Why? I just want to see how these horses shape up in comparison to my Morgans, who were largely founded on LS blood. I will try for realistic colors(mainly bay, black, chestnut, with roans, sabinos, and tobianos), but they are not of high importance right now.
We look for leggy stock, with good bone, an upright and well shaped neck, a high and proud tail set, and a strong, short topline. As far as temperament, I am not going to be too picky. I don't care if my horses are "hot," they just need to be proud and bold. To start, I am looking for well rounded stock, and eventually I plan to push for energetic, agile horses with phenomenal movement and conformation.
I am going to go about breeding these animals in a different way than I did with my Morgans. I am going to use a lot of self-made calculations to analyze and compare my horses. I mainly will be focusing on show scores in comparison to peak fitness and comparing offspring to parents. I have been using a Google spreadsheet to keep track of the data. I do this with my Morgans too, but to a lesser degree. I will also try and use a grading system on my stallions once I really get going.
I have also got a little naming system for these guys. All of the "foundation horses", meaning the first generation imports, will have a name starting with "A". Next generation will have "B", then "C", then so on. Skipping Q, X, Y, and Z. If a crossing is made with a "C" name sire to a "B" name mare, then the foal will be considered of the oldest generation possible, so a "D" in this case. For another example, a cross of a "L" sire to a "R" dam will have a "S" foal, as s comes after r, the oldest generation. Once I get through the alphabet, we will begin again at "A" but horses will have the roman numeral "I" after their name. And the pattern will continue. If the horse is not bred by me, I will attempt to figure out its letter status.
But enough of the chit-chat, let me introduce you to the "A" foundation horses!
Stallions
Almere
Almelo
risky undertaking - not owned by me
Mares
Aangenaam
A Patchworks Mystery
Roos - my mare, but not named by me
Only 6 horses so far. I hope to get some more imports soon because 6 certainly isn't enough for a good start. I would really love to get a performance custom filly.
We also have three second generation DHHs too!
Begaafd
Booker
Bornerbroek
I am very pleased with these guys already.
Spring of 203 I am hoping to get my 3 "A" mares pregnant!
Thanks for reading!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Promise
2 Years ago today my favorite broodmare, The Nurse, gave me a beauty of a perlino filly. Her sire is my GCh Intolerable Acts, and we gave the little girl the name "Controverisal."
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