As we head into winter, things settle down on the breeding front.
We have had one major change, our lovely colt Stanhopes Magician aka Marty is now gelded. Having collected more frozen then we could ever use I decided that I really did want him as my up and coming sport horse. It was a hard decision but the right one. He is now very happy and hanging out with the other boys about to continue his riding education. I will take him slowly but hope to have him out and about at small things in the summer. Needless to say, he will be available via frozen to outside mares. We also hope to have our other colt, Magic Fluke (Whats Colour) who is homozygous for the pinto gene available to a limited number of outside mares in 2012.
We are looking forward to the spring when we have 2 Marty foals of our own and several quality outside mares also due to him. We did sell our lovely Pintado Desperado/Broadway Aly mare to a great family that are big pinto enthusiasts so we know she will be very well looked after. She is infoal to Marty and due in September so this will be Martys first foal.
We have leased a lovely Brilliant Invader mare who was a competitive Intermediate eventer in her time. She is a beautiful leggy mare and she is infoal to Marty and we are excited about her foal due this spring.
We only had one foal to wean, the lovely Magic MacPherson aka Elle, and that all went well and she is now with her full sibling Magic Moments. They are quite a pair together and get on really well. Both are by Whats Colour and are homozygous for the pinto gene - lucky us!
My TB Artwork has been doing well eventing with the help of Vaughn Jefferis and rider Matt Gilmour. He went up north for another stint and won Woodhills prenovice, and was 5th at Taupo 3 Day event prenovice championship class - great results and now lovely to have him home. I now have to get on and ride him!
I hope everyone survives the winter and we look forward to the spring!
