The ultimate driving test..

Once a year the local riding and driving horse club have offered to pull waggons with noisy kids. Its a lokal event, pirates, horses and barbeques. Lots of people and cars every where. Normaly we woud use the bomp proof school horses.. but this year, well non of them where free to do the job.
I have to admit I was a bit anxious - Ickie have never been in this amount of traffic.. And Thinka having her foal with here. But why .. Mona, they are tinker horses!!!
Okay, so Ickie was a bit eager in the beginning. looking everywhere, at everything. And he wasn't to happy about waiting for the new load of noisy kids. But all in all I'm so pleaced with him. And Thinka, well, she is just my good little girl. Pulling that heavy waggon, calm and quiet. Her only conserne was some white lines in the road;)
Line is always a good person to ask as a coach, and she did an excelent jobb.
And then luckily Ida joined uss- beeing more like a slvae, running arrond, taking photos, and keeping Ickie calm during loading the people. Thank you girls!!!

Next year I guess we will be back. Driving with my new waggon, pulled by two horses... Only a week ore so now, and the waggon will be here!!

Well, here are some of the 110 pictures Ida snapped- enjoy!!!

- Mona -

Introducing Shannon Rose

It's about time to tell you about Shannon Rose. She is the 2. gypsy horse that came to my farm - but I only had her for a year before I sold her. But this winter she is back "home". I've borrowed her from Veronica - Stall Heimtun -breeding her to Ickie, and get to keep the foal.



- Mona -

My girls!!

Just another wisit in the field today.. and the camera ad to take som photos:) Eliza is back home from Elisabeth. She has been running with Corny.. so hopefully she will get a nice foal next year. She is only two years old, but I think she ha a good body alreday.
Amanda

Amanda and Netta
Rosie

Ickie, Primrose and Amanda -all figthing for Maias attention

My little tank... Betty Boop is growing in to a beauty!!
Betty and Rover

Thinka at a show!!!

So today it was time to take Thinka to a show and get her aproved as a tinker horse in Norway. It all started like a nigthmare...but we finaly made it to the show, 15 minutes late. Just pulled the horse of the trailor, and rand to se the judges. phu..

And then, only a short brake befor the driving test. Thinka did ok.. but me -well i did a lot of stupid misstakes. Not happy with my selfe at all. I'll have to do a lot better next time. But anyhow, the test got aproven, with lousy 37 points.

And then there was a lot of waiting.... Since Thinka and her foal Betty Boop is Maia's horses we brougt her allong. She was so prud. Brushing and petting Betty. And Betty, well she was calm as always. Loving the atention.
"oho, I love it when you rub my feet"

And then, finaly it was time to get the results. Thinka got nice grades!!!!
8-8-7-7-8 on her body. 7 on the stypid driving test (I'll hate myself for it for a loong time!!) 9 on her temper.
The judges said (Sorry Ill have to write this in Norwegian)
"Hoppe av god type. Pent Hode, God hals, god skulder og manke. Kort rygg og sterkt godt kryss. Bra bevegelser i skritt og trav."
Thinka vas mesures 142 cm and 21 cm on her "pipe"

So the judges had the same opinion as my selfe - she is a god mare!! I'm happy:)

There was another tinker mare in the show to. These two girls was very simular. The same heigt, same bone and the got exactly the same grades on body, test and temper!!!

Congratulations to you Hege!!



- Mona -

The foals

Yesterday we brought home the two last mares who had been at Monas place visiting Ickie.

So now all my foals are back home again....an they have grown a lot!

The only one missing here is Luna and her baby Fant as they are in another field...

Viggo - our first foal born this year - 4 months old now.

He is going to be a heavy boy and he is such a charmer! Just like a big dog he follows us around the field wanting to cuddle :)

It is almos impossible to get any photos of him.....

Ahh, that feels good......
Hey, wait up!
Bess and her baby Teddy.
He has the sweetest face and tons of feather already -

can`t wait to see him all grown up!

A hairy, black pearl ;)
3 1/2 months old - look at that hair!

Pretty Isabella - what a doll!
2 months old!

So sweet and such a girl....carefully approching us wanting to say hello....
Friends :)
Robin - 2 1/2 months old.

He has got such an unique colouring with his white face and 4 white legs!

Ahh, tired........
And Diablo almost 4 months old.

~ Elisabeth ~

Nefatiti and friends

I've made a decission.. Nefatiti, my silver dapple mare is for sale!!! As many of you know, mares with this unique color is not offen offered for sale. AND... she is in foal to Ickie. Breed to a black stallion there is a good chance of her giving a silver foal!!

So I figured out I'd hawe to take som new photos of her... well, so I've learnd she is not the photogenic one... well - at least you get to se her as she is.

Her eye laches facinates me... even they are silver colored!!! And then two pretty dark brown eyes.


She has nice mowments. Lifting her knee high. And look at her chest!!!
And then I just had to take a couple of shots of the two fillies in the same field. They have the same mother - Lone. Rose , is two yers old - sired by Herkules.

And Penny - a yearling sired by Ickie.

- Mona -

Ickie is for sale!!!

Okay.. so we've finaly made up our minds. I think...

The best premiered tinker horse in Norway is for sale!! A quality horse, a unique chance!

Take a look at ore web page http://vestlandstinker.com/sales.htm