Shannon Rose had her foal

This morning Shannon/Bingo gave us a suprice. A pretty, pretty little colt. Sired by Ickie

I havn't decided a name for him yet Yes - it's definatly a boy!

And the proud mummy - taking a short break form grassing





- Mona -

Coat color result

Got the DNA results on Victoria and Golden Viking back tonight - and it turns out that they are both silver dapples!!!
Well - that was all for today - just had to share my excitement! ;)

Coat Color results for Vestlandsbandens Golden Viking

Red-Factor Result:
E/E - No red factor detected. Horse cannot have red foals regardless of the color of mate. Basic color is black, bay or brown in the absence of other modifying genes.

Agouti Result:
a/a - Only recessive allele detected. Black pigment distributed uniformly. Basic color is black in the absence of other modifying genes.

Silver Result:
N/Z - One copy of the altered sequence detected. Black-based horses will be chocolate with flaxen or lightened mane and tail. Bay-based horses will have lightened black pigment on lower legs, mane and tail. No effect on chestnut color.



Coat Color results for Vestlandsbandens Victoria

Red-Factor Result:
E/E - No red factor detected. Horse cannot have red foals regardless of the color of mate. Basic color is black, bay or brown in the absence of other modifying genes.

Agouti Result:
a/a - Only recessive allele detected. Black pigment distributed uniformly. Basic color is black in the absence of other modifying genes.

Silver Result:
N/Z - One copy of the altered sequence detected. Black-based horses will be chocolate with flaxen or lightened mane and tail. Bay-based horses will have lightened black pigment on lower legs, mane and tail. No effect on chestnut color.

~ Elisabeth ~

A few foal pics

Just wanted to share a few foal pics I took yesterday.

The foals are growing up so fast and change so quickly.

It is incredible how much they develop the first few weeks....

Little Viking 8 days old.

I think he will grow up to be a real casanova ;) And his sister - Victoria 12 days old - such a compact and chunky filly!

And she can jump to ;)

Two cute sisters - Donna and Sahara.

~ Elisabeth ~

Meet the Golden Viking :)

Oh yes, I`m over the moon again - Luna had her foal today...a little silver prince!!

He is sired by our Golden Victory and since we decided to name the colts` sister Victoria up after her father, we thought this fellow should have a name similar to his daddy too.

So we are very proud to annonce the birth of little Golden Viking :)

(I can hardly believe Victor has given us 2 beautiful silver babies this year - his very first daughter and son.....)

And here are the first photos of the little prince - only a few hours old in these photos.....

He is so cute!

I can`t believe we`ve got all these great coloured foals this summer - did I mention how thrilled I am??!!!! ;)

~ Elisabeth ~

More Victoria....and some..... :)

New pics of Victoria - now dry and 2 days old.

She is so cute - I`m in love! :)

What a sweetheart!

Donna - Tinkas filly

And Sahara - the little girls are growing so fast!

Victor - Victorias daddy (and mummys boy :)

And had to add a few pics of 2 year old Lilo - take a look a her feathers!

~ Elisabeth ~

Yes, yes, yes - meet little Victoria!!!

Woho!!! I`m thrilled!!!

Olivia gave birth to a beautiful filly today - and I`m almost sure of that she is a silver girl!

Here are the first pics of her - covered in blood, but I guess you can spot the little diamond shining underneath it all......

We`ve named her Victoria after her daddy :)

I`ve told myself all winter that we were going to sell Olivias baby when it was born, but I`m really struggeling with the idea now hihihi.....

This is Olivias first foal, but she is so proud of and gentle with her newborn baby.

Trying out her feet!

And I had to add a photo of the proud daddy too :)

New and better photos will come within a few days - I promise ;)

~ Elisabeth ~

It's a boy!!!

Well - here he is, my first colt this year. Sired by Ickie, and the proud mummy is my silver bay mare Linda. I've named him Lewis. I'm not shure of his color, but i'm suspecting him to be a silver bay!! I will do an DNA test.

Joleen... my adorable little doll - just had to share a couple of shots of her to.

- Mona -

Tinkas girl

Tinka had a little black filly last weekend (yes , yet another filly!!!)

Here`s a few shots of her a couple days old.

Not the best pictures because the weather was so grey and rainy that day, but I guess there will be more photos to come soon ;)

The daddy of this little cutie is Ickie - I suspect she will grow up to be a beautiful and heavy girl :)

~Elisabeth~