Simply Red of Comrue

This weekend I went to Stavanger to wisit Sissel and Inger. It's always a lot of fun to play with these girls. I brougt allong Thinka and Simpley Red. Red is starting his driving training now - and it's good to have som helpfull friends getting you started. And the boy didd splendid! Hes such a sweet and calm little stallion. I'll soon have him going in the waggon.
Lots of photos - all taken by Sissel Heigre.
Tank you for all the good work, and fun time girls!

- Mona -

What colour?

Ok - I admit it - I`m really excited about this season foals to be born.

Only a few months left now, and the first foals will step into this world! :)

I`ve made a little list of my mares due dates and the possible colours of their babies - we`ll just have to wait and see if my list is correct ;)

Camella Boy Warrior

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Emily

Her foaling date is May 3rd and possible colours of her baby you can see below.

(Camella Boy Warrior also carries the pearl gene which wasn`t included in the colour calculation, so I think there is a chance of getting a pearl baby as well ;)
19.14% - Buckskin Tobiano
19.14% - Buckskin
19.14% - Bay Tobiano
19.14% - Bay
3.13% - Palomino Tobiano
3.13% - Palomino
3.13% - Chestnut Tobiano
3.13% - Chestnut
2.73% - Smoky Black Tobiano
2.73% - Smoky Black
2.73% - Black Tobiano
2.73% - Black
I`m hoping for buckskin baby from these two cobs :)

Holm`s La Coste of Picasso
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Nancy
Her foaling date is April 19th and she will definatelly have a chestnut baby :)
75.00% - Chestnut Tobiano
25.00% - Chestnut
I just love La Costes`mum Mischa, so I`m crossing my fingers for a foal like her - a solid cestnut filly foal with 4 white legs and LOTS of hair!

Ickie

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Bess

Her foaling date is May 12th and my guess is that she will have yet another beautiful black and hairy baby :)
87.50% - Black
12.50% - Chestnut

Vestlandsbandens Golden Victory has been bred to my 3 young mares in addition to Corrie.

I`m hoping for some really nice, chunky and hairy silverbabies from my girls :)
Golden Victory x Vestlandsbandens Lilo (Her father is Ickie).
Her foaling date is April 19th.
35.16% - Silver Bay
35.16% - Bay
11.72% - Silver Black
11.72% - Black
6.25% - Chestnut

Golden Victory x Vestlandsbandens Irina (Ickie is her father as well).
Don`t know for sure her foaling date, so we`ll just have to wait patientelly.....
35.16% - Silver Black Tobiano
35.16% - Black Tobiano
11.72% - Silver Black
11.72% - Black
4.69% - Chestnut Tobiano
1.56% - Chestnut

Golden Victory x Otis` Olivia
Her foaling date is May 22nd.
26.37% - Silver Bay Tobiano
26.37% - Bay Tobiano
8.79% - Silver Black Tobiano
8.79% - Silver Bay
8.79% - Black Tobiano
8.79% - Bay
4.69% - Chestnut Tobiano
2.93% - Silver Black
2.93% - Black
1.56% - Chestnut

Golden Victory x Corrie

Her foaling date is May 5th. It will be interesting to see the result of this colour combination - for the two last seasons she has given us a tobiano pearl palomino filly and a solid palomino filly - maybe we are up for a silver buckskin filly this year??!!? That would be something! :)
16.67% - Palomino
16.67% - Chestnut
8.33% - Smoky Black
8.33% - Silver Smoky Black
8.33% - Silver Buckskin
8.33% - Silver Black
8.33% - Silver Bay
8.33% - Buckskin
8.33% - Black
8.33% - Bay

Looks like May will be an exciting and busy month!!!

I just hope everything runs smoothely and that the foals will be strong and at good health.

~ Elisabeth ~

Golden Victory

Hi again! :)

Thought I`d post some new photos of Golden Victory (or Victor as we call him).

He`ll be 4 years old this summer and we are very excited to see his offspring this summer to come. If everything goes well, he`ll be the daddy of 8 babies this year!

He is such a sweetheart - so gentle and easy to handle - a real casanova! :)

And as you can see from the pictures, I`m not lying.....my 12 year old son Marcus is leading him as I shoot the pics :)

Two of my fav boys in the whole wide world!!! :)

Some "playing in the snow" pics to follow....sorry - they are a bit dark, not much light here when the sun is hiding.....I`m so looking forward to spring and more daylight!

Taking a snowbath.....

Well, that`s the photos for today :)

Besides this - the latest news from our farm is that 3 of our horses have moved to their new homes.

Katinka has moved to Ellen where she will be her riding and breeding mare, and Victoria and Nikita have moved to Louise in Denmark. I am really sure of, that these horse have come to loving and caring homes and I wish them all the best! :)

Winter!!!!

Okay . So, I'm alive. I know i've been a bad blogger latley. No excuses - just pur lacyness:) The winter and snow gave me som inspiration to a trip outside and a photo shoot. There is 21 horses on my farm now - and I have to say it's a lovely sigth - They are all so different, each of them has its on personality, and things about them I just love.

The snow has given me some trouble keeping them all in the ringt fence.. electrisity works poorly underneat the snow.. and the fist nigth we had 75 cm.. not a thing we're used to her in this part of the countyr. Combined with temperatures down to -17 celcius - vell, i'ts a new expeience, and I'm not shure I'm happy about it.

Anyhow.. hope you enjoy the photo spam :)

"come on cobs"

Im so pleaced with my 2008 fillies.. This is Shirley. She's a mix. (And for sale) Amanda (by Netta- Ickie) - I was planning on selling this girl... but then.. She woud fit perfekt in my 4 in one drive together with Thinka and Rose... don't you think?

The black one si Betty Boop - by Thinka and a unknown stallion. Her friend is my mini chunk - PEnnyOne more of AmandaAnd Primroese.. This girl is BIG - Sired by Ickie, and dam Rosie... bout her parents ar quite smal - but this girl goes her own way - guess shell be about 160 cm tallCamella boy Warrior
Stina and Penny - yupp, Stina is back in my herd. And she has pronised to give me a pretty little gray baby:)

Another one of Linda

Rianna - growing in all odd directions;) She is my first foal by Camella Boy - dam Eliza

- Mona -

Happy new year!!!

First of all I want to wish all of our friends and readers a really HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

I hope you`ve all had the best Christmas time together with your family and loved ones!

I`m sorry for our losy update in the blog these past few months, I guess we`ll have to blame it on the dark and wet autumn combined with a lot of work....

But - now King Winter has visited us and painted the scenery white!

The horses love it and so do I - or at least it is much better than all the rain that usually keeps poring down :)

It is really cold, about -12,5 degrees below zero at this moment....brrrrrr..........(I wonder what happened with the warm climate the politicians keep threatening us with.......?)

Well, well - anyhow I snapped a few pics today and here they come.....

Bess, Tiril and Ronja lined up - Teddy and Robin are playing in the background.
Bess again - she almost looks like a cold bird - round and fluffy :)

Little Sahara with her cute face!

Teddy and Robin playing and enjoying the snow.....they were supposed to go to a new home, but their future owners backed out due to personal things, so I guess they are still for sale to loving and caring homes........

Teddy - mummys sweatheart....I`m in love with this little, black and hairy fellow :)

I not sure I am ready to part with him....I`m a little worried that he will have to stay here with me for a while..........;)

Emily - BIG and beautiful! I`m really excited to see here foal with Corny.

She is due in the beginning of May......

And here is little Victoria.

She is a really nice silver dapple girl and she will soon leave for her new home in Denmark.

I hope they will be pleased with this chunky girl :)

Well, that`s it for today - I will try to blog more often than these last months.......

Soon spring is here and the first foals will arrive - I`m so looking forward to see what`s hiding in the mares`bellies!

Crossing my fingers for some extra special babies this year too :)

Hope you`ve enjoyed!

~ Elisabeth ~