Vestlandsbandens Dora

Yesterday Penny finaly had her foal. I've been waiting, waiting and waiting for this one. Off course she foaled when I was at work - my only comfort beeing that Magnar was home taking care of them. I had to ring him and make him lift the foals tail, asking him several times, are you shure I's another filly??? Yippi!!!!
Her sire is Camella Boy Warrior - DNA testing a.s.a.p - But I'm expecting here to be a pearl carrier.

Meeting cosin EMMA for the fist time. Two weeks og age difference

Yupp, this girl has hair!!!

Trying to do like mummy...

She had a lot of problems getting started on the milk bar - I spendt houers last nigth trying to help her figure it out. Well, she still manges to get milk all over her face, but she is getting there:)

- Mona -

Yeah, yet another girl!

Like Mona mentioned, finally spring is here and the foals are starting to enter the world :)

I was actually not expecting my first foal to be born yet, I thought I had to wait a few weeks more. But shame on me - last night Nancy had a big and strong filly!

A tobiano chestnut and white cutie pie with a short, short back and looong, strong legs :)

Her father is La Coste - I guess she will grow up to be a big cob just like her daddy.

Here are her first photos, not the best because it was evening and starting to get dark before i got the chance to have a photoshot, but at least you will get an idea of how the little lady looks like :)

We have decided to name her Ramona.

Check out her long eye lashes - too cute! :)

Mummy is the safest place to be in this scary new world.......

Hardly no back on this little lady - where do the saddle go when the time is right for that....?

Trying uot her feet for the first time!

Well, that was it for today - have to snap some new pics of Ramona later on when it is brighter outside. Hope you`ve enjoyed! :)

~ Elisabeth ~

It's a girl!!!!

Finaly - my favorite time of the year. The ligth is coming back, birds are singing, the grass is getting green - and the foals are arriving!!!
Rose gave me a beautifull supprice yesterday morning. A pretty, adorable filly! The first one this year. Sired by Golden Victory, I'll be DNA testing her, believe here to be a silver dapple one!!!!! And as you can se, like the filly Rose had last year, this one is also a tiny littel one. I do love the little ones.

One day old in theese photos

Adorable, playing with her mummy's rope. This girl is born calm. She already loves a cuddle.

Finding a name is the worst part of getting the foals... well, finaly I've desided that this one is Vestlandsbandens Emma. Only 8 more to go in my farm.... phu..

A close up on her mane. Ther is a white spot between her ears, but isn't the mane a bit silver?? I have to do the DNA test soooon - so hoping for here to be a silver one!

Well, hoped you enjoied the photos... and just to make shure you stop by our blog later on..... I had an SMS from Elisabeth this morning. There is a pretty supprice on here farm to!!!

- Mona -

Vestlandsbandens Robin - 2 years old.

I just wanted to share a few pics I shot of Robin today.

He will soon be 2 years old and is developing into a nice young stallion.

He is really special with his white head, red body and blond hair :)

Of course - just like his father Ickie - he is a little sweetheart and very calm and easy going....

He will be for sale to the rigth home!

Sorry - he is not to clean in the photos, I hope you can see the nice young stud behind the hair and mud ;)

Here together with his best pal and brother - Teddy.

Hope you liked the update.

And while I`m here I also want to wish you all a very HAPPY EASTERN!!! :)

~ Elisabeth ~

Stallion approval 2010

I guess some people are curios to see photos and the results from the stallion approval which Simply Red and Camella Boy attended Thursday 25th of March, so - here they come :)

Red - who now is four years - charmed the judges with his blond, long hair and got some really good grades! He got a straight line of 8ths and the judges said he was a nice, harmonic young stallion with a pretty head, nice body, nice legs with good joints and really good movements.

You can imagine we were pleasently surprised!

He is like the ugly duckling who blossomed into a beautiful swan! :)

But unfortunatelly we haven`t had the time to train him enough in the wagon, so he didn`t do the driving test this year and couldn`t be approved due to this......

I guess we will show him again next year and train him properly so that he can do the test (and hopefully he`ll be approved then).

Mona doing the last finish before the show...

He`s has a grown a lot and the vet measured him to 146 cm in hight.

Two happy friends :)

Camella Boy - now 5 years old -has also developed much over the last few years.

The jugdes said he was a stallion of good type with a good shoulder and really good movements. Unfortunatelly he didn`t get approved because of the angles in his legs weren`t good enough (don`t know the English term for this...sorry...)

But he has such a good temper and and is a great driving horse.

He did the best driving test of the day and achieved 46 out of 50 points!!

He really loves to pull the wagon :)

He was measured to 143 cm in hight.

Showing off for Simply Red and telling him who`s the boss!

Unforunatelly he is a bit bogburned, so he looks a little funny.

Camella Boy, me and Mona during the driving test - the judge was really pleased with this well mannered boy :)

Well, that`s all for today - I have some movies to, but haven`t edited them yet, so they will have to come later ;)

Hope you`ve enjoyed!

~ Elisabeth ~

Camella Boy Warrior

It`s been a while since Camella Boy Warrior (or Corny as we call him here at home) has been in the spotlight, so here are a few new photos of him.

He will turn 5 years this summer and is developing into a nice, compact stallion with an exciting colour!

Not cleaned up in the pics, but I think he looks pretty good anyway ;)

Showing off.....

He is a buckskin pearl and we are very excited to see if he will give away some crazy colours to his offspring this season.

Love his brown stripes in the mane - it looks so cool!

He will be attending a stallion approval at the end of this month, hopefully it will turn out in our favour ;)

~ Elisabeth ~