Spring!

Finally the sun paid us a visit, so we took the foals out for a spin today :)

They loved being outside and streching their legs and here are a few pics of the little ones....

Lucas 5 days old - he is such a character and already very independent of mummy.

He walks around sniffing and tasting everything - really exploring the world....

Here our daugther Mira is saying hello to her horse Lilo and her little prince Lucas :)
"Hi, who are you?"

He is just to cute!

Little Embla trying out her feet - it isn`t always easy to figure out how they work.... :)

Woho - now I`ve got the hang of it!!!

Seline and Lucas meets up - they are halfbrother and sister.

Seline loves to run! She ran around in the field all day long....

And Ramona - nearly 1 month old now.

She loves the company of the other foals - finally she is not a single child anymore :)

She is so trusty and loves a cuddle....here with our daughter Mira and our son Even.

Well, that`s an update on the foals so far - hope you`ve enjoyed! :)

~ Elisabeth ~

Vestlandsbandens Embla

Okay, I am officially in love!!!

Last night Emily had her baby - I have been waiting, waiting and waiting.....and fortunatelly I was lucky enough to get to see the birth.

I was expecting her to have a huge, bay colt, so the surprise was big when this beautiful and colourful little lady entered the world! :)

Not that it would have been anything wrong with a bay colt, but I am really happy with this filly!

Totally huggable!!! :) Did I mention how happy I am over this filly....? ;)

Definatelly a keeper.

At first - when she was born - I thought she might be a chestnut and white.

But as she dried up, she started to get a golden glow in her coat so I thought maybe she could be a dark palomino. But then I thougt maybe she was a chestnut pearl (considering Camella Boy being her father) and the pearl gene might affect the red colour.....BUT NOW - are you hanging in there? -I`m thinking she is a buckskin and white tobiano. And the reason for this is because of her black linings around her ears as buckskins often have.......check out the photo below.

So - what do you think??

I will for sure have to send in a DNA test......

A heavy and hairy little lady :)

Hope you`ve enjoyed! :)

~ Elisabeth ~

Vestlandsbandens Seline

Meet sweet little Seline!

She was born yesterday morning.

Corrie is her mum and Golden Victory is her dad.

She seems to be a black/brown filly, but I suspect that she might carry a hidden colour as mum is palomino and dad is a silver dapple.

It doesn`t show that well in the pictures, but she has kind of an yellow glow to her coat, so maybe she is a smokey black...?

I guess I will have to do and DNA test to be shure :)

It wasn`t easy getting any good photos of her as mummy is so protective of her, but now you`ve had a sneak preview of how she looks like.

I will do some better photos later on.

Mum Corrie has "dressed up" for the photoshoot by rolling in the mud...... ;)

~ Elisabeth ~

Vestlandsbandens Lucas

Here he is - our first boy of the season!

A totally adorable black colt from our young mare Lilo and our silver stud Golden Victory :)

He was born wednesday night and is Lilos first baby.

She is a great mum and takes really good care of her little man.....

His breeding is very special as he has 3 of our approved stallions in his pedigree;
Golden Victory is dad, Ickie is grand-dad and Herkules is his great grand-dad.
Maybe I will just have to keep this little sweetheart ;)

A very proud mum! :)

Just had to add a photo of Lilo as well - she is really my type of mare and she also has the greatest temper. I hope she will pass her qualities along to her babies....

~ Elisabeth ~

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Emma

Just wanted to share some fresh photos of Emma. She is two weeks old now. Still waiting for her DNA results - but her mane is turning grey/white - so I'm getting quite shure of her beeing a silver dapple:)
I cant quite make up my mind - Am I gonna keep this girl?? Am I gonna sell her? I know I can't keep them all....

- Mona -

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 ~