Vestlandbandens Amanda

Amanda was still quite clean when we came home from the show yesterday. So I decided to do a quik photo shoot of her. Letting her into the field all by herselfe, it was no problem to ask her to show off a bit:)
Enjoy these photos of my two years old girl.

- Mona -

Showing :)

Today we went to a young horse show in Sauda. Brougt allong 3 horses - all of them two years old. The sun was kissing oure faces, and after a loong but nice day, I had a smile on my face:) Showing my Amanda girl for the judges. She is sired by Ickie, dam Netta.

Elisabeth and Teddy - colt by Ickie and Bess

Mikal (jupp, I know, hes done something to his hair AGAIN) Showing Robin. A colt by Ickie and Kathinka.
The boys :)

Oure little girls - I guess we are hoping for them to be as interested as we are in these horses..

Magnar and Amanda...

And the results - Amanda got splendid grades. 8-8-7-8-8 , and was placed as number one among the tinker horses. I coudn't be more happy.

Then I have to admit.. I don't remember the grades on Robin and Teddy. Elisabeth has the papers on them. Hopefully she will update on that tomorrow! Perhaps she has som better photos of Teddy as well, mine were all hopless - black horse and sun, a bad combination.

And just one more thing before I'm off to bed... Elisabeth has a small little secret back home ass well... and its a girl!!!

- Mona -

Vestlandsbandens Kaizer

As I promised I`d snap some photos of our newest baby today, and here he is - all dried up and on his feet; meet Vestlandsbandens Kaizer! :)

A big and strong colt with really nice markings (and luckily a coloured tail! :)

Not sure of his colour - DNA test next!

Weeee!!!
Saying hello to my father :)

Once he figured out how to work his feet, he just wouldn`t stop running!

Nice knee action ;)

Well, that`s it for today....but I`m sure there will be more foals born in the near future - so stay tuned hihihi........

~ Elisabeth ~

A big surprise!

We had a big surprise today :)

As I was going to the stable to feed the horses, my father came running and saying to me that the horse was having her foal!

I was like "What!??!"

And there Irina was laying down at the feeding bar having her baby!

I didn`t think she was due until 3 -4 weeks......

She had a big, coloured boy and I believe he is a silver dapple!:)

Here are a few shots of the newly born baby.....

A caring and loving mum :)

The yearling girls were so curious about the little one and just had to say hello :)

I promise to snap some new photos in the weekend when he is dried up! :)

~ Elisabeth ~

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 ~