New here!
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:03 pm
Hi everyone! I am new to this BB., was on the old one, but kept fairly quiet though.
I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. I am a massage therapist that works from home, and I also breed Hanoverian horses. My dream was to always be able to work from home, and to have my horses in my backyard., and that dream has come true. Each year my handy husband and I will work hard to renovate our century old farm and property. The big project for this year is to build 2 more run-in sheds that will lead out to two different horse pastures (maternity pastures.) The run-ins will back onto a new hay barn to store our winter round bales. The cool thing is, we will do all the work ourselves, from cutting the trees from our woods, milling it, and then building the timber framed building ourselves. It's a labour of love, but we take a lot of pride in it (and save tons of money too
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I have an almost 1 year old son, Everett. He is an absolute doll. Happy, such a good temperament. I was back to work 4 weeks after an emergency c-section, and have worked and looked after Everett ever since. A juggling act for sure!
Now the fun part. I'm a dressage rider, although haven't ridden seriously in years. With our old property, we can't just ride in the open fields since they are not level. We have a spot cleared for a riding ring, however, that will have to wait for a little while until my breeding program gets going.
Here are a few pictures of my lovely ladies. I am SO proud of what I have in my backyard.
Mare #1. Diamond Days (Diamond Hit x SPS Romancero) I bought this gorgeous and kind hearted mare when she was 2 days old. She is my everything. Such a darling personality, lots of get up and go, extremely typey, perfect legs and feet. And the perfect size for me. Just barely 16.1 I love her and loved the 1 time I got to ride her before she completed her MPT as a 3 year old. She was sensitive (in a good way), forward, listening, wanting to learn. My plan is to eventually get her back into riding and have her be my personal riding horse. I plan to try and keep her genetics moving forward by doing embryo transfers. She is expecting a Dante Weltino foal in June. This will be her 2nd baby, as her first is being raised as a stallion prospect. I really want to try and ET with her this spring to either Dante Weltino or Bon Coeur ...we will see
Mare #2. Free to Be (Fidertanz x SPS Don Bosco) This mare is a new arrival, however, has been 'in the making' for a little while. I recall seeing her at the breeder's farm, and thinking, she would be an awesome addition. Didn't it happen that the breeder wanted to sell her, contact me, and luckily we had room for one more mare. This mare is a phenomenal mover, ridiculous front leg and super engaged hind end. Her two first foals have been outstanding, and we are expecting a 3rd from the same sire (Fabregas) in a few weeks time!! We are hoping to breed her to Belissimo in the spring. Fingers crossed.
Mare #3. Cindy (Certus x Welfenschatz). This is my old girl, with old fashioned pedigree and type. She is shorter and stockier with a bit of good Holsteiner in the pedigree too. She has been a career broodmare and is expecting baby #9 I believe this spring. She's a 1998 model, super healthy, loves her job. Very sweet and kind mare, but the boss to everyone else. She's expecting a Buckingham baby in June and we will breed her again to either Royal Classic or Finest. She has some jumper blood in there, and maybe isn't as fancy prancy as the other two mares, but she is a very solid producer.
These are my ladies. I do all the breeding work myself (ultrasound/AI), as I live in a remote area with limited vet experience and they unfortunately are not able to be at my farm every 6 hours. I learned embryo transfer too, which I would like to try soon. I also have a 2016 Hanoverian weanling Schwarzenegger x Cindy. No new pics as she is in the 'hide behind the barn' stage. But she is sweet, a bigger mover than mom, more modern type, and very athletic.
That is the quick and dirty
I look forward to being an active member!
I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. I am a massage therapist that works from home, and I also breed Hanoverian horses. My dream was to always be able to work from home, and to have my horses in my backyard., and that dream has come true. Each year my handy husband and I will work hard to renovate our century old farm and property. The big project for this year is to build 2 more run-in sheds that will lead out to two different horse pastures (maternity pastures.) The run-ins will back onto a new hay barn to store our winter round bales. The cool thing is, we will do all the work ourselves, from cutting the trees from our woods, milling it, and then building the timber framed building ourselves. It's a labour of love, but we take a lot of pride in it (and save tons of money too
)I have an almost 1 year old son, Everett. He is an absolute doll. Happy, such a good temperament. I was back to work 4 weeks after an emergency c-section, and have worked and looked after Everett ever since. A juggling act for sure!
Now the fun part. I'm a dressage rider, although haven't ridden seriously in years. With our old property, we can't just ride in the open fields since they are not level. We have a spot cleared for a riding ring, however, that will have to wait for a little while until my breeding program gets going.
Here are a few pictures of my lovely ladies. I am SO proud of what I have in my backyard.
Mare #1. Diamond Days (Diamond Hit x SPS Romancero) I bought this gorgeous and kind hearted mare when she was 2 days old. She is my everything. Such a darling personality, lots of get up and go, extremely typey, perfect legs and feet. And the perfect size for me. Just barely 16.1 I love her and loved the 1 time I got to ride her before she completed her MPT as a 3 year old. She was sensitive (in a good way), forward, listening, wanting to learn. My plan is to eventually get her back into riding and have her be my personal riding horse. I plan to try and keep her genetics moving forward by doing embryo transfers. She is expecting a Dante Weltino foal in June. This will be her 2nd baby, as her first is being raised as a stallion prospect. I really want to try and ET with her this spring to either Dante Weltino or Bon Coeur ...we will see
Mare #2. Free to Be (Fidertanz x SPS Don Bosco) This mare is a new arrival, however, has been 'in the making' for a little while. I recall seeing her at the breeder's farm, and thinking, she would be an awesome addition. Didn't it happen that the breeder wanted to sell her, contact me, and luckily we had room for one more mare. This mare is a phenomenal mover, ridiculous front leg and super engaged hind end. Her two first foals have been outstanding, and we are expecting a 3rd from the same sire (Fabregas) in a few weeks time!! We are hoping to breed her to Belissimo in the spring. Fingers crossed.
Mare #3. Cindy (Certus x Welfenschatz). This is my old girl, with old fashioned pedigree and type. She is shorter and stockier with a bit of good Holsteiner in the pedigree too. She has been a career broodmare and is expecting baby #9 I believe this spring. She's a 1998 model, super healthy, loves her job. Very sweet and kind mare, but the boss to everyone else. She's expecting a Buckingham baby in June and we will breed her again to either Royal Classic or Finest. She has some jumper blood in there, and maybe isn't as fancy prancy as the other two mares, but she is a very solid producer.
These are my ladies. I do all the breeding work myself (ultrasound/AI), as I live in a remote area with limited vet experience and they unfortunately are not able to be at my farm every 6 hours. I learned embryo transfer too, which I would like to try soon. I also have a 2016 Hanoverian weanling Schwarzenegger x Cindy. No new pics as she is in the 'hide behind the barn' stage. But she is sweet, a bigger mover than mom, more modern type, and very athletic.
That is the quick and dirty
I look forward to being an active member!
