Happy 1st Birthday Pax!! My little tiny baby is now a big, bouncy yearling and I can't believe a year has already flown by.
One year ago today, P decided that 9:30am was the perfect time to lay down and have a baby - we didn't have one single missed night of sleep in the barn! It was an easy birth, and the baby popped right up within a 1/2 hour unassisted and went straight to the milk bar with a strong latch. Basically it was the easiest breeding season ever - P was ready to be bred right at the very first time we took her in to check her, caught with just one dose of semen and only the one breeding, carried with no problems and needed hardly any extra calories, and popped a perfectly complete and healthy baby right out. I'll never have a season that easy again, that's for sure!
She is 14.1 now at the withers and 14.3+ at the butt, shedding out to be a shiny dark liver again. I imagine she'll be like her mother with the fading, unless kept under a UV sheet all the time! She does everything a good baby should know how to do - leads, ties, trailers, clips, bathes, blankets, comes to be caught, stands to be trimmed, wears her flymask and flyspray, knows the very basics of how to lunge, and has worn a saddle and girth and been led around with it. She takes everything in stride and doesn't worry about any of it. She's going to be a fine strapping beast when she grows up!
While it's not 100% a done deal until a contract has been drawn up, I do have a good friend who really wants her and made an offer that I accepted. While I did not breed her to sell her, she truly would be in the best of hands with this friend and I of course would be able to stay in touch and watch her grow up, and have the ability for first right of refusal. This friend is a consummate horsewoman that I have known since we literally were grade school kids at summercamp together. We both grew up totally horsecrazy together!
And selling her does have a small bonus - it frees me up to for my plans for next year... I'll share that next!
Happy Birthday Pax!!!!!!!!!!
Well I hope your friend starts a blog about Pax because I'd love to follow her as she grows up! She's going to be stunning. I'm jealous of whoever gets her!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday little Pax! Her future is that much safer, even if not with you, having had such strong foundations put in place. There is never a shortage of great homes for well rounded and educated, horses!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Pax and it sounds like you've got a look of cool things going on. Sweet!
ReplyDeleteHappy b-day Pax! Can't believe it's been a year already :) excited to hear about your future plans!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's been a year! Happy Birthday Pax!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful horse she is turning into. I wonder what she will look like when she is all finished out!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Pax! Please keep us updated on her progress as she matures, she's a beautiful filly and I can't wait to hear what her future holds.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Pax! Please keep us updated on her progress as she matures, she's a beautiful filly and I can't wait to hear what her future holds.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Pax :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I should have caught up on your news in order haha!
ReplyDeleteWell gosh it's sad to see her move away but wonderful at the same time that she's going to such a perfect home - the fact that your friend is a childhood friend too is really lovely. It's clear you'd never let her go to anyone less caring than yourself, just be sure to keep us in touch with her new adventures! You'll have to break the news gently to O, though.. :'(
Wow what a year - happy bday little Pax!
ReplyDeleteGood luck to Pax! Hard to believe it's been a year already!
ReplyDeleteHappy, Happy birthday to Pax!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Pax!!!!! I'm so glad she's going to a good home with someone you've known forever. I hope your friend starts a blog for her. :D
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