Tia
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone,
Hope all is well with you guys and you are enjoying the summer and all it has to offer. What has been going on and any updates on how your horses are all going would be nice to hear.
Well we have had an absolute bumper crop of 1st cut hay this year. Our "huge" new hay barn appears to be not as huge as we thought - it is bulging at the seams and we haven't been able to store all the round bales in it. We have absolutely no room for any second cut small square bales. The round bale hay barn is full to the brim and we are having to consider using the massive barn which we keep our tack in to store the next batch of hay. I have a number of large orders for the selling small squares so hoping to start shipping it out next week. The hay has taken us a good month to get baled and in the barn but we can take a break for a month before it all happens all over again......what joy!!
The trail riding is soooo busy - I am having a blast doing it and am getting such a lot of repeat business. I really do enjoy doing it and I think I must be so fit now LOL!!
I have 10 boarders at the moment although some are horses that I sold last month who are boarding here until they move to their new homes in Sept/October.
I sold Zippy (the brown and white Paint) to the most wonderful family. He settled in no problem and they are thrilled to bits with him.
Cody (the black horse with the stunning white legs and spashes) lis sold to a really lovely woman.
Dakota the chunky little mare (brown with 4 white stockings and white splash on quarters), mother of Skipper the foal is sold and will be moving to her new home next month. I hadn't advertised her and wasn't really planning on selling her however a lady came to the farm and just fell in love with her, so good home won over in the end.
I bought a small Spotty Horse - his name is Shabian's Sureshot and he is almost identical to big Spotty Horse!! He is 6 years old and is 15hh and he is a perfect beginners horse. He has already done 8 trail rides and I've only had him for 2 weeks. He is a dream of a horse and I really really like him!!
The horses all sold for good money and this has allowed us to do more things on the farm, so am happy with that. I'm going to start looking for a couple at the end of the summer to bring on over the winter and then sell on next summer as this sort of return is quite a bonus to us.
Cloud is almost 3 months pregnant and we saw her scan - not much to see really as foal was too big - more of a big black bubble!
I have given Red to one of my boarders and he is on permanent loan to her now. He is a lovely guy but was not getting much opportunity to go out so had to keep him here and one of my boarders jumped at the chance of having him.
All the other horses are well and looking fantastic.
So what has been happening on here lately? Any new horse purchases? Anyone sold any?
Hope all is well with you guys and you are enjoying the summer and all it has to offer. What has been going on and any updates on how your horses are all going would be nice to hear.
Well we have had an absolute bumper crop of 1st cut hay this year. Our "huge" new hay barn appears to be not as huge as we thought - it is bulging at the seams and we haven't been able to store all the round bales in it. We have absolutely no room for any second cut small square bales. The round bale hay barn is full to the brim and we are having to consider using the massive barn which we keep our tack in to store the next batch of hay. I have a number of large orders for the selling small squares so hoping to start shipping it out next week. The hay has taken us a good month to get baled and in the barn but we can take a break for a month before it all happens all over again......what joy!!
The trail riding is soooo busy - I am having a blast doing it and am getting such a lot of repeat business. I really do enjoy doing it and I think I must be so fit now LOL!!
I have 10 boarders at the moment although some are horses that I sold last month who are boarding here until they move to their new homes in Sept/October.
I sold Zippy (the brown and white Paint) to the most wonderful family. He settled in no problem and they are thrilled to bits with him.
Cody (the black horse with the stunning white legs and spashes) lis sold to a really lovely woman.
Dakota the chunky little mare (brown with 4 white stockings and white splash on quarters), mother of Skipper the foal is sold and will be moving to her new home next month. I hadn't advertised her and wasn't really planning on selling her however a lady came to the farm and just fell in love with her, so good home won over in the end.
I bought a small Spotty Horse - his name is Shabian's Sureshot and he is almost identical to big Spotty Horse!! He is 6 years old and is 15hh and he is a perfect beginners horse. He has already done 8 trail rides and I've only had him for 2 weeks. He is a dream of a horse and I really really like him!!
The horses all sold for good money and this has allowed us to do more things on the farm, so am happy with that. I'm going to start looking for a couple at the end of the summer to bring on over the winter and then sell on next summer as this sort of return is quite a bonus to us.
Cloud is almost 3 months pregnant and we saw her scan - not much to see really as foal was too big - more of a big black bubble!
I have given Red to one of my boarders and he is on permanent loan to her now. He is a lovely guy but was not getting much opportunity to go out so had to keep him here and one of my boarders jumped at the chance of having him.
All the other horses are well and looking fantastic.
So what has been happening on here lately? Any new horse purchases? Anyone sold any?
