How are your yearlings doing?

I know I put some pics a page or two ago but have some show ones (I have proud mum syndrome) and am afraid I cant resist sharing :-) lol



this was getting some pre-show kip :-)


 
Hugo's now around 15hh and doing well of fresh air :P

A picture of him at Stithians show last month where we came 2nd :)

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And one of him yesterday after his growth spurt.. being out in the field for 2 weeks without being handled to much (having a break after all the show prep and fuss)..

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Wow some stunning yearlings on here!

Mine is a bit of a shrimp in comparison, he is 1 on the 17th of August this year, here is Superfoal, otherwise known variously as Charlie, Michael, Bobby and Jack. Apparently calling him anything else but Bobby will make a bullocks of him according to my Dad, so here is the 16th Bobby we have had!! He is reg'd as Cloughan Rogue and he is well named!
(Oh it is impossible to get decent photo's of him in the field. You have to creep up on him or he follows you around too close to get a body shot - you just get nose! *camera's are youngster treats don't ya know!*)

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and with his 21 year old toothless (but still feickin fat. She gets no hard feed, it's a bare field of buttercups and she's still big. There may be no end to her! His playmate is a 19 year ols pony who thinks she's 2. They gallop everywhere. He has learnt not to stray around bottoms or teeth!)

The only other way of getting a pic of him is behind a gate:
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or this happens:
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It is such a pity he is behind :rolleyes3:
 
Asha said:
he is a real beauty. Just my type.:D
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You can have him. How do you feel about an enquiring nose in your face at all times? Weeding, checking the other equines, just standing there! I suppose it makes him easy to catch! Even getting his injections, he couldn't manage running away god love him! Aloof he ain't. Annoying he is. That and a scamp !
 
He has always been a love bug and a human-oriented baby. He finally had a growth spurt and is now looking like a yearling (he was a June baby)

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Capriole said:
Happy with mine, I think she looks ok, not going through the ugly stage yet... fingers crossed she saves it till winter as I want to show her this summer :D
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Do you have a pic? I may have missed it. Some real stunners on this thread. I am in total awe of Reality Check's plaiting. Mine has not met a brush yet :eek3:
 
gadetra said:
You can have him. How do you feel about an enquiring nose in your face at all times? Weeding, checking the other equines, just standing there! I suppose it makes him easy to catch! Even getting his injections, he couldn't manage running away god love him! Aloof he ain't. Annoying he is. That and a scamp !
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They are great when they are like that ! My yearling and 2YO are exactly the same. getting ready for the BEF was a laugh, as we havent any stables at the moment, so had to plait them both up in the field with others. While one was being plaited the other had their nose right up the others bottom. Really not helpful !So, if you get fed up of him, send him over to me, sound like he will fit right in:D
 
mayangold said:
SpottyTB how big is Hugo now? Have you put a stick on him?
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Well he was around 14.2/14.3 at stithians (measured with a stick).. and then he came home and went out 24/7 and i swear to god he just went up.. its only been like 3 weeks but he's now around 15 hands.. Trying to slim him down a bit atm as moving yards in 3 weeks where he's going on rested grass and i think he may explode..

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Asha said:
They are great when they are like that ! My yearling and 2YO are exactly the same. getting ready for the BEF was a laugh, as we havent any stables at the moment, so had to plait them both up in the field with others. While one was being plaited the other had their nose right up the others bottom. Really not helpful !So, if you get fed up of him, send him over to me, sound like he will fit right in:D
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Yup sounds about right! everything i have bred is the same. Hard to catch is not a problem i have to deal with! (although sometimes it would be nice to be left alone - even the 19 year old does it! )picking the others feer/checking legs I have an ever present nose in the face i think he thinks he's helping! :rolleyes3:

I'll post him over to you on Monday. I don't think there's much of a market for pest/yearlings!

Good luck with BEF :)
 
gadetra said:
sometimes it would be nice to be left alone - even the 19 year old does it! )picking the others feer/checking legs I have an ever present nose in the face i think he thinks he's helping! :rolleyes3:
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Ha, OH was helping me poo pick (hot day, had his shirt off) and one of the foals kept licking his back :D
 
Asha..sorry on phone so can't quote..but you asked his breeding..he is by Unbelievable Darco out of my Cardino x Lord mare.
 
This is how one of my yearlings came out of the winter....

An ugly hairy wee beastie!

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But, by summer, this is what he had emerged into....

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HBM1 said:
Asha..sorry on phone so can't quote..but you asked his breeding..he is by Unbelievable Darco out of my Cardino x Lord mare.
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That makes sense then, i was told my 4 YO looks like unbelievable Darco, ( she has Darco in her , as her dam is by Karandasj)

pretty similar to yours ?

Photo is from last year, shes grown a bit, and is currently at boarding school being backed:D

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A lot of them do seem to have the black coat and blaze - Riley is far more like his dad in build than his mum, whereas her first foal, who is now four, is far more like her than his sire (not Unbelievable Darco) - so his sire stamps them fairly much in his image quite often I think.
 
Anyone want to take a guess at how tall hugo will end up? Mum is 16.1hh and dad is 16.1/16.2..
Hugo is 15 months and a little shy of 15 hands :)
 
I hope mine makes a bit bigger than 16 hands (16.2 would be ideal)! He's down to make 16.2 in his passport - but i don't understand how they know!

Time will tell! His half sister was 15 hands at 15 months and she's now 4 and 17.2 lol! So who knows! Think the mare throws big foals! :D

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SpottyTB said:
I hope mine makes a bit bigger than 16 hands (16.2 would be ideal)! He's down to make 16.2 in his passport - but i don't understand how they know!

Time will tell! His half sister was 15 hands at 15 months and she's now 4 and 17.2 lol! So who knows! Think the mare throws big foals! :D

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Hi spotty What breeding is Hugo?
 
mbsports said:
Hi spotty What breeding is Hugo?
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He is warmblood - father KWPN (Update - who is by Sammartini and out of Jimona) and mother is polish warmblood (Arka by Zar out of Ariona) :)

ETS: looking at his pedigree online, there's a big mixture in there.. Lots of KWPN, oldenberg and Thoroughbred on sires side. On the mothers side there's a mixture of Hannoverian and polish warmblood.. (Way back it comes back to the thoroughbred!) :)
 
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