First I would like to say I love lookings are all the beautiful horses and ponies.
Right now, I have three quarter horses and one mini. My mother and I use to raise quarters but now we just have them as pasture pets. I haven't shown since the summer of 2008. I was pregnant last year and this year I just don't have the time. I miss showing and riding.
All of my horses are ones we bred and raised. My mother still has their dams and did own their sires.
THis is Thunder. He is a 3 year old Quarter horse stallion. I am not sure on his color. He is a horse of all colors. His sire is a grullo and his dam is a grulla roan. He was born grullo and turned black then started getting white hair throughout his body. He is HZ so he will never sire a red foal. He is one of the sweetest horses I have been around. He is a big baby.
Here is a foal picture of him.
In this picture he was 2.
This is Thunder with Tuff this spring in their winter coats.
Tuff is a quarter pony. He is registered in AQHA but he will never be over 14 hands.
I also have Thunder's and Tuff's half boy Spirit. Spirit is a dun that will also stay under 14 hands. He has the same dam as Tuff and the same sire as Thunder. I don't have recent picture of Spirit but here he is as a foal. He is less than an hour old in this picture.
Sadly, I have decided to sell my quarter horses. With two young children, I don't have the time they need.
ha ha thanks
Before we got the minis my horse obsessed daughter was determined to play horse anyway. Zinvor was very patient and understanding although he could not hide the humiliation....... you can see it all over his face!!
Now we have the minis and now the girls are happy as can be.
I agree everyone so obviously loves their horses!!
They are all beautiful
Snips has the skinny white stripe on her nose, Bally has the large white face. Queen has no white on her face, and Elliot is mostly white.
Snips and bally were our first two Belgian mares. They are about 16
WE use them for plowing, discing, harrowing, etc. and are trying to mow hay with them. Unfortunately, we are having trouble with our ground driven sickle bar mower. We got Queen this spring. She was owned by the same man as Snips and Bally. He was quitting draft horses because he is now 80 and could no longer harness them. He has had horses nearly all his life and likes them very much. He taught me how to harness and drive them, and frequently helps us with them.
Snips is very friendly. Bally is rude to strangers so took a while to warm up to me. I later learned that when she was at a show a bunch of children poked her with sticks and made her angry. That is what caused her not to like strangers. She is now a good friend of mine as well. Queen is even friendlier than the other two. Elliot is our rotten mule. We bought him when he was about a year old. We wanted to see if he would help keep predators away. The lady we bought him from said he had been aggressive to some coyotes that were trying to get a calf. She also said he was castrated. Neither seems to be true. He was a pet and is vary tame. I have been working with him and have driven him some. He is not very well broke, and is dreadfully stubborn! He is very sweet in nature. He is gaited and is very fast. He is up for sale right now because of his love for harassing sheep, goats, and cows.
Here is another picture I like. Elliot and my 3 year old niece Lily.