Kibbles Before and After

Photos Taken June 2012 
Kibbles is a nice mare, easy to handle but hard to catch. She is an independent mare, but takes good care of her foals. As a matter of fact most of her foals are gentle and love the attendance provided by humans.

Here is a second photo showing her other side. I believe she is in foal about 10 months in this shot.

She doesn't alway look tired, below she is moving towards dinner. (Sorry about the blur below her).

Below is the Original May 24, 2009 Post

Kibbles was bred to Toad Hill's Rusty for a 2009 foal. I took several photos of her several days before she foaled.

Kibbles was foaled 4/14/2003. She has had several nice foals including T. H. Grapenuts and T. H. Lincoln Award.

In 2009 she produced a foal by T. H. Rusty and will be published later on page.

Follow this link to the new foal.

Sire: Spragues Buckeye (AMHR/AMHA 30.25", buckskin). His sire is NFCS Yankee Clipper (AMHA-28.00", sorrel), his dam is 4GS Hemlock Brook Silver Jane (AMRA - 33.50", grey)

Dam: Koch's My Angel Baby (AMHR/AMHA 33.50", chestnut pinto). Her sire is Little Hoof's Midget Mite (AMHR/AMHA 29.75", bay), her dam is Koch's Little Brandy (AMHR 36.00" chestnut)

Photos Taken June 28, 2012

Photos Taken July 21,, 2012 - taken off video

I think Kibbles has a touch of dapple in her.

Stormy Foal - T. D. Madame Butterfly

Stormy had her foal on May 15, 2009. Cute little black and white filly. More photos to come.

Sorrel Overo Colt- Apple Jack

Excalibur Typhoon Queen, a bay mare had her foal on Cinco de Mayo. When I first saw the colt, he was out in the pasture and I did not want to wake wake him.

This colts stands right up and has that attitude that says he is the one in charge. He is sorrel and has the splash overo face and white stockings. He is very similar to another foal produced by Toad Hill's Rusty. Check out T. H. Blue Water from the same sire. .

While a sure show prospect, he is for sale since I am primarily interested in pintos. His mom, Tyke, will be bred to Lucky Four Rebelchase Rebelheir for a 2010 foal. I"m hoping that the breeding should produce either a bay or black pinto.
More photos will follow of this colt. He is currently offered for $500 when he can be weaned.

Dam: Excaliber's Typhoon Queen, 33.50" AMHR.
Her Sire: Vermilyea Farms Stylish Eclipse (HOF), black was sires by AMHA: NFC Rowdys Stylish Conclusion, 31.75" out of AMHA: Silver Queen, 33.50"

Typhoon's Dam: Lear's Lighteningbolt, 34.75" bay, was sires by AMHA: FMA Cheyenne, 33.00" out of AMHA: Kidwells Rosie OGrady.





Update on photos.


Here are some yearling photos of Apple Jack taken early in the fall, 2010 out in the field just "hanging out." As soon as I get better photos I will replace these.

DQ Foal

We were working in the barn putting in a divider in one of the large horse stall. We knew that that soon some of the mares would be foaling and we wanted to make sure there would be plenty of room.

In walks DQ, lays down and starts to push. "She's going to have a foal," I said. I ushered my assistant out of the stall to let the mare have some "privacy." In less than five minutes, out comes the new arrival.
DQ was bred to Fancy Pants and although I cannot tell for sure yet, I am suspicious the new filly may be a blue roan just like daddy.

The filly is about 20 inches tall, and fine boned. Mom is a black pinto, but pop is a blue roan. This pair has been sold.
DQ's Pedigree:
Sire: HCM Navajos Bold Innovation (33.00") by Calibers LIttle Navajo (AMHA, 31.50") out of NFC Tiny Mites Delight (AMHA, 33.50")
Dam: Klavohn's D. Q. Double Delight (31.00") by Star' Sunburst (28.00") out of Sunshine Sweet & Low (28.00")

Boone's Buckeroo Fancy Pants:
Sire: Boone's Little Buckeroo Megabucks 31.5" (HOF) (Sired by Boone's Little Buckeroo 30.50"(HOF)) out of Dell Tera's Penny 28.25"
Dam: A A Fancy Girl 27.5"
Fancy Pants is shown below, ready to get to work soon.

First Foal of the Season

Hooray, and surprise. Katie was not expected to foal until next week, but she snuck one in on me. I was not home Friday night, and of course she had her foal.

Anyway, it is a rather unusual marking I think...where did the polka dots come from??

Kate is shown here:
LINK to KATE

The proud daddy is Fancy Pants. I tried to sell him but since there were few nibbles, I decided after seeing this foal to keep him.

You can see Fancy Pants on two pages of my blog:
With Sid
On his own page

Have not yet named little spots, but I am sure a name will come to me. For now this colt will have to come to spots.

Is it?? Is it really getting to be spring?

So the weather has been great, almost a record high yesterday. Over the weekend I took several horses up to the trainers in preparation for the show season. I also took one home.



The one I took home is SID. Yeap, little Sid is the now two year old stallion with fantastic breeding. I also managed to get some video of him. See below: 

The weather was beautiful but very windy, that's what you hear in the background. Other pages related to Sid are:

• Sid as a foal
• Sid with mommy 
• BTW...Mommy is about 17 years old in this photo, she is still a good looking ole gal!

Here is his pedigree:

Sire: Lucky Four Rebels Regency's 

           (Grand Sire: Sids Rebel (31.0) 
Grand Dam: Lucky Fours Star Spangled (33.5)

Dam: Mustardseeds Legionaire Apache Gal  

(Grand Sire: Flying W Farms Legionaire(30.25", AMHA) by Flying W Farms Sugarfoot (28.00", AMHA) out of Flying W Farms Lizette (32.00") 

(Grand Dam: San Antonois Foxey Lady (32.00", AMHA) by Del Whistler (30.50", AMHA) out of Joy of Hopewell (32.00", AMHA)

Check out what Lucky Four Rebels Regency's other offspring are selling for at auctions and then make an offer on Sid. As a two year old, he could be shown or used on a couple mares this year. He is only AMHA registered. If I wanted to show him in Illinois I would have to AMHR register him and that costs quite a bit.


UPDATE on SID: April, 2010. Sid was AMHR registered and kept at home for breeding. He was bred to two mares. I still have too many stallions but will wait until 2010 to decide which one to sell.

Boone's Buckeroo Fancy Pants

The other set of videos were of Boone's Buckeroo Fancy Pants. Fancy is for sale. I took him from the field where he was with two mares all winter, took him to the trainers just before noon, had the trainer clip him, I took the movies and brought him home and put him back in with the mares.

Oh, Fancy is really easy to load, and even will jump into my van when I want to take him somewhere. Fancy is a beautifully colored blue roan. You can see other photos of him on the following pages:

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  Fancy's main page
  
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  His sire
  
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  The only mare he was bred to in 2007 produced this colt in 2008
  
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  Fancy Teeth - I was asked to include teeth photo
  
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  Photo of Fancy from 2008, he was a little fatter then.
  
  
  
  
  

Fancy has been bred to two mares at Toad Hill for 2009 foals. (Update...one will be shown this 2010)

I have to apologize for the movies. I never owned a video camera before, but this weekend I went out a bought one because my still camera stopped working. Then between reading instructions I took these movies. Then there was the challenge figuring out how to upload them to YouTube. Hopefully I will get better at taking videos, but for now they are jumpy.

WinterBlog 2008-Dec

It seems like every winter I forget to photo the horses. Yesterday it was minus 19 when I got up and it felt okay since there was no wind. Horses seemed fine but I have wondered, do their feet get cold like my fingers and toes? Looked it up on the web but did not find a definitive answer. Anyway, this morning it was warmer, 9 degrees above but 25 to 30 miles per hour winds and it felt much colder than the previous day. To get the foals (now yearlings) out running around I opened a second pasture for them to explore. It's funny how a new area to roam makes minis playful. I only stayed out long enough to snap a couple photos, but will go out later and add more this post. For now what you see below is Toni Terrific, Rosie (Run for the Roses), and Slate prancing around. Yes we finally decided what to name Toni.

Below you see Link (Toad Hill's Lincoln Award) with Rosie in the background. Behind on the other side of the fence is Mocha Joe and Sandy Beach

. Went to feed mares in the evening and snapped a couple more shots...there are eight mares in this field and when I feed them, there generally are four on each side...here are the four rumps on the west side of the building. From left to right they are T H Stormy Weather, T H Buttermilk, Excalibers Typhoon Queen and Mustardseeds Legionairre Apache Gal (the southern mare from SC). Below is Apache Gal...turning back as if to say: "What ya looking at?" If you notice, she has a shaved belly. Seems earlier in the fall she started acting like she was uncomfortable. If you've owned livestock (horses, cattle, sheep) for any time, you can tell when they are not feeling well. Apache Gal had that look, so I took her immediately to U of I Vet School for an exam. They ultrasounded, hence the haircut, on both sides and still did not know what was wrong. Gut sounds were normal but just in case I left her there and they put her on an IV later in the day. They kept her for 36 hours before she cut loose with diarreha. After that, another day at U of I and then home. No big deal, I probably could have taken care of her at home, but any more I don't even wait especially since Apache Gal is 20 years old.

Below are T H Paint Me Picasso and T H Rust Spot. I bought a large metal building on skids and installed it this year for the stallions. Really love it and the stallions appreciate it also.

These two seem to be outside running and playing every day, seems they love cold weather and playing in the snow.

Video Chariot Races

Ever wonder what it is like to race a chariot. I found this video on YouTube. Take a look...these are quarter horses running. Notice the harness they horses run in.




These two clips are videos on YouTube. I do not know who was driving, only that they were shot in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in February, 2008.

Toad Hill's the Great Gatsby (part 2)

Toad Hill’s the Great Gatsby has been the “main man” for a number of years. Having produced two top ten multicolor winners (The Phantom of Toad Hill and Toad Hill’s Paint Me Picasso) and number nice offspring (can’t afford to show all of them!!) I have decided we need a new stallion. Most of fillies here are his. We did purchase Lucky Four Rebelchase Rebelheir to replace him. So last year Gatsby went to Arthur and was trained in cart and riding.

Gatsby is without a doubt a great little guy. He is permanent AMHA/AMHR registered (just under 34”), under all that hair he is dapple grey (so was Phantom) and has a great temperament. He is easy to handle, has no bad habits and still looks as trim as when he was shown as a three year old (only one show-that was when I was not working).

When we went to pick Gatsby up from Arthur, the young boy that worked with him wanted to show off how well Gatsby was trained.

He rode Gatsby down the hill where the little girl is standing (that's the him in the pond as we are looking down into) and across the pond (the water was only shoulder high on Gatsby).


Then he rode Gatsby over to a hill that was at least 16 feet high and charged up it.

Gatsby seemed to enjoy the attention from the kids and the challenges he was presented.

So, as I said, I have decided to sell him (it is sad, but can’t keep them forever). Currently I keep Gatsby in the winter with both Picasso and Rusty (two stallions). But, I doubt if you will want to put him in with a stranger...I am sure that will not work. He is find with mares.

So I am offered him, upto date on all shots, he has been regularly wormed and hooves trimmed. He is well behaved and ready to breed your mares or take that young-en for a ride or after some refresher courses enter cart class (I am not certain what gaits he knows for sure).

I said back in January, 2009 I would sell him, then changed my mine.


UPDATE: March, 2010...I have decided to sell him (again). Buy him before I change my mind once more. So I changed my mine and took him off a few days later. Perhaps I will offer him again, I will wait until I see Rebel's kids.

Toad Hill' s High Octane

The first two photos were taken August 3, 2009.

HiOctane has always been a sweety. She is shown her to the right with T. H. Kibbles N Bits.

High Octane was foaled 6/16/2004 and is permanently registered with AMHR at 32.00" inches.
Sire: Spragues Buckeye (AMHR/AMHA 30.25", buckskin). His sire is NFCS Yankee Clipper (AMHA-28.00", sorrel), his dam is 4GS Hemlock Brook Silver Jane (AMRA - 33.50", grey)

Dam: Toad Hill's Bunny (AMHR, 35.75", cremello). Her sire was Sheila Rae's Golden Nugget (AMHR, 30.00", palomino pinto), out of Lucky "C" Farms Sunny (AMHR, 36.75")