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Our 2016 buckskin splash colt has passed away this evening. Dusty coliced last Wednesday. We gave oil and pain meds. He got every bloated and we thought the end would be Saturday. He kept himself hydrated with water and finally unblocked; only to bloat again on Sunday. He unbloated by Monday...

Here's a picture of Dancer (bay pinto filly) and Dusty (buckskin splash colt) after being clipped. The are very tiny and refined. Dusty has a dorsal stripe, but may be countershading. His grandsire is a smoky grullo but his dam looks black. She is a medicine hat, so only colpr is on her head...

I live in Tucson, AZ. Our mares started shedding back in Feb, but stalled out when our temps lowered. The thing that is weird is our mares are very slow at coming into season. Last year all our mares started coming in in March, we held off until late April, early May to breed. Only two mares...

I have a question. At what age do you recommend showing your miniature? I've heard of people showing weanlings, with mixed results. Also what do you feed them? What kind of exercise, since weanlings and yearlings are too young to lunge? Right now we are feeding our yearlings Purina Miniature...

Annie is going to be 19 years old this year. She is also blind in one eye and going blind in the other. Here's her story. We bought her in 2012 from LTD Miniatures. They had bred her to LTDs Man in Command but she came into heat shorty after we bought her. We bred her to our black frame...

I'll have to get pictures tomorrow. We know for sure we have two mares pregnant. Have felt and seen movement. First up is Feather (black tobiano splash) bred to Wildfire (dun/buckskin tobiano). Feather had a buckskin splash colt last year. She is 330 days on April 5. Second mare due is Design...

I just got a mare that is registered with World Class. . She is 36" . Can I hardship her into AMHR or am I screwed? She is supposed to be registered into AMHA/AMHR but her papers were lost... (Owner died and new owner didn't get the papers.) Kari

We have four confirmed pregnant miniature mares and a half Arab/Welsh cross due this year. Four of the five are maiden. First up is Feather. She is a 29" black and white splash bred to our 30 1/4" cremello stallion. She will be 330 days on Feb 3. Pictures are not the best, do to using my phone...

It's been a year and many changes have happened for us. We are still in a holding pattern to move and are still in AZ. We have sold all our 2013 foals(2 fillies & 2 colts) and several mares. Freckles and Miss Te (both had fillies 2013) were traded. Freckles (in foal to Wesco Farms Rohan Echo...

Was watching a video of First Knights Billy Idol... He was all prancy/dancy showing off, really pretty... He looked like a runway model... or a shampoo commercial, throwing his mane all over the place... There was probably a mare close by that he was showing off for... Anyway, how the heck do...

I just got a new easy entry cart, but it doesn't have the traditional wooden singletree. This one has a metal singletree with upright 'pegs' at either end... How do I attach the traces? pic attached. Thanks, Kari

Hi all... I just put together an easy entry cart that has a different kind of singletree. I know how to connect the traces to a wooden singletree by sliding the strap over each end and then fasten with the rawhide strap. This one has a steel tree with upright 'pegs.' (pic attached). How do I...

We may be moving from Tucson to SW Missouri in January. If we don't move in January we would (probably) have to wait until August next year after our last mare has foaled. Our first mare due to foal in 2014 is a maiden mare. Her due date, based on 330 days, is 03/03/14. I use a spreadsheet and...

You know who you are... I saw some gorgeous horses in class after class... I'm so envious! I can just imagine how long and how hard you all have worked to accomplish such a feat... Super job to everyone! Kari

They put a bale of hay at the obstacle where the horse has to stand on the platform... Evil, evil, evil! I can see where we're going to have to do some work!!!! lol! I love seeing all the obstacles... Gives me good ideas of where and what to work on with my horses. Some are very clever! (Still...

Why do they bend and contort themselves so much to bait the horse? They look so spastic! Kari

How do they get those babies so fit and trim if you can't exercise them in a round pen?

Stoopid computer... it froze up and I missed the class... I hope it was the lady with the four black matched Minis with red accent... (if so, then I want to be her when I grow up!) Loved it! (I'm 62 and I may have a few more years left in the old bones....) Kari

I've just started watching, starting with 'youth.' I note there appears to be three types of driving (not including roadster). Western Country Pleasure, Country Pleasure, and Pleasure... So, what's the difference between Western Country Pleasure and Pleasure? And if there is no difference...

Just saw 'fancy turnout - youth' at Nationals - class 71. The horse pulling the 4-wheel cart looks like it has a broken tail... Entry 1540. Please tell me they're not doing that to the shetlands...