Friday, July 13, 2012

Q&A, and locked out

First, I'm locked out of my computer by some virus that wants me to pay $100 to unlock,  HA! I wasn't born yesterday! Ted took the computer in to the local geeks and reported the scam to the police. They will try to get a photo of the scam to give to the police. Meanwhile, I'm without my computer for a few days, so... no photos!
I'll try to answer some of the questions from my last post.
CG wanted to know if I breed my foals for a specific task; I like to stick to the original purpose of the Quarter Horse breed, which was a versatile, do-anything kind of horse. That being said, over the years certain bloodlines have proven to excel at different athletic endeavors. Beamer carries the bloodlines of cutting horses, reiners, ranch horses and race horses. Coyote Belle has a very versatile pedigree, including reining, working cowhorse, roping, and lots of speed including an All American Futurity winner. So their colts can go about any direction you want.
Linda asked if I have a favorite among them for a working cowhorse prospect- not really, although I think Jazz and Nitro should really excel in that event. Did I mention Jazz has plenty of speed?  Rio with his size would make a terrific heading horse and should be able to go to the show ring in everything but western pleasure. He'd make a wonderful English horse too, with that floating trot and lovely head carriage.
For trail and ranch work- Kai, hands down. He has that easy going attitude and is so willing to please- but he's no deadhead. I'd love to see him work cattle. Maybe his new owners will get in to team sorting.
Nitro needs to be a barrel horse or a working cowhorse, but could easily be a calf  roping or steer wrestling horse too. Somewhere that he can utilize that great burst of speed he has.
Every one of them should make good trail riding horses.
What I haven't shown you is Gussie's foals, she has two blue roan babies from Beamer. I don't have either of them; Choctaw Peppy is in Saskatchewan, and Peppys Blue Velvet is in Alberta. Peppy is 4 this year, I sold him as a yearling  and he was resold as a 2 year old to a 14 year old girl and apparently they made a wonderful partnership; I'd love to hear from them. Velvet is 3 this year, and I'm waiting to hear how she is going, she was supposed to be started under saddle this year. They are both pretty good sized horses, and should be able to go any direction. I think Peppy is being ridden English as well as western.
I have 3 foals coming next year, and I am pretty excited to see if I get another blue roan from Gussie, and a dun from Chickory. We are pretty much guaranteed what Belle will throw!
And Sarah, sorry, you'll have to keep looking at Rio.... when I get my computer back. He's turning a really pretty golden brown, and I can't wait to show you!

5 comments:

texasnascarcowgirl said...

You will have to name Chickory's foal "TEXAS"

lisa said...

You do breed some great ones!

Sherry Sikstrom said...

I can speak for Peppy,at least as a baby , met him, and loved him. Hope you get some updates

Janice said...

I think Sarah and Malcolm need to make a trip over the border and pick that Rio horse up....wouldn't that be a lovely home.

Sarah said...

Janice, wouldn't I love to do that? Alas, no passports....but that can be fixed, can't it?
Shirley, you know I'd be dissappointed if you stopped posting pics of Rio. He is just so lovely. He's on my daydream list. But then...they all are. I want to bring home just about every horse I see. It's an addiction. :) But Rio is special and at the top of the list of favorites.