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Feb 26, 2012 Nicole, our first foal of 2012 is born to Valeree
Sep 18, 2011 Fun with the ball!!
Our foals love to play with balls. They get very playful, sometimes rolling off of the ball, getting mad and kicking it ;-)
I think it's a great exercise for them. They're curious and this desensitizes them on things moving around by them.
Here's a link to a short video...my dog was trying to get in there...Kaleb couldn't decide if he wanted to play with the ball, play with the dog, or show the dog that he was, in fact, the alpha of the two of them!!
Below is a link to a video taken about a month ago.
Aug 18, 2011 Slowing down
The 2011 breeding season is over. Our grand total as of right now is 13 pregnant for 2012!! And we have 2 new additions to our broodmare herd Nitha and Fobke. They are both still in Colorado with their old owners. We 'see them for a couple more months but we are very excited about the new additions. Next year we start foaling out in march and end in Mid-July, going to be a long foaling season, but all worth it. The 2011 babies are getting so big already, you leave for a couple days and when you get back you can hardly recognize them they change so quickly. The Santa Rosa Keuring is fast approaching we have about 1 month left until we leave. Last week our veterinarian implanted the foals micro-chips, they all were little champs about it. That is why you have to love the Friesian breed; they are all so easy going!! Well this next month is going to fly by we have a long of little things to get done before the keuring.. Can't wait
Aug 13, 2011 Franktown Meadows
Teake - 1st level test 1 : 64.78% 2nd place
Teake - 1st level test 2 : 64.88% 2nd place
Teake - 1st level test 2 : 64.88% 2nd place
Jul 14, 2011 Last foal of 2011
Finally our last mare Afke foaled out a gorgeous, extremely large colt at 1:22 a.m. This was a pretty short foaling season. We are all very excited about the group of foals that we have for 2011. It's so tough to pick just one that you like because they are all amazing in their own little ways. Even looking at their confirmations, they are all really nice. We will see what the 2011 judges think of our foals!!
Jun 10, 2011 Western Horse Expo - (Cal expo center)
Maddi's Friesian Ranch will be at the 2011 Western Horse Expo in Sacramento California. It will be held at the CAL Expo Center. The dates for the event are June 10th - 12th 2011. We will also be involved in the Friesian breed demo, so come and check our beautiful horses out as we ride, long-line and lunge. We will have all of our sale horses their for people to look at..
Click here to visit the event site http://www.horsexpo.com
Jun 07, 2011 Baby #4
TJ didnt waste any more time holding her baby in after Githa foaled out. She foaled a beautiful colt named Jacob. I have to say he is the biggest friesian foal that we have had foal out here. Mommy and baby are doing great. All of our friesian broodmares are such good moms. Now we are just waiting for Afke. Her due date is July 14th, 2011
Jun 05, 2011 Baby # 3
This is the first year that we have foaled out Githa. We were all very excited to see what kind of foals she would throw. She is a great mother and the foal has her personality already. They are both doing great. Her foal's name is Kahia!
Jun 05, 2011 2011 WEATHER
2011 has been filled with crazy storms and dramatic temperature changes. I have to say though we have the most spectacular views from our ranch!!
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