24 Feb 2010
Our son Eamon recently purchased a stud colt, nine months old, with an eye towards putting more cutting instinct into our horse herd. Years ago, a friend of my father's gave him a stallion off the race track. Buddy had injured his foreleg, and was not sound enough to be raced, but still had the potential for a long, happy and fertile life. Buddy was related to horses that even I, a casual race fan, had heard of, like Native Dancer and Ruffian. He came to us without papers (but free!). Unlike some outfits, we have always ridden a lot of saddle mares (smart, hard-working) so we just bred Buddy to a few mares each year. A good many of the horses we ride today are his daughters and sons--mostly daughters because he threw more fillies. They inherited his speed and good disposition. If they were "cowy", they got it from their Quarter Horse moms.
Sadly, we lost Buddy a couple of years ago, after a long and happy life of hanging out with mares. Eamon did a lot of research and settled on this colt. He is a real cutie, is well bred and has a good disposition.
Eamon's new stud colt
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Meeting the neighbor
photo by Sharon O'Toole
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18 Feb 2010
February lambs
Powder Flat, Moffat County, Colorado
We raise our own bucks, Rambouillet and Hampshire, so each winter/spring we lamb early in the sheds. This is in advance of our main lambing in May and June.
Antonio with twins
Lambing crew
Richar, Antonio and Vladimir
photos by Sharon O'Toole
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