Well, things are really cookin' around here- 3 very fine foals on the ground and ready to wean! The first was a very refined seal brown (turning black brown) colt by my brown stallion Rocket!
"Komet" aka DropDa Reins N Go (pending) has big movement (inherited from Jess Rocky Rabbit, Buckeroo and NFCs Manipulator), and is super refined (even though the pics show him in his baby woolies!) He has a very forward and "look at me" show ring attitude! I am very pleased... he should make a stellar driving horse!
DROPDA REINS N GO----
The second boy is a real keeper- a gorgeous silver bay colt I call "Classical Jazz"... I am hopeful to put him out there on the circuit next season! Also by Rocket and out of a lovely Top Banana/ Bronco mare.
CLASSICAL JAZZ---
AND we got our very first filly! "Almost Easter" who is turning a lovely chocolate brown- she will make a wonderful amateur all round horse- very very friendly and easy, and fantastic airy movement! Another Rocket baby out of a small refined mare with heavy Komoko lines- we love those foundation bloodlines around here!
WELL NOW FOR THIS PHYSICS LESSON! Speaking of ROCKET! I had moved my elegant brown black stallion into a new paddock- after a few days I noticed he was drinking a phenomenal amount of water- I wrote it off to the fact that he was a bit more active and settling into a new area. But soon I saw he was drinking about 15 gals or more a day! HOLY Guacamole! I started to measure it daily and became very concerned... Was there a bear coming through and tanking up at night?- possible... but no paw prints when I wet the ground around the tub to pick up spore... I was just ready to call the vet...
...then I noticed something... hmmmmm
You see, I had ALSO re-arranged my water hoses ...I gave up on all the complicated PVC water pipes- got tired of breakage and freezes etc, so just string hoses and splitters and shut offs- must less hassle and cheaper to replace.
ANYWAY, I had strung about 80 ft of hose with another 25 ft or so splitting off of it down the hill, and then another hose off that down the hill... and left the end of one of those hoses in Rockets water trough
... I suppose you see where I am going here, but I am blonde so it took me longer...
So I filled his 30 gal bucket one day, then went back 30 mins later, and sure enough a good 15 gallons or more GONE! WAIT a second! Rocket is OUT IN THE PASTURE! I stood and stared, the gears clicked and churned - until smoke started coming out of the workings. OH GEEEEEZZZZZZ.... I was simply siphoning the water back out into the downhill the hose system almost as fast as I was filling his water tub!
I had a good laugh at myself and was so glad that I did not bother my vet (who likely would have picked up on it much more quickly than I did and pointed it out ot me, leaving me toeing the ground sheepishly)...
....so folks - a LESSON IN PHYSICS today!
