names at last

Finally, I've decided on names fo the two Paso colts.

SAMBO NS is the son of Chango NS (Peruvian Paso) and Samba (Paso Fino)

and

SERRANO NS is the son of AuSome Compay (Paso Creole) and Flamenca (Peruvian Paso).

Sambo has been sold. More about his new home and his future "career" soon :-)

Serrano is for sale.

 

Photo by Yvonne Lehey

Saddlebreds

On going through my photos, I found a few nice pictures from back in August. Yes, furry Saddlebreds!

Of course they look nice and sleek now in their new summer coats. But these are too nice not to share:

Speedy a.k.a. Narrawin's Speed of Light. The mare behind him is Laura a.k.a. Narrawin's Midnigh Escapade. Both horses are for sale, more info here.

Molly a.k.a. Narrawin's Unchained Melody. Molly is also for sale, more info here.

Odine a.k.a. Narrawin's Against the Odds has been sold. Congratulations to Andrea Liebenberg from Mandreica Stud.

another foal safely arrived

This morning saw the arrival of the second foal for the season.

Flamenca (aka MGR La Tigre - Imp.USA) had a bay colt from Compay. He's a good looking little lad. I'm glad that Flamenca waited until today, as we've had wet and miserable weather the last few days.

foal!!

Samba had a lovely big and strong palomino colt this morning. The sire is Chango NS, our buckskin Peruvian Paso stallion. Samba is pure Paso Fino. The colt is already showing perfect gait.

The photo was taken this morning, when he was only a few hours old. More photos coming soon :-) And a name!

More photos here. (Thanks, Yvonne :-) )

Ramirez

Ramirez has gone on a holiday and won't be standing at stud this season. He is out on lease for the spring and summer to Carlyle Stud near Hamilton.

He will return to Narrawin Stud in 2011 and stand at stud for the 2011/12 breeding season.

new additions

On Sunday, we did the long trip over to OliVaylle again, to pick up more horses.

We brought home three mares:

• AuSome Gitana, brown Paso Creole mare by our Spanish stallion Ramirez and out of the Paso Fino mare RN's Carinita
• AuSome Guardaraya, brown/roan Paso Creole mare by our Spanish stallion Ramirez and out of the Paso Fino mare AuSome First Lady
• AuSome Esperanza, bay/brown Paso Fino mare by Don Cristobal Mako out of RN's Carinita

Esperanza had been with us for starting in late 2007, but the last time I saw and handled the other two mares was when they were weanlings, some time in early 2006. They have been running in a large mob since then and only been brought in for routine health care.

 

Guardaraya

The question on how to load three mares, two of which hadn't been handled much, I anwered as usual: it's simple, you open float, put in horses and close float :-) And that's how it went. Ten minutes had all three loaded and from then they stood like angels all the way home. Oh yes, the float was a mess, and needed washing out. But we got home in good time, well before dark and had time to unload quietly and settle them in for the night.

The photo is by Yvonne. She took several more photos of the mares in the yards and being loaded.

Paso Fino!

We have two new additions.

Thanks to my friend Jorge de Moya, we now have two purebred Paso Finos at Narrawin. On Sunday, we brought home the grey stallion AuSome Capricho (Don Cristobal Mako (Imp.USA) x La Tentacion Mako (Imp.USA)) and the grey gelding Bachue Bravo (Imp.USA). Jorge is retiring and selling his entire breeding herd, which is made up of Paso Fino, Paso Peruano, Paso Creole and Andalusian horses, as well as some Australian Stockhorses. It is the end of an era. Details here.

Capricho is 5 years old and we plan to start him this coming summer. He will also be standing at stud.

Capricho in June 2010

Chewie is an older gentleman with a well developed sense of humour and a liking for wind in his forelock when ridden. I used to ride Chewie a bit when I worked at OliVaylle, so we know each other well :-).

Chewie being loaded on Sunday

Me riding Chewie way back in 2002

A couple of Paso Creole mares with the AuSome prefix will also make their way to Narrawin in the near future, I will post details later.

Back here on the home front, Flamenca and Samba are starting to look very big indeed, especially Flamenca!

It has been cold, windy and very wet. A bit too wet, but I think we'll have a glorious spring. Even now the grass is growing. Once the weather warms up, it will be fantastic.