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Cool Ultrasounds
I didn't take the time to cook breakfast before the walk, I needed to get the stock trailer ready for the trip to the vet clinic this morning. Once that was ready I met Diane for the walk. Ruth didn't come, she and Fedi had a date taking their garbage to the dump this morning. When we got to Joan's, Faline started to follow us. Joan had forgotten to feed her. She went back to get the bottle followed by Faline and the ducks. Diane and I just visited while waiting, admiring her beautiful flowers. After Faline was fed we assumed she would go back into the woods but instead followed us on the walk. Joan tried to shoo her home but finally just ignored her.
I dropped out, took the golf cart up to the truck and trailer, grabbed leadropes and had both Valerie and Basilea out ready to load by the time Diane and Joan made it to the truck. The mares both walked right in and Diane shut the door until they were tied. The trip to Hoerr Vet clinic went fine but when we got to the clinic Dr. Hoerr was already working a colicky horse. I left room for that horse to be loaded but later found out I would not have needed to leave the extra room.
This horse is 35 years old and ended up staying at the clinic for Dr. Hoerr to try to keep him comfortable until he can get over the pain one way or the other. The owner of the gelding actually helped me bring Basilea into the clinic while I lead Valerie into the stocks. Both of these mares had been confirmed in foal earlier but we are going to place Basilea for sale IN FOAL so I wanted to make sure she was still infoal. It took Dr. Hoerr like 2 seconds to pronouce Valerie still pregnant and by the time I got over to the ultrasound machine he was on already showing the foals ribcage.
This foal is due April 3rd, 2027 and is already spoken for so I sent the picture to the owner. Basilea wasn't quite as far along but we could see the spine and the heart beating.
Basilea is due May 18th, 2027. Whoever decides to buy her will end up with a nice mare to ride and love on and a bonus of a purebred Friesian foal, all for ONLY $12,000. We are selling Basilea as we are keeping her filly Thalia. Basilea was born March 8th, 2008 making her 18 years old. She loves attention from people. She saw River climb up on the fence and scooted over for attention. She really does love people.
When I got back from the vet clinic Sarah and Berlica were giving Zion, Eden and River a vaulting lesson on Jewel.
They are all picking it up quickly.
I could only stay a short while since the barn needed to be made ready for the guests coming in today. While I was busy working, Sarah took the pictures below of the rest of their fun afternoon. Berlica took them on a trail ride. She rode Jury double with River in front while Zion rode Penny and Eden rode Jewel on the trails.
Joan had some of the old vaulting uniforms stored at her house and had Berlica give them to Sarah. When the girls got home they tried them on and they FIT!
I'm not sure there was a small enough one for River.
I worked on the barn until 5:30 pm then came in to make supper. Right after supper went back to finish and walked out of there at 8:30 pm. There is just one more small job to do tomorrow morning.
