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photo left: Quincy, yearling cross by Bamullo’s Beacon on the left, TB mare in middle, Connor, 3 year old cross by Gunsmoke on the right.
Hello from Marion Caldwell, Danville Ky. Our farm name is Arbor Lane, named for the tiny lane lined with trees that leads to our driveway, and is home to several connemaras and connemara crosses.
Two of our connemaras are competing and one is due to foal in August. I’ve never had a foal this late and it is a first foal for 5 year old Foothills Maybe (yikes, first time for a first foal, too). She is in foal to Gunsmoke. We have lots of Balmulo’s Beacon babies and will be interested to see what this baby is like with both the Beacon and Gunsmoke lines. The stallions seem to produce quite different types – the Beacon babies very forward and curious and bigger, the Gunsmoke babies, very laid back, hunter type movement and smaller. At least, that has been our experience with these two stallions. They are all perfect, of course.
Foothills
Juniper,
a nine year old 14.1 purebred mare by Beacon, is taking 14 year
old daughter and C2 pony clubber, Laura, to her C3 rating in July.
Juniper has been with us since she was 2 years old and my daughter
is hopelessly in love with her. I was trying to wean her onto
Sundance, a 6 year old 16hh
cross by Beacon, but my plan backfired and now she is riding and
competing both. So now, I’m out a horse and I need a three
horse trailer so I can take one for me! Oh well, maybe I will
get to breed Juniper when the kid goes off to college and get
my horse back! Juniper and Sundance are competing at the novice
level and will be moving on up this summer. Juniper went to the
American Eventing Championships last year with Laura and had a
clean and fast x-country round. She is an incredible jumper. Sundance
is still green but is also at novice because he pays no attention
to the lower jumps. He is our back-up for the C3 unless the kid
decides to take him instead. He is coming along very nicely and
is another great jumper with
a do anything attitude.
Arbor Lane’s Connor, is our 3 year old half-bred by Gunsmoke and he is going under saddle very quietly and has nice natural balance. He is the type that you can talk to and he seems to understand. He is 15.0 and I am wondering if he will grow anymore because he really doesn’t look like a baby anymore. I guess he will be my project for this year. I am enjoying riding him since he is so sensible and I am having my 50th this year!
We have a weanling gelding, Quincy, a half-bred by Beacon who is the apple of our eye. So cute and personable. But aren’t they all?? That is all the news from us for now. Hope you all have a great summer and good luck to everyone.
