Foothills Farms Connemaras - News, Notices and Activities

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NEWS, NOTICES, ACTIVITIES, ETC... My Florida horse trip - one down, two back (5/08)
I just returned from a whirl-wind trip to Alachua, FL, where I visited and rode with Donna Duckworth, daughter, Alexandra, and precious granddaughter, Summer. Besides enjoying a lovely visit with friends, the purpose of the trip was to take Roary home (C.R. Roaringwater Bay) , and bring home my mare, Foothills MayBee. I brought Bee home, but left her 2008 foal, Foothills Field Marshall, with Donna. This was the first time I had seen Marshall and WOW, is he impressive! It was a tough decision leaving him behind, but I already have three young'uns to manage, so I think I did the right thing. I am also please to now have Balmullo's Catfish with us. He is a rising 2 year old bay gelding by Seven Hills Grey Ghost, out of Tullymor's Shandora.

During my brief visit at Balmullo's Farm, I also got to enjoy two wonderful trail rides through the Temple of the Universe. On Friday, I rode Donna's Emma and Alexandra rode Ruby. Early Saturday morning we embarked on another ride before my long drive home, this time with Donna on Emma, Alexandra on Ruby and I rode Stephanie's half-Connemara, Annie. Unfortunately, I had forgotten my camera.

Dixie Chick has a brother (4/08)

Sue Holland, who purchase Elphin Chickadee from me a few months ago, has announced the arrival of Chickadee's *Gun Smoke foal. Hollymead Blue Jay is a full sibling to Donna Duckworth's Balmullo's Dixie Chick .

Rosie's new home (4/08)

Piedmont Rosie O'Grady has a new lovely lady to call owner. I had a hard time letting this one go, but I know that Kate Denton (Camden, SC) will give this filly the love and attention she deserves. Kate writes " Rosie is fabulous!!!!!!!! She is so sweet and so smart and so cute! She calmly walked off the trailer (I don't think she moved on there for the entire 6 1/2 hour trip) and I led her around for a while. Then I put Ceile's halter on and let her into his big pasture and led him around and she just followed. Ceile is pretty much ignoring her (will not play!) so they just hang out and graze or eat hay. She just loves people (my friend Drew came today and just got to know her a bit, picked up her feet (no problem) and had her turn her head and lead in a circle - she was perfect."

Five Kynynmont Gun Smoke foals (4/08)

Pam Liddell writes that all the foals arrived safely in April. All are duns: two halfbred colts, two purebred colts and one purebred filly.

Arizona filly has arrived(4/08)

Congratulations to Tracy Scheinkman, Misty Mountain Arabian Sport Horses, Tucson, AZ, on the arrival of her bucksin filly. The filly is out of Tracy's Arabian mare, Misty Cinnamon; Tracy reports that the filly is just what she ordered:-) She is strong, healthy and very well put together.

Elphin Chickadee has moved to North Carolina (3/08)

Congratulations are in order for Sue Holland on her purchase of Elphin Chickadee; Chickadee is in foal to *Gun Smoke. She is the new companion to Sue's other expecting Connemara mare, Robin. Both are due in April.

Our fourth and final foal of the year has arrived (3/08)

On March 12, Corner Oak Celtic Star delivered her first foal, an adorable bouncing bay colt by *Gun Smoke.

Our two February foals escaped the worst of the weather. The first was a very sweet bundle of joy bay colt, born out of Foothills Hopefilly on 2/28/08; this is her second foal . The next one was born the following day, 2/29/08, so she is called Leapling. She's a gorgeous buckskin (with a dark dorsal strip) out of Foothills River Queen and she is just as cute and playful as she can be. Both are doing splendidly. Our Florida-born winter foal has arrived (1/08) Last night, Donna Duckworth called me to let me know that our January foal has arrived. Donna has had Foothills MayBee in residence at Balmullo's Farm to foal for me in order to avoid the inclimate Tennessee weather. Donna reported that this foal by *Gun Smoke is a big bay colt with huge legs and that the mare and foal are both in great shape. Thanks, Donna!! Catching up (12/07) My apologies to all the frequent visitors that I have fallen behind in my website; I think I am back on track, so check in often for news updates.Here are a few notes from this summer and fall (also, be sure to check the Results page): Arbor Lane's Conor is now foxhunting with the Woodford Hounds and Black Dog's Fiona hunted with Hickory Creek Hunt. Foothills Rocky River is now owned by Julie Vandermeer and Rebecca Raubacher recently sold Kent's Teasel to a new owner in Baton Rouge, LA. Lastly, in November, our TB mare, Sleighton, delivered a fabulous filly by *Gun Smoke. She's called Piedmont Fay .

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