Today Rosey turned seven weeks old.
Yes, the V in the title of this blog is to remind us of Rosey's lineage to Desperado V.No, this is not a PhotoShop makeover of Rosey wearing a cap. There are days now that she walks around the ranch wearing a Blue Mtn. Anglers -flyshop- cap.
Yesterday we introduce her to the entire mare herd, and all went well. There was allot of running and loping, but everyone settled down and all is well.
It appeared that Aunt Misty was glad to help Shaiela watch the incoming mares, as Rosey and Shai kept their distance. Misty (who has been pasturing with Rosey and Shaiela for a week) stayed in between the non-bred mares, and made sure that all was safe and sound for Rosey. We have a strong feeling that Misty is now pregnant x Rusty, and will take her to the vet to confirm this in the next week or so. It was a very interesting blending of mares with our baby Rosey. Ho hum, no big deal, as everyone settled in and was happy with the new pasture grazing area.
This evening Kittee and I had a short photo session with Rosey and will blend these shot into this blog.
Big news for today----
Goldie our 5 year old Quarab mare went under saddle with our trainer Travis Webster, for the very first time this evening.
Before Travis got to the ranch this afternoon I brought Goldie out of pasture and worked her in the round pen making outside and inside turns. Just a warm up session before Travis arrived, and she was so easy to work with. As the afternoon was pleasantly warm (in the mid-80's), I did hose Goldie off a couple of times to cool her off and expose her to water hosing (she takes it very well). 
When Travis got here, he put her right to work using bridle and bit to train her to give to the bit, disengaging her hindquarters, and sacking her out with the round pen tarp. All of these exercises were a first for Goldie and she took it well. Within 30-40 minutes Travis had Goldie under a saddle blanket, then the saddle, and shortly thereafter Travis was in the saddle. OH, what a beautiful sight... wish I had pictures to share of this experience. I wanted to wait for Goldie to be 5-6 years old before we started her under saddle, and it appears this time has paid off well.I asked Travis to evaluate today's training session, and he feels that Goldie is going to make an eye catching, well mannered trail/arena horse. Easy/ready to learn and obey. With her Arabian breeding she should be strong as an endurance ride, and with Doc Bar as her Grandsire, she should command attention as a beautiful, well-bred, palomino western pleasure horse. She is still/will always be my 1000 lb. golden equine pet that always come and follows me around the pasture when I whisper her name.
Have I mentioned that Goldie and I fell in love at first sight the first time we met? What a special creature. I am now so looking forward to Travis putting more saddle time on Goldie, and thereby giving me the time in the near future to ride her.
Kittee and I now think that we may not breed her with Rusty this year, but wait a year. Hard decision to come by, as Rusty to bred Goldie was the main provocation for buying Rusty. Decisions, decisions, it can be a hard life sometimes, but someone has to do it.
Anyways, today was a most pleasant day at McKuster Ranch, as Leila, and our new boarder
Kirstin came out to work and play with their horses.This past week Kirstin came on board at McKuster Ranch with her cinnamon Appaloosa "Lassiter". Today she came out and rode Lassiter bareback round the pasture for awhile and then sit and visited with Kittee and I for quite awhile thereafter. A most pleasant afternoon and evening with all.
Back to our baby Rosey...
today is another "birthday" celebration
We are finding that Rosey is such a joy to work/play with as she is such a dear little sweetheart.
We did measure her at seven weeks old and she is now 10.1 hands in height.
As Rosey is now shedding her foal coat we see that very likely she is going to be a bay filly, following the coloring of her sire and two grand sires. We are also most intrigued with her ears as they have the most distinct tip curls, which we think is coming from her Varian Arabian background.
Shaiela & Shai Al Bey in round pen- 2:29 min
We made a quick "head" count and found that we now have 17 equines here at the ranch and in a couple of weeks two of the Morgans that moved here from Arizona will be moving on as their owners (RV travelers) are leaving town. So come the first of July we will be looking forward to have two new Arabian mares (a 2 year old and a yearling) here at the ranch. This should be an interesting pair for Rosey to blend with. We also had a woman stop by a week ago or so and ask if we could keep a couple of horse for a friend of hers living in San Francisco. If these California horses show up we will have full pastures for our 2008 season.a day in the life at McKuster Ranch --- Dale
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