We have had our first foal of the year show up already and she is a whopper - huge filly, out of one of the Whiskey Gold mares....she's a chunky monkey and we are hoping to possibly get her shown this fall in the weanling futurities- see her on the 2011 foal page. I am trying to convince Bruce to take a stab at a halter class. He does all the halter training with the babies - so why not give him the honors? What can go wrong in a weanling halter class?      We are quickly approaching our first, PRR Invitational Western Pleasure clinic April 1 -3 here at the ranch. We are really excited about it and look forward to having our friends and their horses (about 8 in total) here at the ranch for the weekend. Stefany Leigh - Forester of platinum performance horses will be our guest clinician. Shawna Sinclair will also be doing some equine chiropractor work on our guests horses. Should be an action packed and fun-filled weekend for everyone - hopefully we will have some photos and details to add following the clinic. Bruce has not decided whether he's staying home with a housefull of women or going fishing....it will be a tough choice for him!      Show season seems like it is quickly approaching and we will all be scrambling to get the fat-furry beasts back in show shape!! Our Krymsun/Fluid Fred filly has found a new home with Deserie Armstrong. We are pretty excited about her future there - what a great show home she managed to find!      We have started calving and so far so good. The foals will start showing up mid April and we should hopefully be done with the calves, they will go out in order to make room for the new moms of a diffrent species in the maternity pen. I am hoping to try to get more timely postings of the new foals as they are born....now that I am maintaining our own site. 
      Passed my Equine Appraisal exam and am now an affliate member of the American Association of Equine Appraisers (AAEA - North America). I am looking forward to my new adventure and have a great group of associates to confer with. I will be offering discounted appraisals while getting my feet wet - so if you are looking to have an appraisal done for sale, purchase or insurance purposes....I'll be sure to get you a good rate. The Association also reviews my first few appraisals...so that is an added bonus...you will also get a review from AAEA senior appriasers....sort of a 2 for one.  
     Hope everyone is able to enjoy some nice riding weather in the near future! It has been a long and often cold winter....sure would enjoy a good long spell of warm weather (like about another 8 months!)  (P.S. my blog has been set up to be "multi-user friendly" so if you'd like to add a comment or photo....just sign in with your password, and you should be good to go. Let me know if anybody has any problems) It would be great to hear from others and a great way to share photos!)
     We'll look forward to seeing you'all either in the showpen or down the trail...in the meantime...keep a tight cinch!
Laura