I Like Big Butts!

The boys are 2 months old this week. The size difference has not changed. They are only 4 days apart. Kansas has always thrown big babies. The other babies catch up as long yearlings. Runt has a big butt for his size, Flash is just big all over. They should both be big stoppers. Flash just floats when he moves. He has a western pleasure lope. He drops his head and looks gorgeous. I can hardly wait to ride him.

AQHA Cutting

We drove up to Wisconsin to a WFQHA show that had AQHA classes. We went up with another couple. We try to truck pool to shows to help cut expenses. It was a really fun show and we all ended up with points on our horses. My boyfriend took second place and our friend Tim took first in the open and Sue and I took first and second in the amatuer. They both rode their stallion Pegasus to first place wins. We were laughing on the way home because the guys took the open and we took the amatuer. Sue rode her mare too and she ended up with a point. AQHA shows are for points and not money. It is more affordable. It was actually more fun because it is less pressure.

Flash

This little guy is Flash. He is Gerald's and my new baby. He will be 2 weeks old on Monday. He was 2 weeks over due. I opened the stall door to see what we had and was stunned with this almost a paint colt. Mom has a star and dad doesn't have a whole lot of white. He is a keeper!

Family Picture

The Northern IL Cutting Horse Assocication and Barry's Livestock had a 3 day show at Double G in Sterling IL. BX Photo was on hand to take pictures. I had a rare oppurtunity to have a professional picture taken of my Stallion and three of his "babies". Spider Oak if on the far left, then Mia Oak, Spiders Angel Oak and Cassidy Oak who is also a stallion. Anyone that has tried to get a good picture of one horse can understand how hard it was to get 2 mares and 2 stallions to stand still with their ears up. My friends Christina and Norm helped me get this accomplished. Norm owns Cassidy and Christina and her family have a Spider filly at home. I was so proud of Mia Oak, she earned her certificate of achievment this weekend from NCHA. That is earned by a horse that has earned at least $1500 in approved shows. This is the first one earned by a horse that I bred and raised. Angel is a 2 year old and Cassidy a 3 year old, so they have yet to compete.

Jessie

Too Small To Be A Cow

This is Angel, she is now in cutting horse training. She started by tracking my Mom's pug Spanky. She later graduated to goats. This was not of my doing, they just were silly enough to get close to her.

Jessie