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Just remember that most Spanish horses and Lusitano horses are very much more sensitive and responsive than your average Warmbloods to handle and ride and you'll be ok.

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Thanks Kelo!

I'm probably booking the dressage intensive with the option to book a few advanced lessons on a unicorn

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Update from breaker is that he is being ridden over tarps in walk and trot and getting used to flags and lots of other objects - we had already done a lot of this inhand so getting it nice and calmly under saddle is great for his future work. He will be doing Working Equitation and some of our joust...

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Thanks! Their manes and tails grow like weeds. :lol: I chopped about 400mm off his sister Rosa's mane when I hogged it and it all grew back again in under a year. Zeus was about 3cm over the minimum height for stallions when measured by the studbook official last March, he has grown quite a bit sinc...

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My Rosa is in foal to Paseo

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I'm delighted to report that the young chap is now being ridden and is starting to become a proper horse. I dropped him off at the breakers last Monday and by Wednesday night he had already ridden him a couple of times and said he was wonderful! I had done most of the preparation anyway, he's been b...

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For those of you who have been to Epona in Spain can you please either post some info about your vist and/or pix or both or PM me? I am interested in going there for one of their intensives while we are in Spain, I thought I would try them out as my normal instructor is away during the time we will ...

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My wonderful kringler bought me just what I wanted!

A couple of the teeny tiny Turtlemade spindles for spinning fine fibres! Awesome!

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Lovely looking mare! Congratulations!

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so sorry for you loss having been through this myself earlier this year. (((hugs)))

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Thank you to my Kringle for the gifts which I received last week. I'm actually not entirely sure that they are from my Kringle as I did not find a note, but I think so given what I received ... namely, the book about Valegro (LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!), and two pairs of fun socks one of which is horsey ...

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Did you take any spinning with you to help pass the time?

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^... have no idea what they are talking about!

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Kia kaha (((hugs)))

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I'd be doing their 5 in 1 vaccination now plus add a bit of yoghurt to the milk mix to help digestion, and maybe try adding a wee bit of the olive oil to get the gut moving but be careful that she doesn't start scouring or bloat in which case get onto the vet fast. Antibiotics may be a good idea in ...

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so sorry to hear this (((hugs)))

Sending jingles~~~

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I think there may be a few other people getting their Kringles earlier than expected!

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Prepare for the apocalypse!

We hear there are lots of US citizens thinking of emigrating to Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

We have a nice climate, lots of horses and open spaces and life is pretty good here.

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I love the clone stamp in Photoshop, it's very useful!

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I've had a crack at it but the result is a bit too large to post, so I've PMd you so I can email you a larger version.

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Here's a smaller version, hope it's ok.

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so sorry

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I've started watching Westworld, not sure about it yet but there are horses in it and its quirky.

Wish we had Outlander and some of the other more interesting series here but no luck so far and we don't have netflix.

I'm looking forward to Game of Thrones next series too.

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This is Zorro, he is my helper for weaving and crochet and enjoys lying about in the sun by my spinning wheel. zorro-in-the-sun.jpg He tried sitting on my lap while I was spinning but the movement of my legs annoyed him and he ended up swiping at the flyer and breaking the yarn so has been banned fr...

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Baroque, I didn't know you were a hand spinner! me too! yes I got bitten by the bug a year ago when trying to find something to do with my fibre. I now have 4 wheels [Majacraft Aura, Peacock, Beulah & Ashford Traditional] and about 20 drop and supported spindles, and 7 looms... :lol: I spend a ...

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Karma [our Bengal] in contemplative mode.

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Here is Zorro enjoying a bit of sun next to my spinning wheel. He is my main "helper" for doing crochet and weaving.

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More lambie shots.. 2016 lambs4.jpg 2016 lambs5.jpg Nearly 50:50 ewes to rams again this year and 9 sets of twins so far, there were a few of the previous years hoggets lambing this time, so these are always a bit risky in the outcome because they are young and inexperienced, we had 2 stillborn ram ...

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Some of this years Arapawa lambs from Flock 1 & 2, there are some missing from this lot as their mums were accidentally included in with Flocks 3 & 4 then I got a bit of a surprise when the lambs arrived! :lol: Flock 3 is due in a few weeks to a Pitt Island ram, Flock 4 may produce a few sur...

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Thanks for your replies! He apparently has 92% progressive motility and is producing *very* good quantities of semen according to the experts. :lol: I am very pleased that we have finally been able to get him started on the breeding cycle, it took ages to get this under way because we had to wait fo...

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I'd be interested to hear what % people expect for average motility and progressional motility in fresh semen from stallions.

Just so I can compare these with the figures I got yesterday for my young Manhorse, which I think were very VERY good!

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Congrats Baroque, energy is good! Can you remind me, is Zeus still entire - are you planning to stand him at stud? And what is his breeding, just curious, in my distant memory I seem to remember he might be by Jaleador? We have a lovely gelding by Cancionero, and very much like the breed. Hi Anne Y...

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Here are some of the others

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We now have 26 lambs and still counting...

Yesterdays twin ewes from Jellybean are adorable.

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They are vary rare being mainly white, most Arapawa sheep are black or brown coloured, with or without spots.

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What long tails they have! All the better to wiggle them at you! :lol: crepe suzette + goatmum.jpg This is my Crepe Suzette - the lamb who I bottle fed and then fostered on her Goatmum last year because her own mother rejected her after she slid under the fence at birth. Mother had another twin to ...

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Thanks for all the lovely comments. 8-) Had a short pony ride on him again on Monday, he was a bit more distracted this time due to my giant 18mth old PRE filly galumping about in the paddock behind the arena and yelling to him the whole time, (suspect she is in season again :roll: ) her friend was ...

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Now up to 19 lambs! 7 are ewes and the rest are rams. More to come...

They have great personalities and are fun to train and have around.

Cardamon produced a lovely pair of twins for me yesterday, Mum and kids doing well.

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Beautiful! What do you do with the fleece? I spin it. It's very fine and soft like Merino - typically 17-23 microns but has lots more bounce than Merino so its all lovely and squishy! arapawa wool.jpg I'm going to be setting up an etsy shop in a while to offer carded Arapawa fleece to people who ca...

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No I didn't ride him on that day, he'd just come back into work and was throwing a bit of a tanty and looking at the guy working on our new shed foundations with his grinder so I sensibly opted to stay on the ground that day. :lol: I hopped on him this week after he'd done some work, we practiced ge...

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Bambam

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BountyBar & Bambam

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Cardamon - she wants her treats!

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It's spring here in NZ and our Arapawa ewes have just started lambing. :D So far we've got 3 sets of twins from Pinky, Honey and Brulee and a couple of singles from Custard and an unnamed daughter of Horatio in a lovely range of colour combinations. Lots of spots are coming through in Bambam's lambs...

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I finally had my first pony ride on Zeus this week. He is now 5yo and has grown up nicely, so tis time to look at breaking in.

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Watch this space...

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From one PRE owner to another your Rosea and Zeus are stunning! Congrats on them passing the evaluation. Bring on the foals! Why do the ewe's get nasty with humans? Those horns are scary looking! Thanks! I've very pleased with them both. Looking forward to breeding Rosa later this year, I have seme...

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Thanks everyone. Still feeling a bit miserable from time to time and a day doesn't go past that I find I am missing him. :cry: I've been keeping myself very busy with lots of spinning and other craft work while I get myself psyched up to start riding the greenies. I've put myself down for a blacksmi...

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Montymum wrote:I am very sorry to hear about his passing. Having met him I know what a special horse he was.

Thanks Montymum. Definitely one of the special ones!

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Thanks everyone for your lovely kind words. <3 Zeus is coping ok, he is a bit lonely without his big friend and he got very excited when I went out in the truck to get its COF inspection on Thursday and when I came back up the driveway an hour or so later he was running up and down the paddock yelli...

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:cry: Last Thursday I lost my bestest mate and wonderful riding horse Merlin after colic surgery following a severe colic attack from strangulating lipomas, I never realised how common a problem these are for older horses particularly geldings. Merlin was 15yo. http://www.baroquehorse.co.nz/img/IMG_...

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Dead chest freezer here too.

I keep my strapping in a slightly smaller one as well, I hate rats, those suckers have done a lot of damage to my horse gear over the years

, so we have 4 cats on duty!

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Depending on how you define "vacation" you could also go the short-term working student route somewhere. I did that last year and it worked well. Just be upfront and clear about expectations and such! This year, on my travels back to the US, I'm going on a couple-day horse trek in New Zea...

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Regarding the difference between PRE and Lusitanos, both are normally very sensitive horses to ride, but the PRE are generally much more accommodating and calmer to work with than the Lusitanos which can get rather cross if aids are not to their liking. So the Lusitanos are generally sharper and hot...

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(((hugs))) so sorry for your loss

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