We have just received confirmation that BOTH of our mares are pregnant with Medallion's first foals!  We're very excited as both mares are due right around Valentine's Day next year.  Even more exciting is that Cheyenne, our 21-year old mare, caught right away and on her first heat cycle of the year.  We will ultrasound her again in a week or two just to make sure everything still looks right as she has had complications in the past.  Our maiden mare, Vistosa, is doing superbly.  Her foal has been sold in utero and we know that the new owner, Kate Platz, will be thrilled with this foal.      We hope to start teaching Medallion to use the phantom mare in a couple of weeks, which means we should have semen for A.I. by mid-to-late April.  For those who are waiting for shipped semen, we will contact you as soon as it's available to coordinate with your mare(s).

INSPECTIONS

We will be taking Medallion and Cheyenne to the American Warmblood Society inspections in May of this year.  This will be the first time that Medallion will leave the property since his arrival in November 2003, so we're hoping he's up for all the excitement.  Results of the inspection will be posted.

TRAINING

I am hoping to start Medallion under saddle in the next month or so.  He seems so eager and willing to do his work, and I think he'll adjust very well to his second new job of this year!  ;-)   There will be many photos and hopefully some video of him under saddle that I will distribute once they are available.

SHOW SEASON

Show season is right around the corner and approaching quickly.  Vistosa will be shown again this year in Level 2 Showjumping in the Canadian National A Circuit.  At this level, she will be jumping a maximum height of 1.20m, and a maximum spread of 1.25m, which is approximately 4'1".  There is a phenomenal video of her free-jumping that I took early this year on the website.  You can see that she's actually clearing the standard, which is 5'0"!  We look forward to another successful show year with her.

NEW MARES

We have acquired two new mares for our breeding program, Perfect Music and Lady Chilly, both chestnut sabino Jockey Club Thoroughbreds.  Perfect Music will be the first to arrive and will be a permanent addition to our group.  Lady Chilly will arrive late this year and will be on lease for the 2006-2007 breeding season.  Both mares will be bred to Guaranteed Gold, a cremello TB stallion for guaranteed palomino JC TB foals.  We are hoping for two fillies to breed to Medallion one day, but if we get colts, they will be for sale.