We took Paktaly and Pasabi to a schooling show in Stanwood.
The day before the show we went to Sunset park just North of Bellingham.
We schooled the water, ditches and jumps there.



Pasabi is just like his sire Pan Tau, cantering into water he's never seen is a "walk in the park".







We did novice level at the schooling show, and extra dressage rounds and jump rounds.
The horses performed really well, especially the jumping since we never had done a course with them yet, and didn't know what to expect.
But they were bold and brave! There were jumps we had never done, like hedge jumps, flags and ribbons flapping in the wind...
Thanks to Tina and her friend we have lots of pictures!



























There were even trains going by tooting very loud!



On the way home waiting for the ferry we had carrots for people to give to the horses.
Big or small, everyone liked the occasion!

We have a lot of visitors coming for rides.
Some are friends, some are family, some potential buyers and our own students.



Me on Ak Pashildi, Ben on Urik, Sophie on Paktaly and Shelby on Aspen.



The day we saw the Whales at the park!



Nora and Amelia from California,

We have 2 horses in training from Silk Road Akhal-Tekes in Missouri!
Kegas, a 5 year old gelding and Katarina, an 8 year old mare.
So far they are recovering from their long trip, and enjoying the grass.
They are both very sweet horses.
They have a lot of potential and we are looking forward to working with them. They are for sale.



Kegas is as soft as he looks...





Katarina reminds us of Dagjeir...she is catty in her movements just like he is!

Time to hay! Luckily we have the help of my niece from France Sophie and her boyfriend Ben.
My son Sam enjoys haying too and usually he has a lot of friends who like to help!
This year we got it just about perfect...I think we made the best hay yet!
It is ripe, but not over ripe! It smells delicious..the horses will love it.



Jay running the bailer



Sophie and Ben





On the way to the barn







Ben making wind rows

We bought a gelding. He is 5 years old and not broke yet.
We drove to Idaho to pick him up at our friends place.
Teddy is extremely sweet!
His real name is Marauder..but we'll use that as a show name....Silk road Marauder.
People will figure out he's no TB, nor an Arab...he's an Akhal Teke!

Jenny and I went to Chase Creek in Canada to Nick Holmes-Smith event camp.
This was Jenny's first time, after all she had heard about it, it was no let down!
The horses jumped well, we watched other people ride, had a good time camping as usual...
And our young horses gained a lot of confidence!
Jenny rode Pasabi, and I rode Paktaly who was born at Sweet Water Farm!

We have new horses!
We traded Leucosia from Bold Vantage Farm for our mare Kitchie Gul.
She is stunning. We are very excited to have her!



We are also leasing the mare Sheherezad.

We have been breeding and have 3 confirmed pregnancies!
God job Pan Tau!

On the 31st of March we departed for our first schooling show with our 3 green horses, Pasabi, Paktaly and Urik the Friesian.
We drove off the ferry and a half hour out of town the truck would not go into gear...we had lost our clutch!
We coasted to the side off the freeway, and called a tow truck. We had to have 2 come, one for the trailer, one for the truck.
We got towed to the nearest Dodge dealer and called my husband to come pick us up.
Instead of going home, he insisted to continue since we were all ready to go, so we did.





We arrived at the show grounds not too late in the evening.
It was freezing cold that night, and terrible weather the next day.
It rained on us so hard during the cross country lesson the horses were trying to go backwards to find shelter under the trees!
To make things worse our heater didn't work. Our clothes were soaked..so we decided to go home early!





We got home from the show to find Pallas Athena had given birth to a lovely colt!
He is strong and healthy and super friendly!

We are now leasing a facility with an indoor arena!
Just a walk from my house.

We bought a soccer ball hoping the girls would have great matches...
But the excitement wore off fast.
We'll use it in our games.

We bought a new horse!
We are VERY excited to have this young man at our stable!
Pasabi is a Pan Tau son, out of Gaale. He has his dad's mellow temperament, he is tall and handsome!
He traveled with the mare Algush who is going to Cynthia's farm at http://boldvantage.ca/page2.htm
Jenny and I met the shipper on the mainland and took the horses home on the ferry.
You can see updates on Jenny's blog http://eventingakhaltekes.blogspot.com/

This winter seems to be mild, and we are able to ride a lot.
Here we are ponying our young horses Paktaly and Jenny's Bijoux.
They love the attention and excitement of seeing the world!