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Foaling season is almost upon us!

3/8/2019

I really can't wait for this year's foaling season! The first year Oreo is with us and seeing his foals from last year has me on pins and needles. Next year we are adding new lines into our program by using a few outside top quality boys to our outstanding girls! We have four girls coming from across the pond this summer! It will be a big year for us next year!
Last week Oreo, Red, and I attended the Washington State Horse Expo and preformed with the drill group the Gypsy Chix! Both our ponies did amazing and Amanda rode Oreo. I am very very proud of our teammates Linda and Emily that rode their Drum mares. Both Drum mares participated in the kids corral and were a total hit with the public. The time with the public was priceless.

Well, it is almost a new year!

11/28/2018

Oh where oh where has time gone!! I sit at our kitchen table and look at the rain pound the ground like sludge hammers, glad most of the ponies came in for the day, but will go out once I get back from my dressage lesson with Oreo.
Quite a few things have happened since my last blog. My trip to England, shows, elk hunting, barn remodel under way. It is gonna be an exciting new year, that is for sure!! Oh yeah, the addition of our French Bulldogs! Ready Fire Aim Jack and I call it LOL
I am gonna leave off at my last entry, Red blessed us with a real fab colt we are keeping to grow out. He will either be stallion worthy or one amazing show gelding and will be trained to ride and drive. Prada gave us a beautiful colt just like Master Mind! How lucky are we:)
My trip to England this year was wonderful! I got to go to TOYS with the Down ladies and see some wonderful Gypsies and watch Anna and her fab SD mare take the overall championship at only 3yrs old!!! I also bought a filly on this visit. She will be joining us in the states next month and we are elated about her quality to our program. She is one of a kind and will never be recreated and we are truly truly honored we were selected to purchase her:) She will be in our show lineup next year along with a few other babies! Man, I am gonna need to rotate who I show as I have so many I want to get out there for people to see. That is the only reason you will find me in the show ring at breed shows, to let people see our quality. Only way to show people the difference, is seeing in the flesh. Other than that, I hold little faith in the breed shows judging system. Most of all the breed judges are primary other breed judges and don't have a clue about Gypsy conformation, quality, and expectations in breed standards.
At the end of the day, you are paying for someones opinion.
We also don't train all of our breeding stock to ride or drive. Some make a big fuss over this, but each to their own. I feel some of my mares are far to valuable in my breeding program to risk injury or anything else that can happen. Granted, anything can happen, but when our mares give us a few foals we give them a season off. We move them to our 40 acre pasture to live the life of luxury for the season. We do not have to win any titles or ribbons to prove anything, the quality of their off speaks for itself. I do not want to put thousands of dollars into training and years of time on a mare that can't produce. Same goes for our stallions. All stallion prospects will be bred to a few select mares at two to determine their strengths and weakness. Once the foals arrive, we will determine the next breeding based on the foals. We will then determine by the age of four, if the stallion should be gelded or continue on. Buying Oreo was a risk, as we had not seen any of his get, but after seeing all he has produced in the UK, we couldn't be happier to have foals arriving by him next year. Well, I need to head to the feed store, so that is all I have for today. I am gonna be more diligent about posting LOL

It's A ?????

7/24/2018

Waiting LOL Red's PH is very low and she is waxing, so we are on 24hr notice. Red is the second to last mare due, her and Prada are actually both due on 8/1 but Red goes early. These are our last two Master Plan foals so we can't be more excited. So, hopefully we get two fillies. I do feel Prada is having another colt buy the way she is carrying this foal. But, hopefully she proves me wrong.
All other four colts we have had born this year are doing awesome. Bandit & LJ are sold, we have chose to retain Tax and are selling Stunt Man as a gelding. We do not feel he will surpass his sire in quality and feel he will be an outstanding riding Gypsy. He has a awesome awesome personality and is such a love. He is a true master piece:)
All four mares that have foaled have all settled back in foal to Double Stuff on the first go around! What luck!!
Double Stuff has started light saddle work and is an absolute dream to work with and ride! He will be heading to driving training this fall and be out in the show ring next year:) I may do a few shows with him this year if he is ready, but do not want to take him unless he is ready. He has had a pretty awesome life growing up in England and just hanging with the ladies, so we shall see if we can get him in shape :)
We have two imports coming in August, a new colt that is a mini Gypsy Cob and SD Tesla!! I don't like to transport any of our horses solo and try n always bring pairs over unless someone I know is transporting at the same time. I will travel down to LAX and pick them up.
Next month I travel to England to visit my dear friend Janey Down and the family as well as get our new additions a kiss on the nose for safe travels. I may have to fit a new something in the cargo hold LOL
Well, that is about it this week, I will make an effort to be more diligent with blogging LOL

2018 FOALING SEASON HAS BEGUN!!

5/5/2018

Wow, where does time go!! Fab blessed us with an amazing colt on 4/15 The Tax Man marked just like his daddy Master Plan! Wow, talk about making a harder choice harder. We are running him on to see how he will compliment our breeding program. Pride blessed us with a fantastic colt on May Day LOL That was her due date and I can't believe she foaled on her due date! He is a jet black with a beautiful white blaze and amazing high four white socks! I just love this boy! I don't know why, but there is a real special flair about him. I didn't have this name on my name list, but it just fell into place when he was born LOL
We have decided to call him Jack Of All Trades. His sire is Master Plan, so we thought it was very fitting:)
We will call him LJ for Little Jack. LJ is so full of life and sass, was a little slow to get going and once he figured out nursing he has been unstoppable. LJ is so trying to run around and be a big boy and starting to play with Tax. LJ had the highest IGG test we have ever had! When all of our foals are born, we have them checked over by the vet and do IGG test.

Oh Porter:)

4/2/2018

Porter is such a sweet boy. I have been truly blessed to have this guy in my life! It really won't hurt my feelings to hold onto him! But, with 6 boys total and three out of the same sire, I need to part with a few lol
I expect great great things for this boy wether it is a show home, breeding home, or a family member, he is the best minded of all our babies! I will defiantly be finishing up his clip job when this stupid weather warms up a bit! It was freaking snowing this AM. Fab is getting closer to foaling with Pride right behind her!! Maybe a double header LOL I
I have so many pairings I want to keep LOL I want to keep two fillies outa MP if I am blessed with some girls! Well, off to turn out Porter, Master Mind and Delight! Did I mention Delight is going to her new home next month, sniff sniff!

February 28th, 2018

2/28/2018

It’s almost foaling season!

2/28/2018

We are gearing up for our third foaling season! We are very excited for this years foal crop and can’t wait to see what Master Plan is gonna produce for us. With our up and coming boys, MP will be focusing on training and letting the other boys do the breeding lol!
Fab will be our first to foal with a MP baby. I’m crossing my fingers for blue eyes and MP always passes on sweet heads, so this should be a fab match.
Pride will follow, I’m praying for a red filly to keep for a replacement for Pride as she will be ready to retire when her filly will be ready to take over.
Sweet Heart is in foal to Flash Harry, this foal will be for sale.
Dream is in foal to a Woolly Mammoth B&W son. I’m not sure yet if I will be retaining this foal. It is Dreams first foal and this stallions first foal crop, so I’m excited to see what we get.
Prada is in foal to MP, they gave us a cracker of a colt! We are running him on to replace MP! So this full sibling will be available for sale.
Lager Mare, well, what can we say, Porter is tops and hopefully we get a red Sabine filly! Can u say keeper!
Check back for updates on our fluffy friends! Cheers

The New Girls On The Block!!

11/18/2017

We couldn't be more pleased with our two new mares. They made it in safe and sound and I got them delivered to the CEM facility in Medford OR where they will spend two weeks and we will fetch them then. Dream is just one of the girls that commands attention. I had no plans to show this girl, but I think thats where she is heading as she is just perfect! I am already telling Janey I need another one just like her LOL
SweetHeart is a tank, she is a lot like Fab. She was a bit more jumpy than Dream, but just beautiful. I have no doubts once she gets home here at PMG and settled she will fit right in. I didn't spend much time checking her out as it was such a rush to get them loaded and to Medford. But she is a beauty and I am gonna sitting on pins and needles to see her foal outa Flash Harry. If it is a splashy colt, we plan on running him on:)
Jack and I have been busy working on the barn. We have decided to go with Nelson waterers and Noble stall fronts. This will add a whole new look and make our life simpler and the number one priority is the safety of our horses, this will offer that. We are also redoing ALL of our fencing. The 2" hot tape was a good idea, it just isn't practical for these horses. So a new fencing we will do LOL Along with the fencing, we are adding Noble shelters to our pastures as well. All this work is a huge expense, but in the long run, it will be so so worth it.

Breeding season 2018!!

10/15/2017

Oh boy, I am already getting excited for our 2018 breeding/foaling season and the 2019 foaling season!! This will be Legacy & Diggers first foals and we are using one outside stallion that is a son of Woolly Mammoth! He will be paired up with two of our mares. I will release his name after the mares are confirmed in foal. We will have a really diverse foal crop for 2019, all goes right we will have 9 foals!! Our 2020 crop we will have foals on the ground by MasterMind and Porter. Yep, I have goose bumps LOL.

Health care for the Gypsy horse...

10/5/2017

One thing I don't think breeders do enough is talk about all the care that goes into these beauties. I am currently working on a page for this site that will explain or have a link for the information. There are quite a few things that are overlooked and ignored where other things are over scrutinized. So please get facts before jumping to any conclusion. Seek a vet to diagnose a problem, not the internet.
I do not ever bat an eye at nutrition costs. Feeding ALL of our horses properly is very expensive and I am proud of the feed program we have.
Not only is feed extremely important, but so is ample turnout. We do not confine any of our horses and they all get ample turnout time everyday. In the summer and fall, they live out on pasture 24/7.
Well, it's off to lunch with Jack to talk about expansion of our ranch, cheers!

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I put this page together to share our adventures of with our Gypsies as well as sharing tips on hair care, our feeding program, and any general helpful information to pass along.
Cheers,
Blanche & Jack

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