Breaking yearlings 2011-Empassabella

Let's run a little "down the lane".

Manuel on Empassabella after a few weeks training--Look how relaxed and confident.


Manuel and Polito.

Now you can be in front.

Look how trim I am-been on a workout program.

Breaking yearlings in 2011-Our Shanghai Express

Manuel galloping Our Shanghai Express after 4 weeks training.


manuel on Shanghai -with Polito on Lil Scooter-She has to work to keep up with these kids.

What'a up?

I think I'm pretty hot stuff!!!

Anne's August Flowers

These pics all taken by our friend-Connie Hoge
Basket at clinic entrance.


Another basket at clinic entrance.

Basket at home entrance.

Flowers and flag at home entrance.

Purple phlox at farm entrance gate.

Farm on the 4th

All photos by our friend Connie Hoge
The three musketeers---from right to left--Ziggy -our 24 yr old pony horse--middle-Our Shanghi express--left is Empassabella




A wild rose on our river bank-lots of them.

A wild raspberry -there are lots of these.

Can still see snow on Mount Pilchuck.

Wild roses.

The homestead.

Down the lane.

Sam's Ace --his first foals run this year-exciting.

Mares and foals on 14 May 2011

Pasture photo taken by Connie Hoge on 14 May 2011. These mares-Kisses and Meo are both Stakeswinning daughters of Raizel. Meo with the bald face and Major Incident--Kisses on the left with Make Some Noise. Interesting that Meo -who is bald faced-has a colt that has a little white on his face. Kisses who has a small white star on her forehead-has a streak faced filly.




Kisses and Make Some Noise by Cahill Road.

Major Incident with mom Meomeomy on 14 May 11

We finally named meomeomy's 2011 colt -MAJOR INCIDENT. In todays reporting, there no "wrecks"--"bridges out"---"car overturned"--"Man-hunts".
They call all these things INCIDENTS.

SO WE NOW HAVE A "MAJOR INCIDENT" at Granite Falls Thoroughbreds. Photo by Connie Hoge.

Mckinzie-Dean and Baby on 14 May 2011

Saturday afternoon, Nancy, my daughter and Mckinzie, my granddaughter came out to go riding. Mckinzie was riding "X" -her horse and I rode Lil Scooter-my mule up the hill. Baby was running by our side-behind us-in front of us- the whole way. Coming back, Connie Hoge took this pic of us. Baby recognized Connie and Butch and "came running." Later Nancy rode up the hill again with Mckinzie.

GREAT TIME HAD BY ALL
WE WERE REALLY LIVIN'- ALL OF US.