Babies? Babies!

Ah yes, the epic decision has been made. My little Gypsy is going to be bred! I am mucho very excited about it. Because if you think about it...all of Gypsy's silliness is training-related. She got a very late start on some decent training. But she is calm, and super friendly and gentle. She is built beautifully! Fine boned and straight, with a gorgeous typey little head, and that famous Arab floaty trot that is smooth-smooth-smooth when she is behaving. So, she is going to be bred to LS Andretti, aka Mario. He is a beautiful beautiful bay Arab stud. He has amazing bloodlines that you couldn't ask more from, is sweepstakes nominated for his foals, and has a futurity title under his belt. I've met him in person a couple times, and he is so quiet and sweet. He seems like such a nice boy. So! Today was Gypsy's first teasing session! I had no clue as to what expect from Gypsy...She's never been bred before.

So we took her over to Ace- a paint stud that is at our barn. He was the teasing extrodinaire for the day. Gypsy got to sniff noses with Ace (who was in his stall). She wasn't too sure what to make of this noisy boy at first, but she definately warmed up to him! She decided he wasn't so bad at all, and turns out Gypsy was in heat for her very first teasing! Well done, Ace! Haha. So currently the plan is to ultrasound Gypsy tomorrow to be sure of her heat, and then Mario will make a trip to our barn for some Gypsy romancing! Haha, except we are going to AI Gypsy...So I suppose there will be no actual romancing. Ha. So yes, I'm very excited. This should be a very nice foal. I am hoping for a NOT-Grey filly.

Then I lunged her around to rid her mind of silly boy thoughts, and rode her. And she did amazing! After not riding since...ohh...friday? Hopped on bareback (as always, right?) and she was being soft in the face and very nice. Walked and trotted around, and I think it was our best trotting yet! Success!

In other news....At work, drafty mare has been hitched to the cart for a second time. She did awesome. And TB gelding is doing great too! I rode him outside, and he has now had his first two experiences of cantering outside! He was a good boy....bucked me off once...but he was behaving wonderfully before and after that little incident. Ha. So if you ignore the buck-off, he was awesome. ...Right.

And in a completely random and unrelated sidenote, I found a baby starling in the barn today. So I grabbed it and threw it outta the barn. It wasn't too thrilled about this idea, as you can see. Hehe. Too bad I'm a tard and forgot to rotate the picture. So just tilt your head.