Cactus went to his new home today! While I will miss the sweet boy, I know he has a fabulous family who will give him all the love and attention he deserves!

As a follow up to our stallion color post, here are the coat color results from the mares in our herd. 

I have mentioned this before but in case you missed it, in the last year and a half I have done some fairly extensive DNA testing on my herd. This has been for fun and to learn more about the Chincoteague pony breed as there aren't a ton of Chincoteague's that are color tested much less have health or ancestry testing done on them.

​The results have been invaluable and will no doubt strengthen my breeding program and how I manage my herd going forward. Not to mention it feels like Christmas when you get the results back.

Cactus had a full day today, he started out his morning at daddy daycare (aka hanging out with his dad at over the fence). I’m pretty sure Thistle loves having Cyclone babysitting over the fence! It’s always so precious.
After daddy daycare he had a short leading lesson with me and then spent the rest of his morning napping and grazing while I was at church.
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Later this afternoon he was my “helper” and we both cleaned the waterer and made sure it was ready for Winter. While Cactus wasn’t an abundance of help in handing me tools he did provide comic relief and was adorable (and we know that’s hard work in and of itself) so he got extra kisses and made up for my moments of panic when he was close to breaking things.
Finally, he ended his day by enjoying grass on the other side of the fence as it is no doubt better than the grass on his side.

Cactus watching his daddy (Cyclone) over the fence and a quick picture I got before his nose was up to the camera!

Our expected 2025 foals!

Due April:
#1 - Wave Runner’s Phantom of the Waves x Wave Runner’s Kenzie

Due May:
#2 - Cyclone II x Rolling Bay Sugar Pixie
#3 - Cyclone II x Assateague’s Spirited Lady
#4 - Cyclone II x Sweet Island Dreams

I’m so excited to meet these precious foals next Spring.
We still have one 2025 foal that is available for reservation, more information can be found on our website on our for For Sale page.

I have some extremely exciting news to share but first, let me start at the beginning. ⬇️

Trailer loading practice for Cactus. It didn’t take long and he was hopping in and out like a pro! He is such a good little fellow <3
Here is a video: ​https://youtube.com/shorts/V4H9yStngS0?si=CWt2JNZ3umaQ5TTC

Picture time for Cactus!  I finally had the chance to get some good photos of him for his registration papers and for fun! As with most of my herd, he will be double registered ICPAR and PtHA! It will be hard to say goodbye to him when he goes to his new home later this Fall, he is such a sweetie!

This year we made it to 3 shows. The results are as follows: ​

For those of you who are not on Facebook, we are now starting a blog on our website to keep you updated on what happens around our farm! We hope you enjoy following our herd! :)