And Then There Were Two...

Our second foal of the season arrived not long after midnight on Wednesday. This is Hummer's first foal, a flashy little chestnut colt by Mutakddim. If you remember Pip (also known as Mute), he was also a son of Mutakddim. The new boy has had a couple little problems in his first few days, but through it all has been bright and spunky. I'm hoping his troubles are behind him and in a couple of weeks, he'll be out playing with Twine's colt! Now, what do you think, will Clever have a colt or a filly?

The Year of the Chestnut?

Gracie

Just a quick update on what's happening at the easel. It's strictly coincidence that the two paintings I've been focusing on these first days of 2011 feature chestnuts (and one dark bay!). One is fairly small, 8 x 16 oil on Raymar, and it features the boys from a couple of winters ago. The other is a bit larger, 18 x 24 oil on gallery wrap canvas, a warmblood mare and foal.

"Watch and Learn," work in progress

Out at the barn, I still have my token chestnut amid the bays and dark bays. Gracie is a three-year old now, and will probably go back into training in March. Maybe by then one of the mares will give us a chestnut to take the role in her absence? Hummer is in foal to Mutakddim, a chestnut...won't be long now!

Work in progress