katrina
Rancher
Joined: 14 Feb 2005
Posts: 7792
Location: East north east of Soapweed
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BMR, many thanks. He has definitely gotten us this far, and I've no doubt He will continue to carry us through these oh-so-interesting times 
Katrina, I gave away my copies of the December and November Journal, and the January issue only has a picture of the other stallion that stands at Limit Up. Maybe I can find him in next month's; in the meantime, I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures of your mare's baby. When is she due? Our first horse babies of the year are due next month, both of them by our new racing bred stallion (a son of Feature Mr Jess and out of a Heza Fast Man mare). We've got two other mares bred to outside stallions (both of the studs are paints). And we've bred five mares to our gray Wiescamp bred stud that we bought in Nebraska. Two of those mares gave us nice babies from him last year (even got one of them sold... a really pretty gray filly that is out of a mare we raised by the Coosa son that we stood). Two others are the mares we bought in Nebraska along with the stud, including a paternal sister to the stud. Because the horse that we're linebreeding to is probably the best stallion the Wiescamp family owned at the time of Hank Wiescamp's passing, we're pretty excited to see what results from the cross. The fifth mare is carrying a baby I'm really looking forward to, as the mare is by our old gray horse and out of a three quarter sister to our old Western Impress son. So, big foal crop this year. We're looking forward to seeing how our experimetns play out.
How do you like the pleasure discipline and shows? Sounds like you're having fun with it  . I don't know of any finished western pleasure horses for sale, but I have a couple ideas of where to look. I'll let you know if I come up with something. And I'll definitely stay in touch ... the cheering up you're talking about is very much real, and the prayers are extremely welcome. |
Chimenea,
Wished I'd know you were in my country.. Even a quick cup of coffee somewhere.. Oh well next time... Did you see me in the October journal? Can't believe I made it.. This whole AQHA thing has been such a dream to me.. I am blessed with such a nice horse.. I love him no matter what.. He has taken me places that I only went to in my dreams.
I don't really care for the pleasure horses at all. I am drawn to the english horses.. Weird I know.  My trainer(that sounds so funny) says I could ride english I have the seat. But man at my age the transistion would be alot for this ole brain.. I have zero confidence in the show ring and she just thought that with something well broke I wouldn't fall to pieces like I have with Limit with both of us being sooo green.
I have always like the Wiescamp breeding.. I always go back to the Shanes Blake ad and oggled over him. My mare will not foal till May. Kinda late but sometimes you can't over rule mother nature. She called the shots on that one. You get to feeling better and we can always talk horses. I've been out of the loop on bloodlines, but I'm slowly getting educated.. Reining horses I still don't know but, the cutting and halter I'm getting to know...
Take care;
Katrina
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Chimenea
Member
Joined: 15 Mar 2010
Posts: 79
Location: Tucson, AZ
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Angus, thanks very much for your response. I'm glad you got your father back after his health issues, and that you've taken advantage of the additional time together that you guys have been afforded. As a father I can tell you that, at least in my case, few things are as fulfilling as time spent with my children (my own parents tell me that this is true regardless of the children's ages). I'm sure your own father is aware that you consider him one of your heroes, and that he sees his relationship with you as one of the blessings that he most appreciates. Keep at it, keep trying hard, and keep looking for God's plan for you.
FH, thank you very much, as well, for your prayers and kind words. I hope to be around a little more as my recovery continues.
Katrina, I very much saw you in the October Journal, and found it exceptionally cool You can tell me all about the interview for the article, and your other adventures in the AQHA show world, over a cup of coffee when I head out in your direction again (which should hopefully happen sooner rather than later).
The Wiescamp bred horses have been pretty good to us. I know a lot of people don't care for them... and honestly, there are quite a few Wiescamp bred horses that I don't care for, either (that's a subject for a whole other discussion, I think...). But if you can get your hands on the good ones... oh, boy! They can be humdingers. We've been pretty fortunate with ours, and there is a good sized bunch of pretty good ones not far from you, in Gordon.
That Shanes Bake horse is a good example of what the bloodline can do when crossed on high-quality individuals from other bloodlines. Shanes Bake is by Skips Shane (by Ima Cool Skip). Dudley Pillow owned Skips Shane and raised some awfully nice horses with a program based around the Ima Cool Skip bloodlines. One of the prettiest, best built mares I've ever seen is triple bred Skips Shane (by Shanes Gray Bake -- a son of Skips Shane -- and out of a daugher of Shanes Bake that's in turn out of a Skips Shane daughter). In this case, it was line breeding, since it worked She is flat out gorgeous, as are most of the Skips Shane and Shanes Bake mares I've seen. They're just really pretty, sane, well balanced, and tend to be consistently nice producers (which is the whole point of high-quality linebred mares). And my feelings about the western pleasure horses seem to be in line with yours... I'm looking forward to what the Ranch Pleasure class, which the AQHA just announced, will become. It's long overdue, I think. Most modern Western Pleasure horses -- even with the recent changes -- don't look like they're much of a pleasure to ride.
Anyway, gotta run to the doctor this morning... hope to catch you guys again soon.
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