This is the first foal from both his sire and his dam. His sire was expecting another foal this spring but she was miscarried in February. This colt was born a few weeks early, but he is big and strong and although its still a little early to tell what he will look like, I am pleased with him. This colt is up-headed, bright-eyed and inquisitive. What a sweetie he is.
This fine boy will wear a halter in a couple of weeks and become well used to being handled. He will learn to submit to pressure and allow hands all over him. Then he will be turned out to pasture with his dam and he can romp and grow in the hills and meadows of his pasture. He will still be scratched and/or have his neck stroked as the mares come up to the gate for oats.
Check out this colt's counter shading. His dorsal is crisp and black, he has vivid cobwebbing on his forehead, a mask, dark shoulder bars and white zippers on his hind fetlocks. Having a foal born with this coloring makes me understand why some people confuse counter shading with dun markings. If this colt had a dun parent, I would be sure he was dun as well, but he doesn't have a dun parent, and he doesn't have stripes on his legs... hence, these cool markings are called counter shading. Still so very cool!
These pictures were taken at one day old. This bold boy arrived on March 25, 2012. He arrived on a cool Sunday morning as I was on my way to church. His momma didn't have any problems delivering him but due to the fact that it was quite cool out, I bedded down the foaling stall in the barn and put the new momma and her wobbly babe inside until he was dried off.
