mares i picked up at the clovis sale(pic of foal)

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mares i picked up at the clovis sale(pic of foal)

Postby brooke » Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:04 pm

Run for the hills-open

sales talk- touch tone foal at side born- Feb. 17th

heres a pic of the baby
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tell me what you think, picked them up for way under 1000
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Postby zinn21 » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:21 am

Wow Sales Talk is from some of the old classic california lines. By Willie Pleasant (trained by C.B. Hixon) out of the Berseem mare Be Queenly; this is a great and productive old family.

The baby looks ok from what I see.

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Postby LSB » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:26 pm

I really like the hip on your foal. And from the looks of that mare, she needed someone nice to come along and buy her and fatten her up. Best of luck with both of them! :)

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Postby summerhorse » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:56 pm

best of luck with them, the filly (colt?) is adorable and looks very nice. I really like that mare.
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Postby brooke » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:16 pm

I dont know for sure if the meat buyers were at this sale, but there were many going for 350-400 that were stakes winners and producers. basically one man had these mares since they were very young, bred them over and over to the same crap stallions and never raced the foals. alot of them deserved alot better! the foal by the way is a colt. he was born at the sales barn the day before the sale. he's alot of horse for his age, very good on his feet and fiesty as the come LOL. there going to love the grass in TN :wink: cant wait to see both of them blossom!
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Postby Nijinsky » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:59 am

WOW...nice foal...nice hip :D

Do you have any idea who the sire is? And what plans you have for him?
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Postby madelyn » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:15 am

Thought the sire was Touch Tone... Sure is a pistol. Mom needs some food, though. My lactating mares can get up to 21 lbs of grain a day, depending on the mare.. if they are down a bit when the foal is BORN, it is really hard to catch them up. Might need teeth floated too...
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Postby brooke » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:38 am

Yes the sire is Touch Tone. Momma is thin, she had been stabled at the sales barn for a while in not real good conditions. I started uping her feed the moment she walked out of the ring and was mine. she was starving! She is in route back to TN as we speak. Vet is waiting to do exams on both. she does need a good floating on those teeth.
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Re: mares i picked up at the clovis sale(pic of foal)

Postby BJ » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:10 pm

brooke wrote:Run for the hills-open

sales talk- touch tone foal at side born- Feb. 17th

heres a pic of the baby
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tell me what you think, picked them up for way under 1000


Mare and baby need some quality nutrition. Someone didn't take very good care of her...unless you have one of those take 200 lbs. off cameras.

Whatever price you paid...Thank you for getting them out of clearly bad hands. I'd have them tested for disease. They look like they came from a feedlot...the mare is all bitten up. Sorry...I cannot get by the condition of the mare. :evil:

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Postby skeenan » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:53 pm

Glad you got them! Spunky little fella~! :wink:
Good luck with both, I'm sure they're much happier... :D

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Postby brooke » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:34 pm

I talked to the our farm manager today and he said both mares have picked up weight already! the older mare needs dental work, which were having done on Monday. Ill post updated picks soon!
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Postby brooke » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:59 pm

hi everyone, just an update. im naming the colt Voice Command http://www.pedigreequery.com/voice+command so ad it to your stable and watch him win in 2 years!! :wink:
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Postby erins isle » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:01 pm

Lots of luck with your newbuys, they are lucky you bought them. You did a good thing!

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Postby BenB » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:09 pm

Wishes you, and the ,couple, mare and foal all the luck, the three of you can get.

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Postby brooke » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:30 pm

thanks a lot everyone! all 3 are doing great! the older mare acted like she had never seen a pasture. i can only imagine how she has lived most of her life.
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