I Think We're Getting Close Now

SuZQuzie · 06-12-2007, 06:50 PM

For the past few weeks I have been keeping a photo documentary of Penny's progression. Well, when I visited her last Monday, she was acting like a "lazy cow" versus her normal "I'm a hot thoroughbred mare, where's the jump?" She was acting that way even the weekend before this last one as she pranced about the Pollyrich facilities.

I also noticed that she seemed sunken in in her croup. I checked her vulva and it seemed much more enlongated and had a slight opening at the bottom, which is not normal for her since she is a tidy mare when it comes to "down there."

Just to make sure I wasn't just imagining things, I compared the pictures from yesterday to those only six days prior. There is a definite difference in her croup and the prominence of the tailhead. Should I be getting excited pretty soon? As in 7-20 days?

June 3rd

June 11th

Relaxation of the vulva on June 11th

June 3rd

June 11th

zorse · 06-12-2007, 08:01 PM

I am excited

!!

kellidahorsegirl · 06-12-2007, 08:03 PM

YAY PENNY! She is very close! (at least thats what our cattle start to do

I haven't 'calved' a horse

)

Can I have the baby??? hee hee You can name her 'Yeskellicanhaveher'

SuZQuzie · 06-12-2007, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellidahorsegirl

YAY PENNY! She is very close! (at least thats what our cattle start to do

I haven't 'calved' a horse

)

Can I have the baby??? hee hee You can name her 'Yeskellicanhaveher'

I started laughing out loud at that very silly potential showname.

OrangeRikki · 06-12-2007, 08:27 PM

HAHA, Kelli, that's a wonderful name dear!

Suz, I'm EXCITED!!! I feel like I've been waiting forever to finally see this foal! S/he is gonna be FANTASTIC I know it!

*Jumps up and down* YAY PENNY!!!!

Miss Neigh · 06-12-2007, 08:36 PM

Penny's almost due already?

she doesn't look that big in the belly, but then again she is a big mare and they all hold there babies differently.
Time has flown, good luck i hope she has a quick delivery with no dramas, she is a good mummy, and the foal is a healthy one

Miss Neigh · 06-12-2007, 08:49 PM

I'm guessing she will have a Brown/Bay filly, with 1 sock and star.
I'm rather excited too see this baby

SuZQuzie · 06-13-2007, 05:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss Neigh

Penny's almost due already?

she doesn't look that big in the belly, but then again she is a big mare and they all hold there babies differently.
Time has flown, good luck i hope she has a quick delivery with no dramas, she is a good mummy, and the foal is a healthy one

I was thinking that, too. Especially since nearly all the other mares where Penny is are HUGE. But, then again, those mares are usually warmbloods with big barrels naturally and have had a few babies already. One belly I saw, regardless of being attached to a 16hh+ mare, seemed to only be two feet above the ground!

Penny is also mostly legs and has always had a small barrel. So the baby may not have all that much room to grow in.

Those two pictures make me giggle since she is in nearly the same position except for the big belly! Eww, it also shows me how her topline has gone to putz. When can she start working again?

SuZQuzie · 06-13-2007, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss Neigh

I'm guessing she will have a Brown/Bay filly, with 1 sock and star.
I'm rather excited too see this baby

Yay! Chrome! It's also exciting since that last baby confirmed Yeager's carrying of the sabino gene that he could have recieved from Mascarpone.

Regardless of color, this baby should be pretty fancy and make one **** of an eventer.

However, I must admit, I don't want a bay colt or chestnut filly. ANY other combination is perfectly fine with me.

Commanderkins · 06-13-2007, 07:14 AM

Keeping my fingers crossed for a pali or buckskin Suzie!

I can't WAIT until she foals!!!! ~Hurry up Penny~

06-12-2007, 06:50 PM	#1
SuZQuzie Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SoCal/Central Coast Posts: 3,059 Images: 540 Blog Entries: 219	I Think We're Getting Close Now For the past few weeks I have been keeping a photo documentary of Penny's progression. Well, when I visited her last Monday, she was acting like a "lazy cow" versus her normal "I'm a hot thoroughbred mare, where's the jump?" She was acting that way even the weekend before this last one as she pranced about the Pollyrich facilities. I also noticed that she seemed sunken in in her croup. I checked her vulva and it seemed much more enlongated and had a slight opening at the bottom, which is not normal for her since she is a tidy mare when it comes to "down there." Just to make sure I wasn't just imagining things, I compared the pictures from yesterday to those only six days prior. There is a definite difference in her croup and the prominence of the tailhead. Should I be getting excited pretty soon? As in 7-20 days? June 3rd June 11th Relaxation of the vulva on June 11th June 3rd June 11th __________________ *-Suzie* Mazaire (Ed - 14yo dutch WB) Dad's Shiny Penny (Penny - 15yo TB) RIP Yauvani Proud Member of the Eventers Club

06-12-2007, 08:01 PM	#2
zorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 6,605 Images: 474 Blog Entries: 331	I am excited!! __________________ To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others. -George Orwell http://flippingpages.wordpress.com/

06-12-2007, 08:03 PM	#3
kellidahorsegirl Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 5,205 Images: 5 Blog Entries: 18	YAY PENNY! She is very close! (at least thats what our cattle start to do I haven't 'calved' a horse ) Can I have the baby??? hee hee You can name her 'Yeskellicanhaveher' __________________ Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. I Love the Backyardigans www.sporthorseartconnection.com

06-12-2007, 08:27 PM	#5
OrangeRikki Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Indiana, PA Posts: 4,648 Images: 328 Blog Entries: 4	HAHA, Kelli, that's a wonderful name dear! Suz, I'm EXCITED!!! I feel like I've been waiting forever to finally see this foal! S/he is gonna be FANTASTIC I know it! Jumps up and down YAY PENNY!!!! __________________ PROUD OWNER OF Rikochet: 18 year old, 16.1hh, TB Conspiracy: 5 year old, 18hh, American WB Future Storm: 15 year old, 16.2hh, Paint "In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

06-12-2007, 08:36 PM	#6
Miss Neigh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: qld, australia Posts: 1,934 Images: 59	Penny's almost due already? she doesn't look that big in the belly, but then again she is a big mare and they all hold there babies differently. Time has flown, good luck i hope she has a quick delivery with no dramas, she is a good mummy, and the foal is a healthy one __________________ Happiness is like a butterfly... pursue it and it will be beyond your grasp, but sit down and it may alight upon you

06-12-2007, 08:49 PM	#7
Miss Neigh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: qld, australia Posts: 1,934 Images: 59	I'm guessing she will have a Brown/Bay filly, with 1 sock and star. I'm rather excited too see this baby __________________ Happiness is like a butterfly... pursue it and it will be beyond your grasp, but sit down and it may alight upon you

06-13-2007, 07:14 AM	#10
Commanderkins Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm Canadian, So right on Eh! Posts: 2,668 Images: 40	Keeping my fingers crossed for a pali or buckskin Suzie! I can't WAIT until she foals!!!! ~Hurry up Penny~

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