Trillium Equine Complex

16/11/2024

NICE surprise! Our ladies are now Calendar girls posing with Hero for the 2025 calendar edition.
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15/11/2024

THIS should be easy. Julie wanted to see how many of you can identify these horses.

15/11/2024

BARN was a hive of activity once again this morning. Here are some pics Julie took of the horses, including Frick and Frack.

15/11/2024

LOVE the road horse. Should maybe hook up Traveler and let him fly. I hear he is particularly fast!
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15/11/2024

THE largest horse...
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Meet Sampson: The World’s Largest Horse
In 1846, on a farm in Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, England, a Shire horse named Sampson (later known as “Mammoth”) was born. This gentle giant grew to be one of the most remarkable horses in history due to his immense size and gentle nature. Shire horses, a breed renowned for their strength and impressive stature, are often large, but Sampson stood out even among them.
At his peak, Sampson reached an astonishing height of 21.2½ hands (86.5 inches or about 220 cm) and weighed a staggering 3,360 pounds (1,524 kg). His size was so extraordinary that he held the record as the largest horse in history, a title he still holds to this day. His massive frame and calm demeanor earned him widespread admiration, and he quickly became a beloved icon in the 19th century.
Though Sampson didn’t perform extraordinary feats of speed or strength, his impressive size alone made him famous. Known as a “gentle giant,” he had a calm and friendly nature, which made him all the more cherished by those who knew him. Today, Sampson is remembered as a true marvel of nature and a remarkable representative of the Shire horse breed.

14/11/2024

IT's not a lot but LE has gained 25 lbs. since adding all the extra supplement feeds, vitamins and amino acids to her diet. I'm glad it was not just my imagination or wishful thinking. Although she prefers her hay over anything, our routine of hay cube, grain and supplement morning mash before getting dry hay is working. It ensures she gets all her nutritional and medication requirements in the morning. She also gets hay cube mash at dinner along with her grain and finally a beet pulp mash late evening.

14/11/2024

HAD a bit of fun tonight with Mr. Chips. Penny came by in time for a little ride in the cart. She's never been behind a horse before so this was a first. She loved it!! (Darlene narrates it so sound on please.)

13/11/2024

ONE STALL COMING AVAILABLE
DECEMBER 1ST
(full board or stall rental)
full amenities at very economical rates

13/11/2024

CAUGHT on the trail camera. I placed the unwanted duck eggs in a favourite little spot of mine in the forest on our property far from the stable and set up the trail cam. I finally found a position for the camera that filmed the beautiful red fox coming to dine last night. Charging up my batteries and will reset the camera tomorrow. At least I'm not wasting those eggs that Frick keeps laying.

12/11/2024

HERO (aka JW Here I Am) gets a good groom from 'The Polisher' this morning. Hero really loves that deep clean my senior volunteer does when he picks up the curry. Hero has been saved from slaughter almost a decade now. Thank you to Forever Morgans and those that have helped care for him ever since.

12/11/2024

THE GUARDIAN... Clipper watches and observes this morning at the farm.

12/11/2024

WE set the wheelbarrow down, rested the fork against the wall, rolled the grain cart to a halt and bowed our heads in the stable on the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month, we remembered.

12/11/2024

A final salute to the war horse. Rosie wears the purple poppy this evening for her lesson with Zayda as we close this day of Remembrance. (Sound on.)

11/11/2024

OUR Newfoundland farm dog Clipper and his breed, has a connection to a great war hero. Here is that story:

Sergeant Gander was a Newfoundland dog, and was raised by the Hayden family on the airport base in Gander, Newfoundland. He was a friendly dog who loved playing with children. He pulled them on their sleds and kids watched him drool—Newfoundland dogs drool a lot!—He enjoyed living on the base but spent too much time on the runways, trying to catch the planes as they came in to land.

One day, because he was growing to be so large, the Hayden family decided to give the playful dog to the Royal Rifles of Canada Regiment. (Did you know that Newfoundland dogs can grow to weigh 55 kilograms? That’s one BIG dog!) He quickly became a good friend and mascot for the soldiers of the regiment.

Sgt. Gander
In 1941, the Royal Rifles of Canada Regiment was sent to Hong Kong to defend the land from an enemy invasion. The men didn’t want to leave Gander behind, so they gave him the rank of “Sergeant” and he boarded the troopship with his fellow soldiers!

Taking care of Gander was a pleasant duty. During wartime the friendship of a dog reminded many of the men of pets and family at home. Gander was a mascot, but he was also seen as a fellow soldier with a job to perform. He would bark and nip at the legs of the enemy, scaring them away. One night in December 1941, Gander showed his true courage.

He was a smart dog—he knew what a gr***de was and how it could hurt people. That night, Gander saw a gr***de tossed near a group of wounded Canadian soldiers. He ran to it, took it, and rushed away with it. The gr***de exploded and Gander was killed. But he had saved the lives of the seven soldiers! Those men never forgot Sergeant Gander. (Post from Veterans Affairs)

11/11/2024

REMEMBERING the war horse's contribution in both world wars. We are grateful to the soliders and their bold chargers, gun carriage and pack horses. Their ultimate sacrifice and those who served are forever in our debt. (sound on)

11/11/2024

BONFIRE and John McCrae (far right), the author and Canadian soldier who wrote the poem, "In Flanders Fields."

11/11/2024

CONGRATULATIONS to Anne Wyland and Ancan Morgans for her induction into the AMHA (American Morgan Horse Association) Breeder's Hall of Fame. She is the breeder of Marilyn's horse, Ancan Color Matinee.

10/11/2024

GOLDEN STIRRUP ride Saturday night. Here is our mount up and warm up. Hard to videotape with one hand but my mount is super easy to respond. Traveler and I are making quite the connection. (sound on)