Snowy River Canadians

12/31/2024

Pedicure day for the herd.
This is our newest mare we picked up this year. Her name is Extraordinaire (Extra)
She is super sweet and such a dream to handle. She is expecting a foal in June.

11/04/2024

Gail is officially a US citizen. She crossed the border this morning on her way to her loving new owner in Maine.
It is a bitter sweet goodbye for me. I wasn’t planning on selling her so soon. But sometimes the universe presents opportunities that you can’t ignore.

Be a good girl Gail! Make us Canadians proud❤️

11/02/2024

Available. 6 Month old Canadian filly.
Snowy River Ebene L'Ariat
Born May 22 2024

L'Ariat is expected to finish 15'1-2. She is handled daily and loves people and attention.

Sire; CANADREAM KELBECK ÉBÈNE -[CAN]14485-
Dam; LA JEMMERAIE ADAM-2 ÉMIRA -[CAN]14512-

10/06/2024

09/25/2024

SOLD

Coming soon for sale
5 year old Registered mare.

07/03/2024

To say it’s been a rough foaling season would be an understatement. We lost our first c**t of the year to placentitis. We were given no indications just walked out to a dead foal. We were then blessed with 2 beautiful fillies. All 3 mares have had to be flushed this year, with one developing metritis. Normal delivery and placenta passed intact. Last week our one filly Laramie had a few episodes of gas colic that we were able to treat here on the farm. Yesterday we found her completely lame and unable to put any weight on her left back leg. I called my vets for a diagnosis and they suggest I trailer into Guelph, because chances of surgery were pretty likely. The whole trip down I was mentally preparing myself for a costly vet bill. On arrival the vet examined her and said “she’s fractured her tibia”. They did some x-rays to determine if surgery would be an option. The surgery would have been north of $10,000 with less than a 50% chance of success due to how fragmented the fracture was. Laramie has been one of my favourite foals we have bred to date. She was perfect.
Given she had no marks from impact we are assuming she was stepped on. I made the call to euthanize. They were able to do it all on the trailer so there was no further pain of her unloading and moving around. I’m posting to share this because I know most breeders can relate. And if you’re not a breeder to hopefully shed some insight on what we go through and the risks we take financially and emotionally to produce these beautiful horses. We started going into the season with 3 foals and now are left with 1 and an excess of $15,000 in vet bills. Please don’t ever complain about the cost of buying a horse. Because breeders rarely make a profit even if everything goes perfectly.

Gail is home and safe. Other than being fully engorged, she seems calm and content.

The staff and vets at OVC were incredibly kind and compassionate.

06/10/2024

06/06/2024

I am on Cloud Nine! Todays good news is what makes all the struggles and vet bills worth it!
We had the vets in for Preg checks on the four mares we bred 2 weeks ago.

ALL FOUR CONFIRMED IN FOAL!

2 for Ebene
2 for Jackpot.

This is huge news! Jackpot confirmed pregnancies on his first two tries at breeding. And Flo, my prized possession, in foal to Ebene.

Safe to say I will have my hands full April 2025!

06/03/2024

Kanuck is on his way to his new home today near Boston, MA! He loaded like a champ onto the trailer and off he went.
I look forward to watching him mature and develop under Angie Steadmans care.

05/08/2024

I was dragging this bag of chaff around sprinkling over the pasture and everyone was so curious of the big loud white bag. I tossed it into their paddock and everyone scrambled but Flo. Flo loves to play! Any chance to be with me and explore interesting things she is all game.
You can see the others getting curious but still not quite Flo level of braveness.

04/27/2024

Ebene April 26/24

04/27/2024

We trailered Ebene to a local Jackpot show last night. Ebene hasn't done barrels or poles before but we wanted to get him some experience in a busy environment and just have some fun. He was a total gentleman. Sarah riding Ebene featuring her 7mo old daughter Rowan.
We are patiently awaiting 2 of his foals in the next week or so.

04/24/2024

💥💥COMING SOON FOR SALE💥💥
Litjens Randy Indiana
3 yr old registered Canadian Mare
14’2-3 very brave and would make an excellent hunter. Very flashy movement and the sweetest disposition.

04/16/2024

Nice 14km ride in Copeland Forest on Ebene.