Our little flame (Enya - Escudo x Rio Grande) delivered for us again! A little quicker than usual, and for the first time in five pregnancies, a FILLY! And this is a clever one - up in about 15 minutes, latched on and having dinner in about 20. Thoughtful as always, Enya kept to a respectful schedule of 5pm, unfortunately we were about 5 minutes away from the event, but on the plus side, we have a new equine mid-wife - congrats Rob on your first ever witnessing and assisting with foaling! We have named her Valhalla NF (sire is Valensky - Valentino x Cornet Obolensky) and barn name we think? will be Thyra,, that we're pronouncing Tier-ah.
Exercise for the week! Very excited to get all horses and students through parts or all of these!
Cadet Blue NF having an awesome school before Spruce Meadows this weekend! Love this superstar! 2017 Check In 2 x Mr Blue x Come On ❤️❤️
Levitate NF being his amazing self for his first time ever seeing poles undersaddle ❤️ safe to say he picked it up very quickly. This boy is going to be a dream to work with (2020 Lordanos x Escudo I gelding)
Loki is catching up to mama in size, and boy he is a fancy schmancy mover!! Such a good looking fella! (The tractor in the background is loud so sound off is suggested!).
We are looking forward to the last outdoor show of the season this month! This mare has come such a long way in the 2 years she has been showing. Patience, determination and more patience, she’s starting to look like an actual show horse! (Especially now that I can actually give her a bath…)
We have spots open in our lesson/boarding program. Indoor spots and 4 spots for our gelding fields and 1-2 spots open in our mare fields.
We have secured a ton of hay for the winter, and since we own so many ourselves there is no board increase since the hay surcharge was absorbed into the board price last year.
So who's going to be the first to tackle this fun little exercise?😬
She's here! Beautiful filly by Olympic van't Koningbos out of Flower of Scotland (Scottie). Not pinto but beautiful none the less! Very rough pregnancy for our stoic girl, but delivered like a champ (standing up!!) good thing we have a cool new AI camera (thanks to Barton & Brock) that phoned us to let us know foaling was imminent so we could assist (well, Maren - expert doula, Linda - panicky assistant). All went very well and Scottie is the fierce protective mama we would expect and baby is a chip off the old block we think! Going to be very tall and elegant. We picked a floral name, so please welcome Primrose NF aka Pip!
Cadet Blue NF rocking his second ever 1.20m! 1 rail in the jump off, my fault, but he was the best boy! ❤️
Guess we gotta stop spiking his milk with Red Bull ....😉 Oh to have just a few minutes of this energy every day!!
Hmmmm we may have to switch to dressage! Them's some fancy prancy moves little man!
Odessa NF being her adorable self. She tries so hard to please her rider every time. Someone would be super lucky to take this superstar as far as she can go (which we think is 1.20m+). Pm for more details
2019 KWPN mare Odessa NF looking good for her jump school today! Love this homebred! Zilverstar T x Singapore x Jasper
This exciting prospect is really showing she was bred to jump! 3rd time ever jumping undersaddle (the other times where small verticals maybe 2-3 put together). And the first time I’ve (Maren) have ever sat on her! Assistant trainer and barn manager of Nordic Farms have done an amazing job with this mare! 2019 Zilverstar T x Singapore x Jasper KWPN mare (15.3 1/2 hh).
Cadet Blue NF playing around a 1.10m course, he’s looking ready to step into some 1.20m courses in the 2023 show season.
Cadet Blue NF showing a bit of talent when it’s comes to dressage movement! Only the 3rd time to be asked to do extended trot, and he’s getting the idea. This boy would be an absolutely amazing eventer! 2017 Check In 2 x Mr Blue x Come On branded Hanoverian gelding (15.3hh).
3rd place for the Chicken Nugget in the 1.10m today! We’ve figured out his ideal warmup now so that’s a positive
La Reina NF is just so much fun. Going to be a great lease horse in the near future!!
The pocket-rocket-rockstar-space-cadet-chaos-carrot-chicken-nugget doing his thing … Cadet for short 🌟
(Sound on), No wonder you scare your baby when you growl like a bear!! 🐻🐴🦄 And if anyone is wondering where all the frogs in the world went.... they are all happily croaking away at Nordic Farms, can't hear ourselves think some days! 🐸