Spanish Mustangs UK

01/11/2024

27/10/2024

It's been a looong road teaching Jaxi to load in the trailer,. We're not 100% there yet, but we're half in, and that's a huge improvement from pulling back, rearing up and bolting through the hedge, so we're celebrating this win! Yay! 😊🙌
I literally had to break this down into tiny steps with her, and reward every time she let me place her toe on the ramp. She's actually bypassing the ramp completely if you notice.
I would normally load her without a ramp in this trailer, but because she will travel on a big lorry, with a big ramp, I need it to be in her wheelhouse.

23/10/2024

Jim's ashes just came back home 🥺💔

23/10/2024

My progress so far teaching Jaxi to load! 😬😓🤯🙄😭😅

22/10/2024

Sweet itch...sorted

14/10/2024

Reminiscing and a way forward

13/10/2024

My fondest memories of my boy 🥰 riding for hours through Thetford forest. He was such an awesome horse. We were together for 20 years! From when he was a scrappy two year old... I picked him up with a borrowed trailer in Nebraska and took him to South Dakota. Not long after, he was headed to Texas and quarantine. I first sat on him ba****ck with just a halter...and he never had any other rider than me.
He's lived with me in South Dakota, Mildenhall, Great Livermere, Mildenhall again, Devon and Mildenhall again...
He's been a constant in my life through many ups and downs. I've laughed and cried in his mane...
I have two of his sons both with different characteristics of his. I will be keeping them both.
He never realised how important he was to me and the breed in Europe.
It has been humbling to see the many kind and heartfelt comments on his passing and to realise just how many lives he touched.

11/10/2024

It is with great sadness that I had to say farewell to my trusted friend Wanbli Iyan, aka Jim, this evening. He was 22, a trailblazer for Spanish Mustangs in the UK and Europe. He took ill earlier this evening, and sadly died just a couple of hours later. He leaves a legacy of many amazing offspring, three of them still here with me. His final foal is still in utero and will be born in France next year.
He never acted his age, til the end. His mind remained young and invincible, even if his body let him down in the end.
We'll meet again one day my friend. Big Love.❤️❤️❤️

11/10/2024

Prayers for stallion Jim please. When I went to feed him just now. I found him sweating and slightly trembling with no interest in his feed...not good. 😢

08/10/2024

I love how these boys have bonded. (All 3 in a 12x12 stable...Samson is in the back there somewhere !😂😍) Yesterday Joey and Samson absconded, leaving Tiny distraught. They've definitely become more than a nuisance to him now. ☺️

05/10/2024

Work work work...

25/09/2024

The mares September 24

24/09/2024

The boys ❤️😍🥰 Joey, my bonded boy, is almost as tall as Tiny now. He's going to be one impressive stallion once mature!
And young Samson, the sweety, is not far behind, though he won't make Joey's size I think.
Samson is still looking for his person to bond with. He's very sweet natured, a bit cheeky, non- confrontational, and could do with being given a bit of quiet confidence.

10/09/2024

Comanche Love, aka Jaxi has scanned in foal to Wanbli Iyan 💓
Due in July 2025 in France with her new person , congratulations Agnes! ☺️

24/08/2024

Zoomies in the mare herd. First time we've had significant rain and a drop in temperature for quite a while. These girls are aged between 3 and 22! It seems to make no difference in their Joie de Vivre! 😆

11/08/2024

My gorgeous boys this evening 😍
Samson is fully recovered, including the swelling around his ear, bless him.🥰 The longer I have Samson, the more I love him. He's very non- confrontational and generally stays out of trouble. Tiny has sidelined him a bit sadly. Joey is just a laid back bruiser and will play quite rough with Tiny. And Tiny just stalks him all day!😂🙄
Remember Tiny and Samson are both still looking for their very own human.

05/08/2024

Little update on Samson... He seems to have fully recovered from his anaphylaxis this morning. All the hives are gone and he is not longer agitated or itching. Only his right ear, which he must have rubbed raw during the night, is still a bit sore and swollen.
I've shut him and his mate Joey in the pen tonight to avoid a repeat and allow him some proper rest.
Thanks for all your well wishes. ❤️