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Prairie Winds Morgan Farm

This Morgan farm was established in 1994 by Duane Jenema. Our goal is to promote the breed and the K
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08/15/2024

Tyr was nice enough to demonstrate some of the obstacles I put together today!

08/15/2024

For the past several weeks, we've had a local gal come out to our farm who wanted to work with our horses and it's been a pretty good time! The five she's currently focusing on are Zevada, Katrin, Elena, Agro, and Heimdall. Each time, they all have done something to improve what she's asking of them and I am super happy about that. No matter the size of improvement, all of it is celebrated. Currently, I'm putting together more desensitizing obstacles for her to work the horses through and it's been fun!

Here are a few snapshots of Agro lunging, and Zevada trying out some silly noodles on the saddle!

07/19/2024

Today was Farrier Day at the farm! Our farrier did an awesome job and was able to get through all 15 horses in 3.5 hours despite a few of them giving him some difficulty. I thought it would be fun to rate each horse on how they did, so look at the captions on each horse below!

Also, don't mind all the candid shots, I did not go for flattering pictures today, but they are in order of when they got trimmed.

Also also, don't mind a little dark humor at the end.

07/12/2024

Got some action shots of our young golden boy, Heimdall! He is the spitting image of his sire, Kristoff, though just not as filled out yet. As a two year old, he still has lots of room to grow! Even his dapples are more pronounced than his sire's, but I don't think these photos do that justice.

This golden boy is still looking for a new pasture and inquiries are invited!

07/08/2024

And last but not least, we have our final birthday of the year, and that's Katrin! She's 5 years old this year and what a beautiful mare she has become! Happy birthday, Katrin! Here are a few candid photos from today!

07/02/2024

We are a little late in the breeding season, but today marks the first successful breeding using Zephyr! We've been waiting so long to try to use him on one of our mares but plans always fell through the last few years. This year, we are trying him on May, and both did great! May is such a patient mare and not at all vicious, so trying an inexperienced stallion on her was a good choice! And while Zephyr was a little hot out of the gate, dad handled him well and made sure both mare and stallion were safe. So here's hoping we are successful this time around!

Picture of Zephyr because he's pretty (I know the halter is lopsided, I forgot to straighten it before taking the picture).

06/11/2024

Captured this moment the other day when we moved Tyr to the round pen. It was a very windy day that day but he still was showing off for the fillies!

05/30/2024

Today, we would like to celebrate our second senior stallion, Casey, who turns 28 today! He's been a good boy doing good boy things and still being feisty. Happy birthday, Casey!

Also, Casey has officially been retired from breeding for the betterment of his health.

05/26/2024

Happy birthday to Heimdall, who is now officially two years old! He's getting used to being a gelding and I really think it helped calm him down a bit. He's going to make someone a nice mount someday!

If you're interested in this nice boy, feel free to send a PM!

05/24/2024

He's a little muddy but here's a better picture of Kronos than from the other day! Looking good at 2 years old!

05/22/2024

Despite the rainy and dreary day, Casey still looks handsome, coming up on 28 years old.

05/20/2024

It's a little late in the day but I wanted to make sure to wish a happy birthday to Kronos! He officially turns two today! Also, we decided he's too good of a stallion prospect to geld him, plus we love his bloodlines, so say hello to our future Prairie Winds breeding stallion, Dakota's Prairie Time, aka Kronos! Also, I didn't quite have time to take the best pictures of him, so here's a headshot for now!

Also, today would have also been Kohana's birthday, and she would have been 7 😢😞. So, happy heavenly birthday Kohana. I think it's cool that you share a birthday with your half brother, Kronos.

05/16/2024

And wouldn't you know it, we have another birthday today! This time, it's our founding stallion for the Prairie Winds Farm, the patriarch, the one who stamps his foals with his likeness, Justin! He is amazingly 32 years old today! I don't think I could have ever imagined having a horse this long, but we are so glad he's still with us. He has lived long enough to see another great grandson born on this farm, and I think that is quite the testament! Happy birthday, Justin!

05/16/2024

Heimdall is waiting on his vet appointment to get gelded, though he doesn't know it yet. Also, I seemed to have created another horse behind him with all that I brushed out.

05/16/2024

We have another birthday, and this time it's our fiesty golden boy, Kristoff! He turns 10 years old this year! He's almost done shedding out so we can see his shiny gold coat underneath. Glad the warmer weather has been rolling in!

05/11/2024

Happy birthday to Mystery, who turns 15 today! And with the solar storm raging right now, what a great way to celebrate!

I took this picture the other day when it was still kinda rainy out.

05/08/2024

Happy birthday to May today! She turns 14 years old now, and I can't believe we've had her for about 8 years now (if I remember correctly). I'm excited to get back in the saddle with her again this summer! I also can't wait for the ground to dry up too! Lots of rain lately.

05/08/2024

Just wanted to bring the attention to this pretty boy here! In a little over a week, we've decided to geld Heimdall. He's still looking for a new pasture to call his own so if you are interested in him and want to keep him as a potential breeding stallion, send a PM! But if you're also interested in him as a gelding, also send a PM!

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/dakotas+prairie+bifrost

Birthday: May 25, 2022
Color: Palomino
Potential Height: 14.2 - 14.3
Personality: A little feisty but in your pocket
Bred for Working Western but has the ability to go in any direction.
Things being worked on: Leading, desensitizing, ground work, trailer loading.
Will be up to date on shots before he goes, as well as an updated hoof trim.

Heimdall is a bit muddy now and still shedding, so I will need updated pictures soon, but these pictures are from last late fall of 2023.

We are located in Eastern South Dakota
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05/04/2024

Happy Star Wars Day and Happy Birthday to Granger, who is now 10 years old today! It was another rainy day when I took his pictures so pardon the muddy pony. We plan on using him on two mares this spring since he did so well with fathering Elena. I'm sure the results will be awesome!

05/03/2024

Happy birthday to Elena, who turns 3 years old today! What an incredible filly you are and I know you are going to be a thrill to ride someday! She wasn't very photogenic the day I took these pictures, but I love how she is greying out!

05/02/2024

It's been raining on and off for the last several weeks and boy do we have a lot of mud to show for it. It's hard to keep the horses out of it and it's even harder to deliver hay to their respective areas. Today, the paddock that Katrin, Elena, and Agro were in was just too much and we had to get them out of there. Normally we reserve the front pasture for later spring/ early summer to give the grass a chance to grow, but today we turned these three out there so they could get a break from the mud. You can see in the video that it's still misty out, but the forecast is saying we'll get a break from the rain soon. In the meantime, enjoy these three running about!

05/01/2024

Happy birthday to this pretty girl, Mira! She turns 20 years old today. The weather has still been cool and rainy so she hasn't fully shedded out yet but she's looking good!

Fun fact, while the rest of our Morgans are high percentage foundation, Mira is our only 100% foundation Morgan.

04/24/2024

We had someone come out with a backhoe today and dig a final resting place for Kohana. Sure beats digging it by hand. The other mares were looking on as Kohana was laid to rest. I'd like to think they were paying tribute to her. Katrin stood closest at the fence line, and I know she's going to miss her sister the most.

04/20/2024

Kohana, Dakota's Prairie Fire (DBJ's Second In Command x Dakota's Prairie Rose)
May 19, 2017 - April 19, 2024

What a wonderful mare taken too soon... I had big plans for Kohana. We were going to breed her to Zephyr this year, which has been the plan for the last few years but timing always fell through. I was still in the process of breaking her to ride and had only gotten one official ride on her, but she was doing so well I knew it wasn't going to take much to get her to the point of riding effortlessly once I had the time to actually put in.

I remember when she was born, she was a bright fire red, hence her registered name. She was the easiest going filly I had ever had. My dad and I joked that she was "born broke". She took the halter really well, and handling her was a dream. I could walk/trot with her on lead and she knew my signals within a couple of sessions. She seemed spookless, already seemed desensitized to anything I threw at her. She was gonna be my bomb-proof horse and some day be able to carry my kids. Kohana was just so good. I don't think I'll ever meet another horse like her. Cheyenne and Casey gave me a good one.

(Edit: Considering how fast she went down, my guess from experience is that what actually took her was a twisted intestine, and not enteritis. We have lost two horses before to this, and the tell-tale sign to me for this was the sulfer smell coming from her stomach. Typically, you have about three hours to get into surgery to save a horse with this condition, and since I had no idea how long she had been in that state, we were already going to lose her. If I had known before, I would have humanely put her down so she didn't have to suffer.)

Kohana, I'm gonna miss my selfies with you. We did them every year on your birthday so I could see the changes. I hope to see you again across that rainbow bridge...

04/19/2024

Final update on Kohana...

At 4:30 pm, while I was on my way to the farm with meds, my dad called and said that Kohana was already gone...

So... Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and donations. No more donations are needed, and what was previously given will still be used for the vet bill she had.

I can't write anymore at this time... Maybe later.

Rest in Peace, Kohana, Dakota's Prairie Fire. I love you and will miss you...

04/19/2024

Update for Kohana:

Thank you all for your patience as well as your generosity! So, as of right now, Kohana is hanging in there, but unfortunately, the clinic we were going to take her to can't take her in. We've been given a few options that we are currently looking into and waiting on call backs from, which (if I'm gonna be honest) absolutely sucks because now Kohana has been without food or water for over 24 hours and I need to get her somewhere.

Please continue praying for a solution and healing!

04/19/2024

Final update for the evening on Kohana:

Can I just say what a good horse Kohana is? She was starting to look uncomfortable again since her tube had been pulled and I knew I had to try and insert it again. Thank you, YouTube. And, being that I was the only one to handle her and insert the tube, it was a bit challenging, but third time is the charm and she's back to being drained of her reflux again. I just gave her another shot of penicillin for the evening and tomorrow she will head to the clinic.

Also, thank you for the donations so far! You are all so kind and I can't thank you enough! ❤️❤️❤️

I'm cautiously optimistic that she will pull through. Thank you all again for your thoughts and prayers! I will update again tomorrow.

04/19/2024

Another Kohana update:

Kohana is doing ok, but unfortunately while I was getting the trailer ready for tomorrow morning, she had pulled the tube out. I don't have the means to put it back in so here's hoping she can hang in there until tomorrow when she will be traveling to Harrisburg, SD to Dakota Large Animal Clinic.

Now, I don't normally do this as we try to take care of things on our own, but if anyone following this story is willing to pitch in for the upcoming vet cost, I would be truly be grateful. The timing of this has come at an unfortunate time and things are a bit tight. If you feel like you can donate, I have Venmo and PayPal. All proceeds will go towards Kohana's treatment and travel.

Venmo: -Jensen-14
PayPal: [email protected]

Pictured is Kohana during her previous draining session before she pulled the tube out.

04/18/2024

Update on Kohana:

So my dad and I had moved hay out to the west pasture and that's when I only noticed 3 horses instead of 4. Kohana was down out further in the pasture. We brought her up to the barn where she showed clear signs of distress and would try to roll. She rested while we waited for the vets to come out.

When the vet got out, she gave Kohana some Banimine and Torb for the pain and we walked her a bit. As the vet was going to tube her, she saw that a bunch of reflux was coming out. It should have been only about 2 gallons, but about 5-6 gallons of reflux came out. At this point, signs were pointing to Kohana dealing with Proximal Enteritis, which is the inflammation of the small intestine. Kohana seemed to be doing better after the tubing and being on pain meds, but she is not allowed to eat or drink right now. Typically with this, she would have to be brought somewhere where she can constantly be monitored and put on an IV for about 3-4 days.

Currently, I'm working on my next steps on where I should go from here with the resources I have. I will be draining her every couple of hours. Please continue to send your thoughts and prayers.

04/18/2024

Please send your thoughts and prayers for Kohana... She's not doing well. I will send updates when I can...

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19589 483rd Avenue
Astoria, SD
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Tuesday	8am - 3pm
Wednesday	8am - 3pm
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Sunday	8am - 9pm

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Tyr was nice enough to demonstrate some of the obstacles I put together today!

Captured this moment the other day when we moved Tyr to the round pen. It was a very windy day that day but he still was showing off for the fillies!

Pardon the mud but enjoy the chaos! These two colts (Kronos and Heimdall) are tearing it up today! Also, these two lovely boys are still available for your consideration!

I was coming back from a walk with Darci, my dad's dog, and the black birds were making quite a ruckus behind me, which caught Justin's attention. At 31.5 years old, he's still moves nicely. Also featured in the video is Kristoff, his grandson.

Here's some video of Zephyr at liberty today!

Had to get some closeups of the mares!

All of our mares in one pasture.

It was finally dry enough out in the front pasture that we thought to give Justin dibs on being out there first. Justin, our foundation stallion for the farm, will be 31 this month, and despite having a bit of a sway back and not able to hold his weight like he used to, he's still pretty impressive to us! We hope he still has a few more years in him with us, especially my dad. Breeding season is around the corner for us. No foals this year due to me being pregnant during last breeding season, and dad being busy last year, and we were concerned about space. We still have Heimdall, the palomino colt, available for a new home! Anyways, we are going to try something a little different this year. We are going to try pasture breeding this time and see how that goes. We've only done it once a very long time ago, and we weren't successful, so if anyone has tips for pasture breeding, I would love to hear it! Meanwhile, enjoy this video of Justin, still doing his spring shedding. Also, pardon the major wind noise. Very windy today.

We had some four legged visitors today!

Been awhile since I last posted! So here's a bit of an update. A week or so ago, we put my plan into motion to bring all the horses up close to the barn and to set out a strategic amount of round bales so that chores would be easier on dad while I go on maternity leave soon. We still have two more bales to go but it's been working out great so far. Additionally, for one of the main water tanks that most of the horses access, dad put in a water heater so that would also be easier. We are gearing up for winter and I'm glad to see good weight on everyone going into it. So here's a video of the boys, Heimdall (palomino) and Kronos (bay) running about before we got some snow, and you can see some of our bales set up. Pardon the muddy boys.

Here are the moms after weaning. I'm sure they'll calm down soon. Featuring May, Cheyenne, and Mira.

Thor and Zisa in their new paddock!

I don't feature the mini horses very often, but today I got a project done where I could let them out in a new grassy area while reusing the hog panels that we had used to surround the round bales during the winter. Zisa and Thor were having a ground ol' time and Elena is right next door in the round pen. At least now dad doesn't have to mow this area!

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