Flying B Farm

07/14/2024

Loving these photos of me & Sandy by Kelsey McCarty — KMC Equine!! 📷

06/18/2024

One of our local radio stations posted a list of organizations that will be closed on Wednesday & services that won’t be available — Juneteenth is a national holiday, so there’s no mail, banks are closed, etc! Some of the comments were appalling… I’ll let you use your imagination 😖Those individuals demonstrated their ignorance and racism with their words. So in the spirit of education and promoting equity and justice, here’s an awesome link!

From the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture — This is a great resource for learning about the history of Juneteenth!

“On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas with news of freedom. More than 250,000 African Americans embraced freedom by executive decree in what became known as Juneteenth or Freedom Day.”

05/31/2024

Good luck to everyone competing at E.I. this weekend — enjoy every moment with your wonderful horses & may the eventing odds be ever in your favor! 🐎 Wish I was there, but I’ll be cheering you on from afar!

05/17/2024

To everyone at Spokane Sport Horse Farm Horse Trials good luck in the sandbox today! I hope there aren’t too many “test customizations” due to the cold windy day! 🐎😄
See you all tomorrow!!

05/15/2024

“Who is that gigantic glorious beast?!” -Lyrik
“Who is that tiny yet somehow still gigantic glorious beast?!” -Waffles
(They saw each other across the way for the first time 😅💙)

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mares! LDR Ghost Roxi is one of the absolute best! Kitcat Kyng Lyrik (pending reg.) is her 8th foal and she is so patient with this gigantic handsome handful! 🥰🐎💕

05/07/2024

Lyrik’s zoomies come in short bursts! He’s so funny… I can’t stop watching him 🥰

05/02/2024

Welcome to the world, Kitcat Kyng Lyrik (pending)!!!
(Prairie Creek Fonzorelli Kyng x LDR Ghost Roxi)
We are absolutely in love with this HUGE c**t — he weighed in at 163 pounds a few hours after he was born 😮 Roxi is an absolute super hero for carrying & delivering him, and she is the BEST mom 🥰 She needed follow up care at the
veterinary hospital at Washington State University due to a retained placenta, so they spent the past several days there under superb care. We are so thrilled to have them home where Roxi is happy and Lyrik gets to explore and learn how to be a horse! He is sweet, curious, and has stolen our hearts 💕

04/30/2024

I wonder why cleaning their paddock takes me twice as long as doing all the others combined? 🤔😂😍
9 month old Canadian fillies Blain Beaumont Karma & Blain Beaumont Kalypso are the sweetest and friendliest little helpers! 💙

04/22/2024

2 yr old Appaloosa, Wrangler’s Rosebud, and 9 month old Canadian Horse, Blain Beaumont Kalypso are becoming good friends. Both were more interested in me & the cat than they were in the ball or arena play time 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

04/22/2024

8.5 month old Canadian filly, Blain Beaumont Karma, is absolutely gorgeous, smart, and loves doing things! This girl chose me the moment we met and I am so happy to have her as part of our herd 🥰 She measures 12.2 hands right now and has a very classic Canadian look to her.

04/17/2024

Roxi Report 4/17…. The wait continues! I’m not sure if Roxi is holding the Bebe hostage or vice versa 🤔
🐎 Brian is wearing his “Easily Distracted by Canadian Horses” shirt today so 🤞🏼

04/16/2024

Me and Brian every night……. 🤣
Still awaiting Roxi’s foal! 🤷🏼‍♀️

04/09/2024

No newborn Canadian yet, so here are some pictures of the other youngsters this morning and a bit of early morning insight — the 3 stooges enjoying the pasture on a rainy morning: (Sandy: QH/Dutch, coming 7), Waffles: Belgian/Standardbred, coming 6 & Rosebud: Appaloosa, coming 2). The Wildlings (who are quite tame lol… also very fluffy so they turn curly when they get wet 😅): Kalypso & Karma, Canadian Horses, 8.5 months.

If you’ve known me for a long time, you know I mostly rode OTTBs forever… and I will miss my heart horse, Gus, until the day I die. But things do change, and now we’re going for breed diversity here at Flying B! 😀 I will always have a soft spot for a great Thoroughbred! But good ones are hard to find, they’re expensive & high maintenance to keep, are more prone to issues such as kissing spines and ulcers, and they’re started too young on the track.

I’ve also realized how much I LOVE the slow process of raising and training my own young horses 😊 The day-to-day care and interaction is way more important and fulfilling to me than having a full competition calendar! The horses we have now are hardy, easy keepers with good feet, and generally mellow personalities (although Rosebud is showing spice levels and athleticism similar to a TB!!). They’re all fun to work with in their own unique ways, and they all bring so much joy and happiness. They all have great potential as mid-level sport horses! Also we have an excuse to eat more waffles 🧇😂💕

03/30/2024

Wise words from Eric, as always! 👏

03/30/2024

These babies! We chose Canadians because they are known for being smart, brave, curious, personable, athletic (among many other characteristics!), and these girls are proving all of that to be true so far! This was their second time in our arena, and the first time they have ever seen jumps. I set the chute to do some free jumping with the older horses, and it was still up, so I decided to let the girls explore. They figured the chute out all on their own, in very little time, and they absolutely LOVED it 😄 Karma led the way, and once Kalypso figured it out, she took the lead. We can’t wait to do more fun things with them and watch them grow up!!

Blain Beaumont Karma & Blain Beaumont Kalypso 🥰🐎🔥

03/21/2024

A sampling of Brian’s and my watchlist these days…! Roxi is not this close yet, but she’s starting to show some noticeable changes in her belly shape and her udder. I am tracking the changes in her body with pictures and journal entries, and it’s so interesting to see differences just between morning & evening! 😀

Signs Your Mare Is Close To Foaling // Foaling mare signs - In this video, I will show you my mare who is close to foaling. There are several signs to look ...

03/17/2024

Our big mama, LDR Ghost Roxi had a spa day followed by a nice walk in the sunshine ☀️ We simply can’t wait to meet her baby!! 🥰🐎💙

03/17/2024

The sturdy little equine can pull its weight with the best in the world. So why are there so few of them around?

03/14/2024

Frosted babies this morning 😅🥰🐎
Blain Beaumont Karma
Blain Beaumont Kalypso

03/14/2024

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Mark Your Calendars!

Join us in July for one of the largest equestrian triathlon competitions in North America. Enjoy world class eventing and visit some of the best vendors in the northwest at our shopping fair. ⬇️

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03/13/2024

We are so excited to introduce two new Canadian fillies, Blain Beaumont Kalypso and Blain Beaumont Karma! Thank you to Earl Blain at Canadian Hay Ranch in Alberta for breeding such beautiful, personable horses!

03/06/2024

The accuracy…! 🤯