Ross Stables

12/14/2023

We have always wondered about spirits bloodlines as we know little to nothing about her past. Gilley is first generation captive born American Mustang. Now Mustangs are made up of nearly every breed of horse that has ever escaped captivity and joined up with wild bands of horses. Our curiosity has gotten the best of us LOL. As a Christmas present to the three of us we sent in hair samples for DNA testing to Texas A&M who is the leader in the industry when it comes to horse genetics. We got the results today. I kind of figured that our Mustang Gilley due to his size and his feet probably had some draft bloodlines turns out we were correct about that. Spirit on the other hand was a complete surprise seeing her results! They only list the top three bloodlines on these reports. There were surprises on both!

11/11/2023

We are so very excited for today! Since the day we met our sweet spirit she has not lived alone. We lost Nori due to health issues that were not properly cared for before we got her. then our beloved old man Scout a few years ago at 36 years old. A week and a half ago we had to lay our beloved Little Rome down at 27 1/2 years old which left Spirit at 26 alone in the pasture. She has not been handling it well. We can never thank Hooves and Paws Rescue of the heartland enough for the opportunity to bring Mustang Gilley a very handsome 11-year-old gelding to live with her for the rest of her days! And yes I woke up at a little after 5:00 and couldn't go back to sleep even though he won't be here till noon! Get ready for the videos LOL we tend to do a lot of them when we get a new forever friend!

11/10/2023

Our sweet mare Spirit has been shall we say depressed. She stands up at the top of the hill where she last Saw two of her best friends and both of them are buried. We lost Scout a few years back and she was his best friend and now after his passing she became very attached to my little Rome. Losing him has left her alone in the pasture where she continues to call for him and hang out in that area. Although our hearts are completely broken over losing him and watching her behave this way we are very excited about a new Rescue horse we are taking in. He will be here tomorrow. Yes she is and always has been the boss of the other horses. Where he has been with a large number of other horses he has kind of been the boss so we fully expect Hissy Fits as they figure out who's going to be top dog LOL! We have been very spoiled by older horses and we'll have to remember to mind our manners around him until we figure out what he reacts to and does not. But this is your warning! Be prepared for a lot of new videos of our new baby. He is 11 years old to her 26 years old and very green broke. This should be fun! And I mean that in a good way!

05/27/2023

It's a sign of the times...

01/03/2023

Sorry, not sorry! Had to share this!

09/30/2022

07/14/2022

We Haz Batz!!!

01/04/2022

Just got home after a vet visit to get teeth floated...

01/04/2022

Waiting to get their teeth floated...

01/01/2022

Winter in Iowa...