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24/01/2025

Our poor Aeysha. As you all know her foal - Blue was put down a few weeks ago. Aeysha seemed ok considering the circumstances, she was happy eating, running around etc. However her reproduction system is not playing the part. She has been pg twice and still not getting on heat. Today was another scan to see if that one follicle that we’ve been watching had grown in size but it hasn’t. So I’ve pulled the pin on breeding her this season. She’s obviously not okay and deserves to have this year off to digest what has happened. It is a financial loss for me but her health comes before anything🩷

22/01/2025

This moment was so pure. Rocket you have absolutely melted my heart 😍🥰

20/01/2025

Pamper day for Aeysha. Feet trimmed and a much needed wash with A LOT of purple shampoo and then a small photoshoot because why not 🥰

19/01/2025

More recent photos of Rocket 🚀
He’s such a lovely natured foal, very inquisitive 🥰

18/01/2025

Promise is a very interesting youngster, she’s very flighty and will easily run you over if she’s freaked. Her biggest issue is her back legs, if a lead rope is touching her there she runs.
Over the last week we’ve worked on her overall training. Exposing her to rope, stick and flag. Teaching her that running doesn’t help. Today we continued that. In the video you will see me a fair distance from her when moving her and primarily turning her, this is for my own safety as stated above she is a horse that runs at you

I started off by throwing the lead rope all over her body. Using a lunging whip I gently ‘roped’ her back legs working on her biggest issue. If she moved there would be a growl and backing up. When she didn’t move there would be a lot of praise and a treat. She caught on very quickly and soon enough stood still without any worries.

I then decided to use a towel to begin my cover training with her. Something small but yet noticeable on her back plus with the wind it flapped around a bit. She did great a bit concerned when it was moved to her hindquarters but she trusted me and remained calm.

Foal cover was the next step up, because it has a detachable neck it has additional buckles that make a jingle sound, with straps hanging off her and a bigger size compared to the towel she continued to remain calm. This is where I noticed I had taught her something without releasing and that is when something ‘freaked her out’ whether it be a strap or movement of the cover she would stop, stand and wait to get a praise where previously she would’ve taken off. So that made me even more proud of her and seeing her put that trust in me.

Last and final step the actual cover. A lot larger in size, same approach as the other two covers, she remained still and didn’t put a foot wrong. Because I know her and know what she can be like I didn’t attach the back straps first. I wanted the cover to be secured before adding the back straps as remember her hindquarters are what she struggles with most. But again she happily proved me wrong and didn’t worry about straps touching her.

Promise and I did not start out well when she first arrived, and for a long time I couldn’t touch her, get near her, anything. There’s been moments of doubt for sure, but seeing our progress now it makes me thankful to have her on my team. She’s allowing me to learn different training techniques and handling methods. Especially seeing the hard work pay off

One of my goals before winter for her was to get used to wearing a cover. Today marks the day of her first time with one on.

We also did crush training. Good to get used to it for when she’s a broodmare in the future

A very good day with her🥰

15/01/2025

Second day of being tied and so calm about it. Cover a bit too small so will need to up a size. Rocket is growing like a w**d!

15/01/2025

Rockets first time tied. I don’t tie a horse if I don’t believe it’s ready. Rocket showed me that he understands pressure and release. A lot of chewing and licking came from him, such a clever boy. His leading is going very smoothly as well as picking up feet and wearing a cover. Someone will have so much fun with him when he’s older 💗

11/01/2025

Training day for Promise

Her first time tied up today and she was awesome. I expected her to freak out and pull back and get all worked up but she definitely proved me wrong.

Some desensitising work, doing small pats all over the body, some rope work on her body as well. Starting out with just rubbing the rope on her and then gently throwing it over her body. The dentangler spray which I added as part of the training was probably the part I was most surprised about, she didn’t flinch once. I sprayed it near her before recording and she stood there like an angel.

A well deserved snack afterwards to end the training day

10/01/2025

Scarlet confirmed infoal to a Qh/Gypsy cob. Due mid October

08/01/2025

An update on how the team is doing, Aeysha was allowed to see her baby as long as she wanted afterwards. She still calls out but has begun to settle down a bit. Her udder is slowly dropping too now. Charlie has been added to their herd to keep Rocket company. Those two have bonded so well it’s lovely to watch. Charlie and Rocket are half brothers and so cute together ❤️

06/01/2025

🕊️Heaven Gained An Angel Today🕊️
A post I had hoped I wouldn’t be writing. It is with a heavy heart that Blue has been put down. His legs, all 4 were crooked and twisted. He begun to slowly spin in circles every so often. His spine had something wrong as well😞 he struggled to get up and would take about 5 tries to stand. This by far is the hardest decision I’ve had to make, and not a part of breeding I wanted to experience so early on.

Many foals straighten out within days, Blue was going backwards. Within a day he’d be worse and worse it was hard to watch him hold himself up😞

02/01/2025

Get yourself a horse that comes when you call. This is one of my favourite things about Ranger. It makes me so happy when he comes running 🥰 plus it’s great when I check the herd as they all follow him 🤗

30/12/2024

With the last day of the year. The Team at WS just wanted to say a Big Thank You. Thank you to all my followers, new and old. For your continued support of my business. It’s been great meeting new people as well as running Westwind All Breeds Show . It’s an exciting feeling to be recognised on the street, people coming up to me and knowing that I own Westwind Stud. I am absolutely blessed to have you all following me on this journey!

And just for fun. A photo (or two 😅)for every month of this year 🤗

27/12/2024

Oscar and his new buddy arrived in their new home in Canterbury yesterday. Big two days for Oscar. New owner, new horse, new home. But he’s been a superstar now they can relax and rest ❤️

26/12/2024

Oscar arrived safe and sound! Now resting before the big trip to Canterbury tomorrow with his new mate. Oscar behaved superb for unloading and walking to the paddock

26/12/2024

Today we said goodbye to Oscar. He has gone to an amazing home, a friend of mine. I know he will be spoiled and I look forward to receiving updates of him🥰. First floating for him, he walked in straight away didn’t hesitate. So proud of him! Lots of treats of course as we want to make sure his first floating is a good one❤️

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone from the WS team ❤️

22/12/2024

Calves and Flower doing well, calves are paddocked with the broodmares, Flower roaming the back section with Shakiras herd. Love seeing happy animals 🥰

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