Another trip west

One more mare pg. Reminics Nicci is in foal to Smooth As A Cat. Gave up on the icsi procedure. Two times the ovum didn't divide. I will have to settle for one Smart Little Lena. Leaving soon to get Nicci home.
Hope to stop and observe the Cutting Clinic in Kansas. Buster Welch, Dirk Blakesly and Shannon Hall are the trainers. Should be fun.



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Rain Rain and ???

On the way to Ok. to watch CC Liza Marie cut at Ada. Hope she can show how good she can be. No luck with the Smart Little Lena breeding this year. They got eggs several times but after sperm injection they failed to divide. So plan B. Will try breeding her to Smooth as a Cat.
On the weather front, several old maples in our yard fell in the storms. Tough to lose all our shade. The hostas will feel it the most. All animals and people safe.


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Oklahoma/ Texas

Picked up my mare at DLR Stallion Station. Very nice, professional place. Hot here as it usually is in the summer. Too hot to work horses very long.Lots of driving but guess there's no other way to move a horse?? Using all that gas makes me feel guilty when I see the problems that the oil spill is causing. We are all responsible in some ways I think because of our increasing need fort energy. Good old fashioned greed ?


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Fun

My three year old Smart Little Lena is getting fun to ride on cattle. I want to keep it fun for her but also to challenge her. Lately our Holsteins have had some zip. The five year old has to hustle once in awhile. I look forward to riding them and I think they like it too, although the older one is LAZY!!Suppose to get hot here soon. Then they will slow down ( the cattle as well as the horses).


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Success

Two mares pregnant!! Looking forward to some foals next year. Maybe others are holding off breeding their mares so I'll have a market for my foals. I see in the Quarter Horse News that many stallion owners have reduced their fees. Will that make people breed their mares or just more skeptical about the worth of the foals already here?
JOE COUGAR





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Success

Good news today. Babes Smart Mate is pregnant !!! Next March if all goes well I'll have a High Brow Cat. Hoping for a filly but can't control that. No news from CSU on Reminics Nicci. Last I heard she had a big follicle. Wendy's Jae Bar is bred to Wild Haired Cat but not checked yet.2011 should be a fun year. Maybe other people are worried about the economy but I'm a farmer and I'm used to ups and downs. You have to keep on going and looking forward to next year.


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Spring Flowers

Spring is about three weeks early here. The perrenials are popping up.Completed my marathon trip to deliver mares to Colorado and Texas. Saw alot of beautiful country, especially the high plains of Colorado and Kansas.
Back home and catching up on my work. Gelded my yearling High Brow Cougar colt. Now maybe he'll go back to being the sweetheart I know is in there!
Riding all over the hills and enjoying the cool, crisp air of spring. Took the 3 year old through the woods for the first time and she was good. Decided she's going to be all mine till I think she's ready to go elsewhere. She has some growing up to do.





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