My mini's and my pony

Well, spring must be just around the corner as my horses are starting to shed their hair. They were out basking in the warmer weather today when I was taking pictures of my geese so I snapped a couple of them too.

 

This guy above is my old pony gelding Elmo (aka Elmer) that I bought just to save from his not so great living conditions last fall.  He was not only thin and in rough shape but his feet were a mess and could hardly walk and he could not even run across my 50 ft field without having breathing problems. He fell in love with old Rosie and they are often side by side and will defend her from my young stallion. I don't know how old he is but based on his gray on his face and his teeth I suspect he is 20+.  Rosie (AMHA/AMHR registered as Arc Rosie) is 21 this year. She is right on 34" tall and came from Angie Sauer of Hoofbeat Acres in the USA and has given me 2 really nice filly foals, unfortunately losing her last foal a grey colt, after not being able to get him out of the sack 3 years ago. We shall wait to see if she conceived for this fall as she only showed signs of heat once last year (I thought she was bred for last spring but apparently my young stallion was too young) and it was late in the fall.

This is HotShot. Aberdale's Lil HotShot. He was foaled here and knew from the moment he came out that he was something!  He is coming up on 4 yrs of age and now quite the little stallion. He just loves attention and will ignore the other two just to come over and have a pat from me and its not unusual for him to run across the field when I get home from work to greet me . He is also registered  AMHR and can be registered AMHA once he is old enough as he is just a small boy, all 32" of him. He is such a gorgeous deep red bay in the summer with not a single white hair on his body.