Spanish Mustangs UK

04/10/2025

Wow what a week it's been! I had a work crew in all week, morning to evening, pulling up new stud rail fence, clearing a paddock and putting down mud mats. It was total chaos! But so worth it. I underestimated the amount of mats I needed to do all the areas I wanted, but it will do for now.
Then in between all the chaos, I had a new, recommended vet come to microchip Little Jack.
The first attempt with another vet had failed, resulting in him panicking and falling backwards out of the stable door! That of course traumatized him and made him quite skittish about being touched etc. The previous vet's solution to that was to bring two more people to hold him down after I gave him a little sedation. He's a 3 month old foal weighing around 100kg for crying out loud! And to have 3 strangers strong arming him in the stable...nuh uh! That wasn't happening! So I booked the recommended vet from another vet clinic. He worked his magic, we chatted away, and he said I'm done...Jack hadn't even flinched! 😂

Huge shout out to Mark Grant of Rossdales for his magic touch and to Jordan & team of Neville's Landscaping for their work this week! ❤️😊👍

29/09/2025

What the hell is going on with that foot?? Not one of mine I hasten to ad! Someone seriously messed up with that ad though... 😬😅

17/09/2025

The little man is growing up so fast! He's getting quite dark and he'll soon have his winter woolies! 😳 Next week he'll get his microchip and his ID done for the passport. After that we're getting a bit of a makeover here in the form of some new fencing and Jelka mats for hard standing areas. Once that is done, he and his mom will be joining the mare herd for the winter. He needs more stimulation from other horses to stop boredom making him a pain for his mom and Honey! 😂 I am open to expressions of interest for Little Jack. He would be ready for a new home next spring.

13/09/2025

Comanche Love and Cherokee Rebel. 😍 Little Jack is developing into a darker bay roan (sabino?) overo. Like his sire he seems to exhibit several colour patterns. 😊

11/09/2025

This is how all horses should grow up and live. Colts and stallions are also horses!

08/09/2025

The balloon you released didn't find anyone in heaven, but ended up in my horse paddock and could have killed one of them...please don't be stupid and release plastic balloons into the sky. They only do harm! 😡

28/08/2025

25/08/2025

Luckily I've always used treeless saddles, but this is a good guideline. With many Spanish Mustangs, the girth groove sits almost below the tip of the shoulder, so any rigging should always be 7/8ths, so very close to the front of the saddle. Any further back and you end up with the saddle touching the shoulders as it gets pulled forward into the natural groove.

23/08/2025

Joey's very first time loading in the trailer...I kid you not! Karen and I were totally speechless! What an amazing boy he is! 😂😍🥰

23/08/2025

Samson did very well, too for his very first time, though he didn't quite get the turning round bit. Never mind... we'll get there next time 😉

23/08/2025

Very productive afternoon with Karen Gedge trailer loading Tiny, Joey and Samson. None of them had ever set foot in the trailer! Tiny did very well and had loaded several times withing about 20 minutes. So proud of all the boys! 😍 But Joey's video is something else! To follow later this evening 🙂

21/08/2025

I haven't posted any Little Jack videos for a while...here's one I made earlier! 😀 He's thriving the cheeky little monkey. 😂 I've noticed they all mope around in the foaling pen most of the day and then get lively when I get home. Little Jack is now 9 weeks old.