Sandhaven Performance Horses

06/25/2024

Giving Kiki credit-
I guess 2024 is the year that all ancient, abandoned pieces of metal from the prior owner of this property work their way to the surface to be stepped on by my horses. We had a long yearling step on what appeared to be a piece of antique (and barbaric) barbed wire
Unfortunately, the guy who feeds in the morning immediately pulled the metal out, making any determination of how deep the penetrative was impossible. Five days of treatment at the vet clinic and 2 weeks of treatment at home later, we had dodged a bullet and he was fine.
Kiki came out a few days ago to find Peacekeeper lame, with a piece of metal in his frog. Determined to be able to get decent diagnostic films, she made a wooden platform to allow 'Keeper to be comfortable until the vet could get here to go over him. Look at her genius "shoe"! Nearly a week into his treatment, he is comfortable and cranky at being confined. In another week, we'll redo the rads and check for a sequestrum. Wish us (more) luck!

06/09/2024

Sandhaven Power and Style (Doongara Manpower x Sandhaven Celebration), 3 yr-old gelding.

06/09/2024

Sandhaven Guns and Glory (Silverthorn Shotgun x Keystone Angelita), 3 month-old filly.

06/07/2024

The face of an old polocrosse player who realizes that her green Working Equitation horse will eventually have some serious speed...

05/26/2024

Semen for Manpower available in Texas.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺
Sometimes it's not until you sit down and join the dots that you realise something great is right in front of you.

We've talked about the success of the Doongara Stockhorses in the Australian Stock Horse Society National Futurity Series, but just look at the genetic thread that binds all 6 Champions together. It's easier to appreciate the enormity of their success visually.

Find out more about both their current sires:
🌏 www.selectsires.com.au/stallion/doongara-manpower
🌏 www.selectsires.com.au/stallion/doongara-powerade

05/12/2024

And just to show how raggedy a really nice filly can look as she sheds her baby coat out, we present Sandhaven Guns and Glory (Silverthorn Shotgun x Keystone Angelita). Glorietta is 2 months-old, and when all that dead hair falls out she's going to be a very dark bay like her mama.

05/12/2024

Sandhaven She's Got The Look, (Straun Parks Just Looking x Keystone Angelita) 3 week-old filly.

05/12/2024

Absolute has become quite the pocket pet - or pocket pest, if you're Kiki trying to type a text...

05/12/2024

Sandhaven Unbridled Ambition, (Gelcoe Absolute x Chelsie's Bridle, TB), 1 month-old filly.

05/12/2024

Sandhaven Absolute, (Glencoe Abstract x Chelsie's Bridle TB) 2 year-old filly, soon to be started.

05/11/2024

Something to make me smile on a sad day. (Vale Sandy)
Flair (Celebration x Sunstream) is the Golden Retiever puppy of this year's "litter" (small animal vet breeder who refers to each year's foal group as a litter...)
She loves people - they scratch her on demand, and she demands a lot of scratching, lol. She's leaning into Kiki so hard that she almost falls over-