http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com Raising sane sensible sporthorses to be lifetime companions Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:52:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en April 9, 2008   Our mare Sendi - Tonkaboutsensational - foaled last night in Illinois.  The filly has been christened with the barn name of Lily and she's adorable.  Judy Glynn's stallion Arobic Dancer sure colored this one with a big paintbrush!  Judy says that Sendi was a pretty typical first time mom ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/09/sendi-foals-in-illionois/ April 8, 2008 Mocha Java Cheer & Foster Mom, GW Champagne Palida In spite of losing her mom last Sunday, our new filly Java seems to be making an effort to make the best of things.  She has adapted well to eating from a bucket and is also showing an increasing interest ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/08/making-the-best-of-it/ It's hard to believe, even now.  Twenty-four hours after presenting us with a healthy baby girl, Cody Impressed Me - our beloved mare Banjo - suffered a prolapsed uterus and was humanely euthanized early this morning.  She and the filly were fine at 2am when Pat checked on the pair.  But at ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/31/terrible-shock/ Pictured at roughly 8 hours old Meet Faroh's second daughter. She arrived sometime around 4 this morning.   Pat checked the mare at 2 a.m. and there was no indication that Banjo had anything but sleep on her mind.  But this morning at six the filly was already up, dry, nursing on her ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/30/shes-here/ Meet Faroh's daughter, born this Easter morning at Kinsch Show Horses.  Amy tells us that she's a cute thing, very tolerant, curious, and friendly.  We're are just so proud that Faroh put such a nice baby on the ground.  We also think it speaks prophetically about his future as a sire that his very ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/24/farohs-first-foal-is-here/ We're at day 306 and counting!  We've known all winter this baby was coming, but now that we're inside the 45 day window, we are getting really REALLY excited.  Banjo is right on schedule with this foal - her hair coat is coming out by the handful, she's getting soft in ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/26/not-long-now/ Gotta Spendit arrived home Sunday morning from her visit to Illinois.  She had been leased to a sport breeder for the year, but unfortunately aborted a big healthy colored foal at 7 months into term.  The vet had no explanation for what appeared to be a completely normal foal out ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/13/gotta-spendit-comes-home/ http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/31/212/ Human kids aren't the only ones who enjoy the snow.  Kiss Me Silly is having a tremendous time romping in the white stuff today.  It's her first experience with snow, and she sure seems to be having fun.  We find it hard to believe she'll be a year old in ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/26/snow-day/ Pat & Kris     http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/19/from-gwf-to-the-world/   Faroh is headed to New York.  The plan is for Kris and him to finish his Hunter and Color ROM's, do a little dressage, possibly some fences, and a little fox hunting.  Kris and he should hit it off well, and she's almost as excited to get him as Pat is to see ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/24/new-york-bound/ Spend It Quick has a new home and a new career!  She's off to Livingston, Texas to be Ruth Butcher's new ApHC hunter hack and equitation horse.    Congratulations to Ruth on the purchase of this great mare.  We can't wait to see the two of them in the show ring, and we expect them ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/13/sold/ Pat and Faroh relax after their HIH class ApHC Nationals, 2007 The illness which plagued Faroh most of 2007 turned out to be a sinus infection! It took a long time to diagnose, mostly because he exhibited no symptoms of infection in his blood tests.  They were erratic and inconsistent and did not match ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/30/mystery-solved/ Pat and Faroh Show HIH Non-Pro July 4, 2007 Faroh got sick in April with a low grade viral infection, which put him off his feed and caused a considerable loss in his weight and fitness levels. He is still recovering, but he was too thin this year to be as ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/08/wap-rah-cheer-takes-4th-at-aphc-nationals/ Barn name "Isaac" Born April 21, 2007 8:15pm  Dun with blanket and lightning marks What can you say about a life cut too brutally short?  Isaac was with us such a short time, it's almost like a dream that he was here at all.  He started life with the cards stacked against ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/25/its-a-boy/   Our hearts are heavy today.  On March 29, 2007, our TB mare Salute Me Quick was tragically struck by lightning and killed in her pasture.  Moon, as she was affectionately called around the farm, was a special horse with a special heart.  She made friends everywhere she went with her sweet ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/30/tragic-news/ Palida put us through the wringer with this one!  She made us wait 369 days, but it turns out she was baking the spots on, so we forgive her.  She's a big big girl, bay with a hip blanket, a cute little star, and a hind sock.  Proud dad is Easy J Farms' TB ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/10/its-a-girl-2/ Our 2005 Innochi filly received top placing under both judges at the 2006 Sooner ApHC October show.  Innigma -- barn name Petra -- was presented by Nadia Loden, Sooner member, who had nothing but praise for the filly's behavior and disposition.  Petra also received first placings under both judges in the yearling filly's class and a respectable ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/15/innigma-wins-sooner-futurity/ Spend It Quick and Gotta Spendit both made a nice impression on the judge at their recent dressage show at Easy J Stables.  Shown Sporthorse-In-Hand, both mares came in neck and neck with 73.5% and a second place split decision.  Based on their very similar type, it's no wonder the judge had a hard time deciding between ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/25/gwf-mares-show-well-at-recent-dressage-show/ GWF stallion Innochi relaxing at home the week prior to his dressage debut. We are incredibly pleased to announce that Ichi's scores were as impressive as we thought they would be -- a 67 in test 1, and a 72 in test 2. Ichi took to the ring as if he were ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/21/anticipating-innochis-dressage-debut/ Appaloosa sporthorse filly "Holiday" stands pretty for the camera. Meet the newest Appaloosa Sporthorse addition to Gentlewood Farms, who made her surprise arrival during the wee hours of the morning of April 9th.  Mom and daughter are both doing fine, and we're doing the happy dance over this one.  Barn name ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/09/its-a-girl/ Appaloosa sporthorse mare "Spend It Quick" poses with Pat. Our five-year-old Spendthrift daughter took top honors in her recent Sporthorse-In-Hand class at the Easy J Stables spring dressage show.  Chantez received an outstanding score of 77 points, with a score of 9 for her free walk.  We're so proud of her.  She's proof to us ... http://www.gentlewoodfarms.com/02/spend-it-quick-wins-sporthorse-class/