HB's Sweet Kyna aka..."Sugar"

Well, since she is a week old today, I thought I had better get in gear and blog about the arrival of our first 2009 foal! When we returned from our trip last week, we knew we were mighty close to foaling time. Emmy was quite uncomfortable, she only stayed in one spot for a minute or two, then off again...pace, pace, pace....I usually do the early part of the night for foal watch...Since Mike is an early riser, he takes over duty after he gets up.....Emmy continued her uncomfortable state all night, Mike started checking her at 4am and beyond. At the 7:00am check that Mike did she was standing all nice and quiet, not a bit of uncomfortable about her. Mike checked her and returned to the house...after he poured himself a cup of coffee, he ventured to the window to see what Emmy was up to. Imagine his surprise to look out, and see Emmy already back up and licking her baby dry! The whole labor and delivery could not have taken more than 5 minutes, and she never even broke a sweat! When I heard him head back out, after just coming in I stirred....something was up....I dressed in a hurry, and found him admiring his new member of the herd family, still with coffee cup in hand ;-) Emmy has presented us with a unique and stunning filly. She is covered in curl, and would be considered a "barely pinto" LOL.....one white spot on her neck, a white tail ( with the end dipped in black ) and high white socks...she is also as sweet as her name implies...congrats to Emmy and HB on another stunning foal.