We might have a jumper folks!

[lisa l aka marci]

Went to the barn to feed yesterday afternoon (good thing it was light out!)....as I drove up to the barn, I noticed that BB was NOT where he was supposed to be - he was all the way around the side of the barn by a short section of fence going to the pasture!

He came to investigate the car at first, then went back to digging through the snow for grass (the girls were on the other correct side of the fence right there too).

Here I am, thinking he just went under the 1 strand of electric tape I have across the big gap by the horse stalls - but NOPE - no hoofprints in the snow.....my next thought is OH NO - he went through the high tensile gate instead (and now I'm imagining cuts etc as Marci had as a baby)......)

I walked parked the car and walked over to the gate, expecting to see the strands of wire (only 2 of 5 were hooked up anyway) pulled down and the ones on the ground disturbed.....NOPE!

There were hoofprints up to abou 2 feet from the gate, NOTHING on the immediate outside of the gate, but about 3-4 feet outside the gate were unmistakable BB hoofprints!!!!! In the classic 'landing' outline, with prints continuing along.......:shocked::shocked::dropjaw:

Ok folks - this little boy is only 8 months old - the fence was about 4 feet high, and the spread of the prints was at least 5 feet!!!!!:dropjaw::dropjaw:

Not that section is marked with orange baling twine strung across the opening at 2 heights...it is about 5 feet tall now....let's see if the little bugger can get out in that spot now!

[lisa l aka marci]

Forgot to add - BB is such a sweet boy! He let me catch and halter him, led him around the barn away from the girls (A little balking but gave readily to pressure), past the horse eating hay wagon with blue tarp flapping in the wind, past the car, then back between the hay wagon and the barn (about 5 feet wide) to get into the stall area......all with no lead rope.......think he might end up a good trail horse too - at least he is getting exposure!

[GregM]

Gee, ya think he might be a little athletic ;-)? Glad he was so good going back in. Sounds like a pretty level headed cuss, especially for a colt.
We had a filly "disagree" with the stall we put her in at our old barn. We had moved her for something and she leaped out the window (chest high on me, at least 4 feet) and BACK in the window of her old stall. Not a mark on her the little bugger. Must be something about the strength to weight ratio at that age.
Hope you have lots of fun with him. Any new pictures?

[Finogirl]

Youngster are amazing, I used to have a Lipi colt which at 1 month old could jump out of his field from a standstill, (4ft), he wasn't very big either. When he was older however, he used to jump out of all fields so got to be a real pain, but if you could channel the jumping he was amazing !

[lisa l aka marci]

Sandy - yes, he does seem to be pertty level - especially since he is going through ~minimal~ handling right now - he had halter breaking/leading back in the fall, and for over a month has not had a halter on. He how fits into the yearling halter on the tightest hole.....

No studly acts towards the girls either (so far) - alothough I will be keeping an eye on him once Spring starts to come around! Might bring him up to the house and make hime a pen with round pen panels at the run-in shed until the 'big' fence is up!

[lisa l aka marci]

OH! What is even funnier about the jumping - he could easily sneak under the single strand of tape - has done it before (no electric in it right now)........but instead he did it the 'hard' way!

[motorgypsy]

That is sooo funny! Aren't they amazing! He sounds like a real keeper for sure. Pictures please!

Our 3 year old wild child filly was put in a three stall area when we got her to Florida. We spent a lot of time working with Brilliant and Arwen and she kind of got left out of the loop so she didn't even lead yet and we wanted to put some time in with her. We put her mom in a paddock about 10 feet from the stall she was in. One day not too long after we arrive I heard Kyle yell "ADRIEL'S OUT". I thought Oh NO she's bulled her way out of the stalls and broken the lock. I went out there and the stall door was locked and all boards intact. And there was Adriel - out in the paddock adjacent to the boys - at least there was a hot wire keeping them about 10 feet apart - talking to them. We got her back up into the paddock with her mother (who promptly disciplined her I might add) and went to check out the area. And sure enough - there were the telltale footprints outside the stall on the sand. And it was a very tight jump of 4 feet high landing six inches from a hot wire so she jumped and did an immediate Uturn. And she's no baby. Gotta love these guys.:biggrin:

[SandyMM]

When I worked at a t'bred farm in Ocala, I was assigned to the broodmare barn. A couple of days after they weaned the 30 or so colts and fillies - by taking the mares to another farm - I watched one of the colts jump a 5' fence flatfooted from 2-3' away. Several of us were watching as this colt just popped straight up and over.

On another note.... good friends of mine left their young filly out with their stallion thinking she was too young for 'anything' to happen.... They lived on the property and never heard or saw anything to make them think 'anything' was going on.

They sold her to a couple who brought her to me to start some training. At 18 months she was discovered to be in foal and at 20 months old, she delivered a healthy colt... thank goodness. Based on that timeline she was bred at 9 months old. Don't underestimate a colt or filly's 'internal' maturity...

[CarolU]

Funny Lisa...and funny Greg. Somebody sounds like a proud grandparent. :D

[ErinC]

wow! thats cool.

any new pic's of him?
( maybe you posted and I missed? )

[lisa l aka marci]

Need to get pictures this weekend if the weather cooperates!

[Rusel]

Based on that timeline she was bred at 9 months old.

I know a Peruvian paso breeder who purchased a spotted saddle horse along with her foal.... The dam was bred at 9 mos..... so it can easily happen.... except this breeder bred the mare again at 24 mos.... The mare is 12 yrs old with 8 foals..... says a lot about her owner.....