About us...We're long time breeders of fine horses for sporting
purposes. The majority of our Appaloosas and Thoroughbreds have top
quality racing pedigrees. A horse can "outrun" its pedigree, but
seldom "out produce" it. Champion families will continue to produce
champions, from generation to generation. Trendy bloodlines eventually
fade, but those known for producing soundness and durability keep going. Quality does pass on.
If speed is what you need, you'll find it here.
Many of our horses have gone on to compete in racing, halter, western
pleasure,
barrel racing, roping, reining, dressage, jumping and 3 day
eventing. No matter what discipline you are in, we have youngsters to
fit every need. Our goal is to raise you a good horse...not be your
competition.
News...The weather seems to be
cooling down for a while. We had quite a few 100 degree plus days in
the past few weeks. I spent lots of time in the evening hosing
off sweaty horses. It always amazes me that those that hate getting
wet will go and roll in the creek. Even managed to do the dogs too.
After the initial thought of getting wet, I think they rather enjoyed it.
Sam thinned the apple trees again. They were so
overloaded. There was nothing last year, so it's typical to be such a
heavy crop this time. All the mares lined up along the fence, waiting
for the goodies to be tossed over. It took me over two weeks to get
all of them picked up. There must have been several thousand apples.
Every day, I went out and started tossing. When I figured that was
plenty for the girls, then I filled buckets and took them down to the boys
in the barns. Any time I walked up near the trees, here came the
girls. They're going to be disappointed...they've all been picked up
now. The treats are gone.
Weaning time is getting closer. We will probably
separate the mares out on the 14th or 21st of August. The foals are
already accustomed to grandma Moe and the three yearling fillies. That
makes things so much easier when they know the other horses they will be
left with. Moe is the best there is when it comes to being a baby
sitter. First vaccinations will be given the week before.
Hopefully my thumbs will hold out.
This morning I had my appointment with the
rheumatologist. The good news is I don't have rheumatoid arthritis.
I do have fibromyalgia, secondary to my severe osteoarthritis. The bad
news is that my right hip is what's causing so much pain. A
replacement that was on three years ago, went off after a change in
medication. Now it's back on again...and as soon as possible.
I've been over compensating for the pain, causing undue wear and tear on the
other hip and both knees. Having her explain the x-rays made things a
lot more understandable. Once the hip is done, then I need to have
surgery on both thumbs to regain mobility. I have no cushioning...just
bone grating on bone. Not what I was expecting to hear.
The need to have my hip replaced has now created an
urgency in selling several of the horses. I'll be laid up for quite
some time, putting even more work on Sam. Hopefully this will
just be a temporary set back. We will have to part with some of the
horses that we never intended to sell. Come take a look to submit all
offers.
We are rarely in the house, so our answering machine
catches all phone calls. Unfortunately many people are leaving
messages where we cannot understand their telephone number. Our
sincere apologies to those that we haven't returned a call to. Initial
contact by email is preferred. That way we can see what the correct
phone number is. If you are one that left a message and we have not
called back, please contact us again. Should you have to call, speak
up, enunciate the phone numbers and repeat them.
Thanks for visiting with us. Come back soon to
see what's new.
Peggy & Sam Lopez
4787 Fruitland Rd.
Marysville, CA 95901
(530) 743-1737
contact us here...
info@finehorsesforsportingpurposes.com
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