MARTIN DRAFTS

We want to share our joy in welcoming a new member to our horse family! This morning about 4 a.m., our Belgian mare Athena gave birth to her first baby. Athena is the very first Belgian that we aquired and she is the one that kicked David in the heart. We have been trying for 5 years to get  a baby from her. We were beginning to give up and had already talked about just putting her out to pasture when she checked positive this time! This cute little guy is a strong one and is running laps around his mother as we speak! I have the "miracle of birth" on video for anyone who would like to see it. I am not going to post it due to some people being squeamish about such stuff. But I will be glad to send it to anyone that requests it! I WILL post his picture on here in a little bit. We still have several more that are due, so I will keep you posted about our maternity ward.

I enjoy writing these newsletters - and sharing all this stuff with you all. But the fact is, it's also a way to help us stay connected with "customers". So I really, really like it when someone new stumbles upon the newsletter and is excited to "discover" our website and the services we offer. I try not to send more than one a month unless there is exciting news or something I think you might be interested in. I  DO want to ask you all if you are intersted in starting a "discussion" page. A question and answer type  forum for those who are new to the horse owning business or even for us "old-timers" that have had horses "forever. There may be problems we are having that others might have solutions to..... What do you all think? Anybody interested?

In all my efforts to make the newsletter interesting and forward-worthy - it never occurred to me to JUST ASK you all to share it! Duh. Sometimes the obvious is elusive, I guess. So here goes - my request to ask you to forward our email newsletter to your horsey friends. All we ask is that you please be judicious and only send to folks who might be interested. Otherwise we are no better than the millions of "jokes" and stuff that we forward because we think we are supposed to. Click the Share email link  to get started, and if they like us, maybe they will join our little group. (please note - using this form does NOT subscribe anyone to our list - it is a one-time only forward).

By the way, if you haven't already, check out our claendar for some of the upcoming events that might be of interest to you. There are some really good shows and auctions if anyone is interested! Maybe we will see you there! Once again, I thank you for taking the time to "visit" with me.  Happy riding!!!!