Halter training

Tentacion had her first halter training experience on Sunday. She wasn't too happy...I brought her and Torcasa into the foaling stall so it was nice and safe, caught her up and put the halter with lead on. She kept trying to get away, but wasn't stupid - just basically pushed mom in circles around the stall, then would stop and try to hide. She is quite the little diva - very different from her bro Elegido. She was wonderful with all the handling - doesn't mind her legs, ears, head touched. Tentacion is 5 weeks old today and very big and strong! Elegido is a month today - his halter training is next!

In Arabian Horse World

One of April Visel's fab photos!

Spring Riding!

A friend, Kimerlee came over for a trail ride, and her first ride on a Peruvian. She is riding MCD Coronado+ (not a bad way to test out a Peruvian - on the 5 time national champion of champions!) and you can see the ears of my mount, KLP Sedona. Beautiful afternoon for a ride.

First trims for the little ones!

Master farrier Coco Fernandez was here today to trim some horses. He always starts trimming foals at 2 weeks of age. By trimming them correctly from a young age, you can shape a healthy hoof for the rest of their life. Below are pictures of where he trimmed KLP Elegido's heels for more support:




Here you can see how high the heel is, and how with every step he was rocking back and forth and putting stress on every part of his leg and tendons.



Unfortunately I couldn't get any pictures of how his hoof looked after trimming, but these pictures show how important it is to trim those hooves from an early age. Without this trim, he would have been rocking back and forth on the heel with no support! Coco has lots of case studies and photos on his website at www.cococaballo.com

Finally...some decent pictures of KLP Elegido!

2 weeks old today!


Anyone looking for a future National Laureado Performance horse?? This flashy little guy is a son of **TWO** US National Laureado Performance horses! He is for sale, but not for long!

Website updates

I've been playing with some new things on the website at www.phenomfarms.com
New photo galleries are up, as well as updated sales pages. I've been trying to keep the videos updated also. Trying to use all the wonderful pictures I have is hard - I have so many favorites. Check it out and let me know what you think!