Cob Jockey

Meet my barn's surprise bundle of joy, Oliver!  His mom was purchased last fall, and nobody realized she was pregnant until early April.  (She's a maiden, and really didn't show much.  It happens - ask Mary, who got 30 minutes to prepare for her mare to foal in college!)

He was then foaled the first week of May.  We had about a month to prepare!


The people she was purchased from are not sure who the sire is, so I joked for a month that he was going to come out a blue eyed mule.  He's actually a strapping bay colt that isn't badly put together, especially for an unplanned pregnancy.




My eye is so skewed toward baby ponies and not baby horses, I was amazed at how tall he is and how long his legs are!  Hopefully he grows up tall and strong and becomes a good performance horse.  It will be fun to watch.