Zoetic Quarter Horses

There have been many enquiries about Fella and what the future holds for him.  While I have no problem talking about my boy I think it's important to realize what this young man has gone through to get to his Canadian home.

Fella was bred and raised for the first 18 months of his life at Fossil Gate Farms in Texas before being sold to the people I bought him from in Kentucky.  When I first saw pictures of Fella I was struck by just how handsome he was, even if he was a 'plain ole chestnut'.  I purchased him from these people but he had to remain at their farm to acquire another coggins due to a concern of strangles in the county.  I received numerous emails from the people, including one that said he'd make a great riding horse because they'd been on him before they sold him to me.  I didn't think much of it and was really excited when he was finally on the trailer with Linda Reinders at the wheel.  I've trusted her with many of my horses and have highly recommended her to others who have purchased a horse from me.

Fella arrived December 6 2008 on an extremely cold morning.  I met Linda eagerly and was shocked at what I found on her trailer.  To say Fella was skinny was an understatement, he had very little coat, rain scald from head to tail, mud caked on his legs up past his knees and hocks and was very standoffish.  Here are pictures from that day.

The process began of being triple blanketted and feeding as much as I considered safe to help him regain his weight.  He wintered well, gained weight quickly, learned how to socialize with the other young horses, and grew-which made it harder to get his weight balanced.

As you can tell by his fall pictures on his page, he has finally stopped growing long enough to have the weight sit on his frame.  While I have been encouraged by many people to get him in the show ring I am more than happy to just spend time with him.  His movement is absolutely divine and I had hopes to get him started under saddle but apparently, when the people in Kentucky were hopping on him, some damage happened to his back.  You can still see the swelling that lies just in front of his kidneys, though it has reduced significantly.  But his focus on riding is on hold indefinately.

You will not find a better natured horse.  He follows people around the field as they visit other horses, races around behind my son on his bike as he tears through the terrain, and keeps company while I am trimming back branches in the paddocks.  He seems to be the exception to his bloodlines in that he truly likes people.  His colour is anything but plain and is such a deep shade of blood red.

I cannot wait to see his first 2 foals in a few short months, from two exceptional mares.

He will be standing to limited mares in 2010 based on approval and will be nominated to one futurity.  All mares are shipped semen only.