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Post by Nicole on Jun 17, 2009 21:05:22 GMT -5
Name:[/i] Alot of Moxie Barn Name:[/i] Moxie Breed:[/i] Thoroughbred Dam:[/i] N/A Sire:[/i] N/A Gender:[/i] Mare Birthday:[/i] 2006/1 Colour:[/i] Bay Markings:[/i] Sock Personality:[/i] Alot of Moxie had a great career as a racehorse. For the past few years, her old owners trained her to jump but when Nicole was diagnosed with cancer, Anthony went out in search of their old mare and brought Moxie home for Nicole. Moxie is now training as a top jumper with a bright future ahead of her and is already working wonders for Nicole's health. Owned By: Breaking Dawn Farm[/size] Alot of Moxie X Battle's Luck
Bred: May 13th
Due: July 15th
FOALED July 12th Name: Battle Victory
Barn Name: Victory
Breed: Thoroughbred
Dam: Alot of Moxie
Sire: Battle's Luck
Gender: Colt
Birthday: 2009/2
Color: Bay
Markings: Blaze
Personality: Victory is a curious little colt who has no fear. He usually bullies the other foals and is already running the show.
Owned By: Breaking Dawn (Nicole) |
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Post by Nicole on Jun 18, 2009 11:41:22 GMT -5
"Good morning my beautiful Moxie." Nicole said happily, nearly skipping to the mares stall.
Moxie whinnied loudly before nuzzling Nicole like crazy. Laughing, Nicole kissed the mares soft muzzle several times, reaching up to rub the mares forelock. "I missed you to sweetie. Oh I love you so much."
Buckling on the mares halter, Nicole led Moxie out of her stall and over to a set of crossties. Standing back, Nicole's smile widened. "Your getting so big Moxie. I can't wait to see what this foal will look like."
Nicole spent a extra long time currying and brushing Moxie's soft thick bay coat and even braided the mares mane. "Your so beautiful Moxie. I don't know what I would ever do without you."
Strapping on a light sheet over the mares body and buckling the straps, Nicole walked the mare around the outside of the barn for a while under the canopy out of the rain. After a nice walk, Nicole led the mare back to her stall. "Ill drop off a nice bran mash later, okay sweetie?" Nicole asked.
Moxie grunted and rubbed her against against Nicole's chest. "I love you too. See you later."
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Post by Nicole on Jun 29, 2009 23:51:55 GMT -5
"Not too much longer now." Nicole said softly as she rubbed her fingers into the mares legs and chest.
Moxie let out a low tired grunt, her head low, eyes half closed.
Nicole watched the mare as she rubbed along the mares slightly swollen body. Carrying babies must be hard work. Nicole bet Moxie couldn't wait to have her foal already and be able to run around again freely.
"Your such a wonderful mare Moxie. You have such beautiful babies who you love and adore and you yourself is just an angel. I love you so much Moxie." Nicole told the mare, standing up and wrapping her arms around the mares neck.
"There you are." Anthony said as he stopped outside the mares large stall.
Nicole and Moxie both looked up, exhausted. Nicole smiled brightly. "Just saying good night to our special lady." Nicole said, giving Moxie a big hug and kiss before stepping to the door to throw her arms around Anthony's neck, kissing his cheek.
Anthony wrapped his arms around his wife's waist. "Lets leave Moxie alone. She looks really tired. Poor mare, must suck to carry around a baby for months."
Nicole playfully rolled her eyes before turning to Moxie who was already falling asleep. "Good night my angel. I'll see you in the morning." Nicole said, blowing Moxie another kiss before leaving with her husband.
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Post by Nicole on Jul 4, 2009 9:02:48 GMT -5
"Lets go for a walk." Nicole said, sliding open Moxie's stall door. Moxie let out a low whinny, walking over to Nicole and rubbing her head against her chest.
"Good morning Moxie." Nicole said, kissing the mare from her muzzle up to her forelock.
Grabbing the mares halter off the hook, Nicole buckled her halter around Moxie's elegant head, snapping on the lead shank and led the mare out of her stall out into the morning sunlight.
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Post by Nicole on Jul 4, 2009 21:06:06 GMT -5
"You look exhausted." Nicole said, snapping a set of crossties to the mares halter.
Moxie snorted lightly, closing her eyes slightly. "Ill just give you a quick brushing then let you sleep." Nicole said, kissing the mares muzzle.
Quickly, Nicole picked out the mares hooves and brushed Moxie down. "That's a little better." Nicole said, giving Moxie a big hug and kiss. "Time for bed."
Leading Moxie to her stall, Nicole took off Moxie's halter, hanging it on the hook outside her stall and latching the stall door shut. "Good night. I'll see you in the morning. Happy Fourth of July." Nicole said before leaving and shutting the main lights.
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Post by Nicole on Jul 5, 2009 18:38:27 GMT -5
Wiping the back of her hand over her forehead, Nicole let out a heavy sigh. "It's so hot out today." Nicole told the mare as she curried over Moxie's bay coat.
Moxie closed her eyes, leaning into the curry. "Which means its to hot to turn you horses out." Nicole added with a smile.
After curring the mares body and legs, Nicole brushed the mare off until her coat shined, then walked Moxie outside for a bit, letting her eat some grass. Just standing there doing nothing was working up a sweat.
"Lets get you into your stall where is shady." Nicole said, leading Moxie back into the barn and into her stall for the night.
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Post by Nicole on Jul 10, 2009 11:25:14 GMT -5
"Any day now." Nicole told the mare after she checked Moxie over.
Moxie whinnied softly, stepping over to Nicole to rest her head in the womans arms. Nicole tilted her head to rest her cheek on Moxie's forelock. "I love you Moxie." Nicole said softly, rubbing her fingers into the mares cheeks.
After a while, Nicole pulled away, gave Moxie a carrot chunk and led the mare off to the paddocks for the day.
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Post by Nicole on Jul 12, 2009 12:45:16 GMT -5
"How is she doing?" Alexa asked, coming to a halt outside the mares large stall after running from the stallion barn.
Nicole looked up and smiled and quickly turned her attention to the mare. "She's doing just fine." Nicole said who just got done checking to see if the foal was in correct position. "Any minute now."
Moxie got up another time, paced her stall a bit before quickly dropping back down to the ground, rolling onto her side.
"The hooves are out." Nicole announced, stepping back to give Moxie room since all was going well.
Shortly after all the pushing and groaning and stressful whinnies, Moxie gave one last push and the foal slipped out, landing in the thick bedded straw, the sack breaking open to reveal a dark colored damp foal.
"Thats my girl." Nicole said happily, stepping out of the stall. "I don't think this could have went any smoother." Nicole told everyone else.
Anthony put his arm around his wifes shoulders. "I agree. Let's give them some privacy." he said and slowly everyone left.
"Is it a colt or filly?" Alexa asked, watching as Moxie got up to lick off her foal.
"Colt." Nicole said happily.
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Post by Nicole on Jul 24, 2009 23:01:18 GMT -5
"You tired little guy?" Nicole asked as she led Moxie back into the barn with Victory right at the big mares heels.
Stopping in a set of crossties, Moxie nickered softly to her baby, looking back to see if Victory was still at her side, letting out a satisfied snort when she saw her son was there.
Grabbing the grooming kit, Nicole gave Moxie a thorough grooming and brushed off Victory a bit, the colt still not used to all the supplies.
"Lets get you two back inside so you can eat." Nicole told them, leading Moxie and the foal back into their stall.
Moxie nickered her thank you as Victory went to nurse. "Good night my sweet hearts. I love you." Nicole said before leaving.
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Post by Nicole on Jul 25, 2009 10:50:25 GMT -5
"Good morning Moxie and Victory." Alexa said, going to the mare and foals stall.
Victory was bundled up on the thick bedding and when Alexa came by, Victory lazily got up to his feet and greeted Alexa with a series of nuzzles and whinnies. "Hi my sweet heart. Ready to go out?" Alexa asked the colt, kissing around his face.
Buckling on Moxie's halter, Alexa led the mare out of her stall and out to the paddocks with Victory following eagerly.
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Post by Nicole on Aug 2, 2009 11:27:48 GMT -5
"Good morning Moxie and Victory." Nicole said happily as she came down to the mare and foals stall.
Moxie whinnied a happy greeting as she saw Nicole, thrusting her head over the stall door and bobbing her head eagerly. "Yeah thats my girl. You hungry?" Nicole asked and Moxie bobbed her head again. Victory poked his small head over the door and snorted loudly. Laughing Nicole kissed the colts muzzle. "I'll be right back."
Going to the feed room, Nicole scooped out the mares morning rations and adding the suppliments and nuturients the mare needed, carrying the feed back to the mares stall and dumping it.
While Moxie ate her breakfast eagerly and Victory nursed, Nicole cleaned the mares water buckets and refilled them with cool clean water.
Once Moxie and Victory was done eating, Nicole led the thoroughbred out of her stall and into a set of crossties with Victory following closely behind. "No paddocks today. It's raining pretty hard outside." Nicole told her as she went over Moxie's bay coat with a curry.
After giving Moxie a thorough grooming and placing a light sheet over the mares back and buckling the straps, Nicole quickly clean out the mares stall before leading Moxie and Victory back into their stall for the night.
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Post by Nicole on Aug 30, 2009 12:10:47 GMT -5
"Hey little man." Alexa said, sliding the stall door open and closing it behing her.
Victory effortlessly lifted himself up and pranced over to the girl, nuzzling her leg. "You get bigger and bigger every day." Alexa said, leaning down to rub her hand along the colts back and run her fingers through this short mane.
Moxie whickered a soft greeting, stepping over to join the group. "I haven't forgotten you sweetie." Alexa said, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a few carrot chunks.
The mare whinnied and gently lipped up the treats, crunching on them happily.
Victory, not happy with his mom taking away his attention head butted Alexa, knocking her to the ground and gently nipping her. "Cut that out Victory." Alexa said but couldn't help but laugh.
After a minute, Alexa pushed herself to her feet, brushing off the bedding from her clothes. "Lets get you two outside before you do something else." Alexa said. Snapping the lead shank to Moxie's halter, Alexa led the mare out to pasture with Victory following close behind.
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