October 12, 2024- I didn't have time to grab my good camera so these are just cell phone pics of Magic's first few hours. He is big boy to come out of such a small mare.



October 12, 2024- Check out the last head shot. See the blue-ish eyes? Those are not uncommon in single cream dilute foals. Magic is just about 7 hours old here.



October 14, 2024- I'm not sure if today counts as Day Three or not. Honestly the last two weeks and especially the last three days have been a blur. But here is Magic at just over 48 hours old. His IGG was great and he was a good boy for the vet (even if his sedation wasn't quite working so well) and we did give him oxytetracyline via IV to help his contracted fronts relax. Within an hour they were looking way better and today he is perfect!



October 17, 2024- Magic is five days old! He went into a new paddock today. He enjoyed more room to run until late afternoon when something got Charli very upset and I had to move them back closer to the barn. She is coming into her foal heat, and with their protective maternal instincts at their highest, my mares can be more sensitive and excitable during this time.


October 19, 2024- Magic is one week old today. He went in our foal pasture for the first time this afternoon. There's lots of room and lots of grass (Charli seemed happy for the latter)!


October 28, 2024- Two weeks old. Magic is filling out nicely. I finally got some good pictures of his pretty face. Of all of Charli's foals I think Magic looks the most like her and his maternal grandsire, Gone Gold.


November 2, 2024- Two weeks old.


November 9, 2024- Magic is four weeks old today! Time really does fly. I wish they could stay foals forever! The first picture was taken with my cell phone at dusk as Magic was watching Jim bush hog their pasture. The other two were taken earlier in the day. The saddle pad was my "ear getter"!



November 24, 2024- Magic was six weeks old yesterday. Today he went in our biggest pasture and met Rosie up close (he knew her through the fence previously) and Coral through the fence (he really liked her, but she is hard on Charli so he will have to admire her from afar).


December 13, 2024- When you are down for the count with a pinched nerve in your back, all you can think about (besides the pain) is "how will I take care of my horses?" It just adds to the stress of the whole situation. Jim has been helping, but he has a full-time job so I have been struggling by myself a lot. The other issue was getting my horses' feet done. I am passionate about this so can't just "let it go". Magic was in need of his first hoof trim and although I pick up his feet every day, I am too sore to maneuver around and hang onto the foot (on a wiggly baby) to trim it properly. I did get a little done yesterday while he was lying down- until he woke up, LOL! Sherri Larson Farmer gave me the contact info for a barefoot trimmer who happens to live just 5 minutes from me and had a cancellation today so she could fit me in (thank you Sherri for the referral!). Taylor Brandon you are a godsend! Taylor spent two hours on Charli and Magic- she is a perfectionist! Magic was initially resistant to the idea of a stranger hanging onto his feet, but by the time Taylor finished with Charli (who, like all my adult horses, is "old lady proof" LOL) he had accepted that she wasn't here to cause him any harm. Bless you Taylor for your patience in giving Magic the best first hoof trim experience he could have possibly had. Local friends, I highly recommend Taylor for all your hoof trim needs!


December 19, 2024- Magic was 2 months old on the 12th. There are limits to what I can do with my back injury so he hasn't been worked with as much as he would be if I was 100%. So it was not until last week when I put the halter on him completely for the first time. I didn't take pictures, but it was a non-event. He'd been previously introduced to me slipping it over his nose and was comfortable with that, but I hadn't tried to buckle it. Today was his second haltering. Again, no big deal but it was humorous watching him try to figure out if he could nurse with that thing on! I just love his sweet little face which reminds me so much of his late grandsire Roadie. This halter has been the first halter for all of my foals from the very first one, Willy Remember Me in 1986. Magic has almost outgrown it so I was happy to get these pictures as it is tradition here to take pictures of the babies wearing it!