Bay BayBays

I think after this foaling season we’re going to have to change the name of the farm from Willow Tree Warmbloods to Bay Colt Emporium or something. The WTW program is now sitting at 6 bay colts and 1 bay dun/grulla filly, with one mare left to foal out. At least we’re consistent?

Bay Gelding Vibes is right

When I last left off, we had three WTW foals on the ground: Uncorked WTW aka Cory a bay colt that will go gray (he’s sold), Upscale WTW aka Tommy a bay colt, and Unbothered WTW aka Beau a bay colt (he’s also sold).

Since then we’ve added:

Uncharted WTW aka Charlie, a bay Sportpony colt by Fox Creek’s Masterpiece. Anyone looking for a super fancy large pony sportscar? This kiddo is very athletic and a super mover, he’d be great for a petite adult.

Upgrade WTW aka Madeline, the sole non-bay and non-colt so far. Well ok she’s either grulla or bay dun, we haven’t color tested yet, but still. She is CUTE as a button and is being retained for the program.

Upton WTW aka Bubby, born the Monday after Kentucky and from two eventing parents so he had to have an eventing name. He’s by the Connemara stallion WH TopGun out of our Irish mare Kilpatrick Grace. He’s still fresh and unfolding but also super cute and should make a really fun event horse or jumper for someone.

And then last night we added Uprising WTW (still working on a barn name I think), a bay colt by Connect out of our TB mare Vee. He is absolutely cute as a button with a great type, I can’t wait to see him moving around outside. I might claim this one for myself, I love Vee and her foals so much.

so typey
he also keeps smiling at me, sooooooooo

We only have ONE MORE foal left, from our imported 3* mare. Should we take bets on whether or not it’s a bay colt? She had a black filly last year.

I have updates on other stuff too, like Presto and Bingo and Kentucky and aaaaalll that, but it needs to be another post. To be continued…

7 thoughts on “Bay BayBays

  1. With all the bay baybays, it definitely is a sign that this is the year you should retain one for yourself. What are the odds that a crop of this many bays could happen again?

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  2. I feel targeted with your Charlie description. I desperately want to expand my pony collection. Butters would love him.

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  3. lol hopefully whichever eventer wants Upton isn’t a competitor to the human Upton – that could be a tough sell 😅 would someone be allowed to change the name if they felt weird about having a horse named after another active rider?

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    1. She’s a British rider so unless he gets to 5* level or is exported to Europe, it’s unlikely they’ll ever cross paths. There are also lots of things in the world called Upton… people and places in particular. But 1) if people buy the foal before inspection time, they can choose the name 2) you can change the name later with USEF as long as you keep the WTW suffix.

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  4. The foals are adorable! I hope you do get to get another foal soon. It would be so fun to follow their journey with you.

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