I really, really didn't think I was going to be looking at things like this but . . . I've been watching the Westfalen NA posts very closely. Waiting for the 2022 inspection results.
Your top scoring Welsh foal for the 2022 Westfalen NA inspection tour and one of the high point foals for the futurity:
Quillane Marqui is making people turn their heads already. Now that everything is settled and done, I'm finding out that Trainer Z was holding her breath, waiting to see if I'd pick Kiki or the other little filly. I went with the buckskin that I'd been stalking for months and it seems I picked the right one. Everyone is excited. Trainer, breeder, stallion owner, and me, it really does take a village. I'm trying to be a good equine citizen and kick up some fuss for her sire. He had the number one KDR filly in the 2019 inspection (pre-pandemic) and now he's got a number one Welsh filly. He does stamp his foals with that nice shoulder. She got the dam's lovely topline, though.
We're just a couple weeks away from bringing Kiki home. It seems impossible that she's almost a yearling already. We're coordinating spring shots, feeding schedules, and halter sizes. My trailer will be reconfigured to be a giant box stall and I'm borrowing an ancient Shetland pony from Trainer Z to give Kiki some company for her first trailer ride. I'm also putting Trainer Z in the truck because I don't want to get into trouble moving my new filly and be on my own. I'm excited and terrified to start this new adventure and would not be attempting it if I didn't have such an experienced trainer to play guide. She's coaching me through everything from expectation setting to setting up my trailer.
Kiki is going to be a pistol. Her breeder has started calling her Cheeky Kiki. I've received clips of her full on body slamming the colts in their field and untying baling twine as fast as people can tie it. She's sensitive, quick, and very smart. Rumor has it that she's the queen of the foal group and only has to flick an ear for them to get out of her way, including the big colt. Competition mare mind is how they're describing her.
Seriously, that's how she trots around while playing with her friends in a muddy field in December. It's a screen grab from a clip of the three foals being goofballs. It's just how she do, she moves like the ground is too hot to touch. The other foals are cantering. I don't know if she'll make the pony cut off, she may end up 14.3 like her sire. Not that it really matters to me, it's still a heck of a lot closer to the ground then Theo, but it would be nice if she could be an FEI pony for some very lucky teen. I'd do it myself but the FEI pony test is for junior riders.
Her first outing will be in July at a USDF breed show. I think the whole class of 2022 will be there so I'll be excited for the pictures. I don't think any of her half sibs will be there so no 'Get of' type classes for her. They're trying to repeat the breeding so maybe, in the future, she'll have some sibs and we can do a group for her dam and sire. I'll have to ask her breeder if she wants to do a 'bred by' group since she'll have enough representatives of her work in attendance. I will happily tow Kiki through to support her.
For now, I count the days before Project Kiki begins. AHHHHH.
Yayyyyy!!!
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