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Bucky B Lucky Background & History
Bucky B Lucky was born March 21, 2005 in Washington state. A grandson of Seattle Slew, Lucky began his career as a racehorse as a two year old and continued racing until the age of four. In 18 starts at Emerald Downs, he had three wins, four seconds and two third place finishes. He earned a total of $20,115 on the track. His last race was on September 25, 2009 and he reportedly retired after…
Deeds Update from May 2 2010
Deeds is back with SAFE now. He looks really good! Such a pretty boy!
Sinatra Update from May 1 2010
Sinatra has graduated from training! We are very proud of him! He’s done so amazingly well and really is a success story to be proud of, considering the state he came to us in 2 years ago. I picked Sinatra up today and brought him back to the farm, but tomorrow he heads out for his next adventure! He will be going to a new foster situation at a hunter/jumper training facility in Woodinville…
Delilah Update from May 1 2010
Baxter Update from April 24, 2010
Baxter got ridden for the first time today by our trainer Andrea Lucianna. He did really well. We put a western saddle on him and he was completely unfazed by the saddling and girthing up. She did a lot of slapping the saddle and jumping up and down on the stirrup and lying over his back and he barely blinked an eye. Once she got on him, he was willing enough, but very green. Leaned on the bit,…
Adorable video of Sampson running in the pasture!
A very cute video of Delilah and her colt in the front pasture! Sampson is only one month old but he can run as fast as those long little legs can carry him. Thanks to Abby Gambrill for this adorable video!
Delilah Update from Apr 8 2010 and April 19 2010
Sampson got his own photo essay this morning. He’s strong in mind and body — and there is not a shy bone in there — he takes after Delilah in that respect. Jet and I tag teamed on the attention, or all the pictures would have been closeups. http://blog.seattlepi.com/horsebytes/archives/201071.asp I wish the sun had been shining like it is this morning (in Seattle, anyway), because he did some…
2010 Q2 Impact Statement
New Horses Intake Date: May 2, 2010 Deeds, 14 yo Thoroughbred gelding (former SAFE horse, owner surrender) Intake Date: May 7, 2010 Bucky B Lucky, 5 yo Thoroughbred gelding (auction) Intake Date: May 28, 2010 Bubbles, yearling Saddlebred/Standardbred filly (owner surrender) Intake Date: June 1, 2010 Goliath, Thoroughbred gelding (owner surrender) Calamity (owner surrender) Zanadu (owner…
Aiden Update from Mar 31 2010
I’m Aiden’s foster mom, and the cutie is doing well. He always tries hard, even if he could still use more confidence. It seems like he’ll have a great work ethic without being hot. I think once he finds his “person” his confidence will flourish and he’ll be totally fabulous. He’s now about 13.2 hh at the withers, and almost 14hh at the hip.
Videos of Delilah and her colt, one day old!
One day old, and already full of himself!
Delilah Updates from Mar 27 2010
7:23 am: Unfortunately, Delilah is not taking to motherhood as well as we had hoped. I have been up every two hours all night because she will not stand to let him nurse without being held and forced to. Dr. Evergreen was just here to do the iGg test and he looks healthy, but we are concerned. Delilah gets agitated when he starts chasing her around trying to nurse and has swung her butt at him…
Birth
Here you go…many more pictures to come but I need to feed horses, myself, take a shower, eat, and maybe take a nap first. But mom and baby are doing great and he’s a healthy, strapping big solid dark bay colt. He’s been up, nursed, and all the things he’s supposed to do. Vet will be by at 5am (yes, you read that right! Has to be between 8–12 hours after birth) to do the iGg test and check them…
Foal Watch 2010
March 24 Nope…no foal…! But man, that is one big mare and she can make one HUGE mess! Have I mentioned how much I hate cleaning a stall bedded with straw? UGH! And she is drinking about 6 full 5‑gallon buckets of water every day and then peeing it all back out about every 20 minutes. I have pelleted bedding underneath the straw to help absorb all the urine but its ridiculous how wet and…
Sinatra Update from Mar 25 2010
Here is the picture of Sinatra’s first canter under saddle. He is doing great!
Delilah Update from Mar 20–21 2010
Hoping to get some updated photos of Delilah today. She’s bagging up and getting close I think. She’s huge and uncomfortable and has lots of edema under her belly and between her front legs. Yesterday she got a little excited and tried to do a little head flip/mini rear and her hind end went out from under her and she fell down…poor girl just has no coordination right now. I’m not technically…
Sinatra Update from Mar 9 and 16 2010
Mar 9 Sinatra is doing great! The trainer reports he is the easiest to start so far. She’s been on him at the walk several times now and he’s just really good. She will trot him tomorrow. She says he might be one we could get away with just 30 days on if he stays doing this well. He gets a little nervous, but no buck, and she says he feels very honest and tries hard to please. Mar 16 Sinatra…
Sinatra Update from Mar 4 2010
Sinatra’s gone to training! He gets to live in a beautiful pasture with another 3 year old — the two of them immediately hit it off and were getting along famously… He’s done great in his first two days of training! Yesterday they groomed him, bridled him and started teaching him how to lunge. Today he wore a saddle and did more lunging, and he was absolutely unfazed by the saddle. He was so…
Dexter Update from March 1, 2010
Dexter was adopted in late January but unfortunately, things are not working out with his adoptive home. His adopter lives on a property that is right by a busy highway. Their fencing is safe but not electric and for some reason Dexter has been repeatedly trying to get out. He cut his face open resulting in a big vet bill (he’s fine now) and has damaged several metal panels. He has horses next…
Sinatra Update from Feb 21 2010
Sinatra got his first dental float on Saturday in anticipation of him going into training next weekend. We were a little concerned because his teeth were doing some really weird things — for a while there it looked like he had two rows of teeth in front. I was worried he was going to need some extractions, but fortunately none were necessary. His permanent teeth, rather than coming in behind the…
Delilah Update from Feb 20 2010
Is Delilah looking more pregnant or what? Now 4 1/2 weeks post-rescue:
Baxter Photo Gallery — Feb 20, 2010
Up to 966 pounds now!
Honeycutt Update from Feb 17, 2010
Finally, a beautiful, sunny day for the horses to enjoy! Honeycutt has been shedding pretty profusely under his blanket so today he got turned out in the big field without it so he could roll and get rid of some of that hair. I was pleased to see that he’s still a little butterball under his blankie, and he was very happy to get out and stretch his legs.
Sasha — Feb 11, 2010
Photos from Sasha’s site check:
Delilah Update from Feb 10, 2010
She’s doing great! She’s such a sweet girl. When we groomed her last weekend the baby was all on one side and she looked huge on that side, flat on the other. I wish we had some idea of when the baby might be due, but we’ll just have to keep watching her udder for changes and hope she waits until spring and warmer weather.
Holly Update — Feb 9, 2010
Update from Holly’s adopter: We have been taking advantage of this nice weather. Holly is happy to be back to work. I need to measure her again…I think she has grown some more since last year.
Annie Update from Feb 8 2010
Annie had some time off while the arena was occupied with the new mares but we were back to work yesterday. I was pleased that she was really good despite not being ridden in nearly three weeks! We had been making headway in the canter and that has taken a few steps back during her vacation, but she will come around. She knows her leads so we just need to get her fitness level back to where she…
Summer Update from Feb 7 2010
Update from foster home: Hi fans of Summer, I wanted to let everyone know how Summer is doing. We’ve been fostering her since late Sept. I needed a companion to my wonderful 30 year old gelding, Mac, and he and Summer really hit it off. We lost Mac in mid January. He had been part of our family for 19 years and we miss him terribly. We are so fortunate to have many many happy memories of trail…
Baxter Photo Gallery — Feb 6, 2010
I am really thrilled to report that at Baxter’s weighing in today he has finally showed significant weight gain, up to 900 lbs. on the weight tape and he looks so much better! The huge gap between his butt cheeks is down to less than an inch now (instead of like 3–4 inches like it was) and he has lost that shelf above his ribs and is getting some topline back now. He feels good too, as you can…
Sasha — Feb 5, 2010
Megan has opted to list Sasha via our SAFE-Assisted rehoming program. As most of you are aware, Sasha suffered a suspensory injury to her right hind last summer. Here is a write-up that was provided by the vet: Having just reviewed Sasha’s history, the summary is that she has a suspensory injury to her rh, which shows up as mild on ultrasound but has not responded to conservative therapy, IE…
Sinatra Update from Jan 31 2010
Well it looks like Sinatra has grown! We measured him this weekend and he is just a hair over 14h! Yay Sinatra! Here he is after as good of a grooming as you can do for him in the winter. Thank goodness for blankets on white horses!
