It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s…a white Standardbred colt?! You heard it straight from the horse’s mouth folks, an unusual occurrence in the horse world happened at Fair Winds Farm in Cream Ridge, New Jersey about a month ago with the birth of a white Standardbred colt! Everyone knows the significance of odds when it comes to horse racing, but the chances of a white Standardbred are so slim that it hasn’t happened in nearly 15 years! The unique color comes as a result of a gene mutation; most Standardbreds are usually dark bay, with an occasional grey or chestnut. So I guess you can say this little guy is anything but “standard”!

And the Preakness ends with a photo finish!! I’m so excited for my thoroughbred friend and potential Triple-Crown winner…it just so happens that “I’ll Have Another” is one of my most frequently used phrases (you all know my affection for confections)! Being in the spotlight can put a lot of pressure on my equine friends, and just like humans, horses can get stressed out too.

Hello everyone!

With spring in the air, I’ve been hard at work shedding my fur-coat in anticipation for the warmer weather. My owner affectionately refers to this joyous time as “Shedgate”, “Shedmageddon”, and “Tshedami” among other satires.

Valentine’s Day is almost here, and I’ve been racking my brain on what to get my girlfriend HugMe Christi to show my affections. She’s the best pasture-mate I could ask for; always there to look over me while I take my afternoon naps, graze by my side, and help me get the flies off any hard to reach places. Not only is she my special someone, but my best friend as well, so it’s only fitting to get her something special to show her how much I care!

Do your parents like to wake up to a hot cup of coffee in the morning? Since horses don’t drink coffee (that would be downright silly!) the first thing I do after I open my eyes to the morning sun is head over to my waterer and get a nice cool drink. But as I was going through my daily routine the other morning, I realized something wasn’t quite right…my liquid sustenance was missing! So I started searching for it. I pushed my waterer around with my nose to see if maybe it was underneath, but when I realized there was no way to move the waterer around on my own, I had to bring in some backup. I saw one of my caretakers nearby and yelled, “Hey, can you help me move this thing? I think my water is trapped underneath!” (or at least that’s what it seemed like to me and the other horses!) I don’t think the caretaker understood what I was saying, but I got her attention nonetheless. Thanks to a little handy work on the well pump, the bowl was filled to the brim with sparkling clean water which I slurped up like a dry sponge! With my thirst quenched, I continued on with my day as usual (mostly eating and napping), but I’ll never forget how nervous I was at the thought of not having water to drink!

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I hope everyone had a happy New Year! It was hard for an old guy like me to stay up past my bedtime to celebrate, but I was told that the horses were getting pretty rambunctious around midnight! Of course they were excited about the turning of the New Year, but January 1st holds a special place in many of our big horsey hearts. Can you guess why? I’ll give you a hint…it has something to do with horse racing and many other breeds of horses that compete!