#cleveland bay

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Help support Gosling! I see lots of horse memes tumbling around, and if some of equestrian tumblr and equestrian peanut gallery tumblr (affectionate) can give her a hand, or at least pass it into other horse spheres of the internet, I'd appreciate it.

There are no graphic images are in this gofundme, just tubing and fluid swelling. ->

Gosling was born June 19th, 2023, a month earlier than she should've been. She was lively but unable to stand, with no suckling reflex. She had a small seroma on her chest, an umbilical hernia, and her legs were contracted. Though two vets came and a feeding tube was placed in her nose to give her colostrum, within hours she was dehydrated and weak. She was rushed to the Marian Dupont-Scott Equine Hospital in Leesburg, Virginia. Being premature, her digestive system couldn’t handle the colostrum and she developed pneumonia. She was kept for a week on IV antibiotics, tube fed, helped to stand, and taught how to nurse. When she came home, she could (with help) stand for a few hours a day and gradually grew more lively, but continued to have high fevers and required antibiotics three times a day. The seroma on her chest continued to grow, until there was concern it might split her skin. A homemade compression vest was made, antibiotics were switched multiple times, and blood was repeatedly drawn, but the seroma never shrank and no clear cause was discovered. At six weeks old, Gosling and her mother returned to the hospital to determine what to do about the seroma, since the usual treatments of compression and time were not effective. The doctors decided that in this case, the best course of action was to put off the umbilical hernia surgery, and lance and drain the seroma. On August 9th, 2.25 litres of fluid was drained from Gosling’s chest. The first week of care for Gosling’s life at the hospital cost 15,000 dollars. Veterinary care at home has cost almost 5,000 dollars since. We have not yet been given the bill for Gosling’s second stay at the hospital (where she remains as of this writing.) The financial burden is tremendous. Please help us care for Gosling through this difficult start. Information: Gosling is a purebred Cleveland bay filly. Cleveland Bays are a critically endangered breed of horse with approximately 1,000 purebreds in the world. Only about 15 foals are born each year, not enough to maintain current numbers. Because of this, fillies are incredibly precious to the future of the breed.

[brokenonyxestate]

NEW BOARDER

We just got a new boarder. The Bruun family, consisting of Asta Bruun her wife Sarah and their daughter Ellie, with horses PRF Patches and Old Man.

Today young Ellie got to ride a little on Patches, both by herself with mom Asta's help and with Asta. Looks like they had fun! Asta also trained him a little, while her wife Sarah held Ellie to watch her riding.

FEATURING: PRF Patches, Asta Bruun, Sarah Bruun & Ellie Bruun.

[echointernationaljumpers]

WINTERTIME AND NEW SMELLS

The other day the new owner of Bad Romance's (hanoverian mare) horse transporter had arrived and collected the mare, so she could go to her new home at Laura Graff.

Soon the new owner of Mist aka. Misty (the rescue mustang) will be collecting her. She is ready to go as soon as the money from the new owner Kyla Hunt ticks in. We know she will get a good home with Kyla that much is sure!

These days we haven't been that active as the only horse in training has been lame, but he is getting back to good health again now, and we will hopefully soon be able to start the training with him. Or so we hope.

It has been snowing all day here in this part of Denmark, and I had to put a blanket on Old Man, so he would actually exit the indoor area and go outside.

After the blanket he is chilling beside Patches, apparently enjoying the heat and comfort the blanket gives him. He has also become a good friend of Patches, and let the calm gelding quite close to him. Much closer than any other horse would be allowed to get. And much closer than both Sarah and I can get to him too.

The lanky warmblood boys (Patches doesn't count, he loves the cold, and suffers in the heat if not trimmed) wanted to go inside around midday, even if they got their blankets on. I might have to give them some warmer blankets soon, because they are apparently freezing more than even Old Man xD

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Baseball time...⚾️🍟

Tiempo de béisbol...⚾🍟

#MLB #ArizonaDiamondbacks #AtlantaBraves #BaltimoreOrioles #BostonRedSox #ChicagoCubs #ChicagoWhiteSox #CincinnatiReds #ClevelandGuardians #ColoradoRockies #DetroitTigers #HoustonAstros #KansasCityRoyals

#LosAngelesAngels #LosAngelesDodgers #MiamiMarlins #MilwaukeeBrewers #MinnesotaTwins #NewYorkMets #NewYorkYankees #OaklandAthletics

#PhiladelphiaPhillies #PittsburghPirates #SanDiegoPadres #SanFranciscoGiants #SeattleMariners #StLouisCardinals #TampaBayRays #TexasRangers TorontoBlueJays #WashingtonNationals

[petersong2]

Baseball time...⚾️🍟

Tiempo de béisbol...

#MLB #MilwaukeeBrewers #ChicagoCubs #BaltimoreOrioles #CincinnatiReds #ColoradoRockies #PittsburghPirates #SanFranciscoGiants #PhiladelphiaPhillies #WashingtonNationals #LosAngelesDodgers #NewYorkMets #TampaBayRays #DetroitTigers #NewYorkYankees #LosAngelesAngels #ClevelandGuardians #TexasRangers #KansasCityRoyals #SeattleMariners #HoustonAstros #BostonRedSox #MinnesotaTwins #ChicagoWhiteSox #StLouisCardinals #SanDiegoPadres #ArizonaDiamondbacks #MiamiMarlins #OaklandAthletics #AtlantaBraves #TorontoBlueJays

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MLB 4th of July hat logos (2024)

[blackros78]

1965 NFL Championship Game - Green Bay Packers vs. Cleveland Browns. January 2, 1966.

[warhead]

[pyersiki]

Hersch with his horse Briony :-]

[the-football-chick]

[okay-jays]

Manfred wants to add two new teams to the MLB, bringing the team total to 32 (one AL, one NL respectively). Where would you like to see a team added? Or where would you not like to see one added?

I, for one, would love to see MLB return to Montréal!

[twennyinchblades]

Esther Reyes

[brokenonyxestate]

DON'T YOU THINK...

"Don't you think we should invest in an indoor arena at some point?" My clever daughter Calypso pointed out.

"Sure, but it will take more than the winter season to build it, and it will be hard to build, when the earth is frozen," I said with a shrug, and kept on brushing Saffy (BOE Saffron). She seemed to enjoy the warm barn and not having to wear the blanket.

"Then why don't we rent or loan one of the indoor arenas nearby?" Calypso questioned, seeming so sure that that was the perfect plan.

"You can't just rent something. You gotta talk to the people first, make plans and all that," I replied, my back towards her.

"Oh," she kinda sulked and seemed to get that it wasn't that easy.

"Yes 'oh'. Maybe our neighbors don't want us in their arenas. Maybe they are using them themselves, or maybe they have already rented them out," I explained to her, as I turned around to look at her, "So you are going to ride outside today."

Calypso brought the mare outside. She would be the one riding Saffy from now on, as the mare was slightly more experienced than Smarties (BOE Smarties). I would be writing the stallion, but today he had a break day.

"Give her reins, Calypso. You are warming up! This is not a frisky show jumper, this is a calm mare who does her best!" I told her as she rode Saffy around the outdoor arena. The snow was not that deep yet, still it was annoying. I would like an indoor arena too, I thought as I blew into my cold hands and wished I had put on gloves.

"I am giving her reins!" she replied stubbornly, and gave the mare slightly more rein.

"You are to support her decision to trot correctly, not hold the whole weight of her head. She had to hold that herself!" I corrected her.

Calypso just nodded, probably annoyed with me. But then again, who would like having your own mother as instructor? If I wanted her to get better, I would have to find an intructor somewhere, and employ them at my stable. That would do all my children, including my wife, some good.

"And now: Canter!" I yelled to my daughter. It was hard to hear anything because of the snow and how thickly it fell around us.

Instead of answering Calypso just put her helpers to the mare's sides and told her with them that she should jump into canter. Saffy did so very well.

"Good job!" I tried to praise every little thing she did correctly, so she wouldn't give up, because I was too stern.

When the lesson ended I asked Calypso to cool the mare down by taking a ride around the pastures. At the first pasture we met Smarties, who was very interested in Saffy it seemed. Stallions are just like that around mares sometimes.

"Look at Smarties!" Calypso laughed, as the stallion seemed to follow us from the other side of the fence.

"Silly boy," I laughed back, and patted Saffy's neck, before looking at the snow in front of me.

"We really should get an indoor arena. I'm freezing!" Calypso protested and let go of the reins for a few seconds to rub her palms against each other.

"And you really should learn to put on glows, when it's this cold," I replied, winking at her. That just made her stick out her tongue.

"So should you," she caught a snowflake with her tongue, and grabbed onto the reins again to lead the mare back to the stables.

[echointernationaljumpers]

Just a little show jumping with Patches

These days the weather is horrible. It's light outside still, but the rain came down stronger and stronger as I trained my boy Patches in some jumping. He is clearly a good jumper, and we soon need to make the jumps higher. My goal is entering a show jumping competition with him before the end for the year. It's going to be so much fun.

Patches is a special boy, and the horse that made me want to create this rescue farm. He is a Cleveland Bay gelding at the age of 15 years old. He is a lovely boy, so sweet and gentle, though he only trusts me and my family. I'm the only one who can ride him, as he will throw off everyone else.

The rain became heavier as we cantered around the arena. He was so good today. All calm and collected, which is impressive for him, as he can be a little skittish. Also he does not like the rain.

He really tries his best though, but it was clear at the end of the training that he was done with the rain.

So I took him inside for a rubdown. He enjoyed that very much. Even if people say he looks like a buckskin, his genetest says he is bay. Light bay. Very light. He is just the best horse I could wish for, and I would exchange him for anyone.

Finally I said goodbye to him for now, and went on with my day of training the other horses. After all he is not the only horse in the barn, even if he is the only one who has my heart completely

[bigbuxbolds]

2024 MLB Season Charts (All Star Break)

Ever want a nice visualization of every team's current position in the standings? Ever wonder about how many notable streaks every team has so far this season? Ever think to yourself, "just how bad could the 2024 White Sox really be?"

Then these charts are for you!

In my spare time (man have I had so much spare time), I've been working on compiling every MLB team's wins and losses into individual charts, because sometimes just numbers isn't enough to really grasp how a season is going. And, as special treat inspired by the Twins' 12 game winning streak, I also highlighted every notable streak. A notable streak here is defined as a streak of 4 or more games, winning or losing. Streaks of 3 games or less will not be highlighted. Each team's longest streak will also be noted.

(Note that I'm only one guy, so there may be some mistakes. If the mistakes are large enough, I'll try to fix them.)

These charts will only be including the start of the regular season up to the All Star Break. I hope to keep them all updated as the season goes on and chart the entire season for every team, but we'll see how life goes.

For now, here are the current charts. Since there are 30 MLB teams, I've split the charts into several posts based on each division and went into detail about some trends I noticed with each team season so far.

AL Central

AL East

AL West

NL East

NL Central

NL West

And for those who want an MLB-wide summary, look no further than below the cut!

First, current best and worst teams:

This probably doesn't come as much of a surprise. The Phillies currently have the best record, being 28 games above .500. Meanwhile, the White Sox have the worst record and are 44 games below .500. Ouch.

Team with the most notable streaks:

The White Sox win this category with a whole 11 notable streaks, including the one they're on now. However, with only one of those a winning streak, they prove that the title of most streaks doesn't necessarily mean best record.

Runner-ups include the Yankees (9), Marlins (8), and the Rockies (8).

Team with the least notable streaks:

The Reds only have 3 notable streaks with just one being a losing streak. Though with that streak being an 8 game losing streak, it certainly can't be ignored.

Runner-ups: Guardians (4), Rays (4), Blue Jays (4), Cardinals (4), and Pirates (4).

Team with the most notable winning streaks:

The Yankees get this title, as 7 of their 9 notable streaks are winning ones. In fact, before the end of June, all they had were notable winning streaks. It's only in the past few weeks that they got their first notable losing streaks.

Runner-ups: Royals (5), Orioles (5), Red Sox (5), Mariners (5), Phillies (5), Braves (5), Brewers (5), Dodgers (5).

Team with most notable losing streaks:

The White Sox have a whopping 10 notable losing streaks. Of course, you've seen this chart already, so not much else to add here.

Runner-ups: Marlins (7) and Rockies (7).

Team with longest winning streak:

Now for the streak that helped inspire this whole thing. The Twins of course have the longest winning streak so far this season with 12 straight wins. Good times, good times.

Runner-ups: Guardians (9), Royals (8), and Yankees (8).

Team with longest losing streak:

Yup, you knew it, so here we are again. The White Sox had a whole 14 game losing streak this season, and it sticks out like a giant red sore thumb on their chart.

Runner-ups: Athletics (9), Marlins (9), and Reds (8).

Teams with no notable losing streaks:

We actually have three teams who currently do not have a notable losing streak. Extra points go to the Phillies and Brewers who have five notable winning streaks to the Guardians' four.

A team's chart I just had to point out:

The Mariners get an extra special shout out for having 7 notable streaks and all of them being just four games long, the minimum to be counted as a notable streak. Funny stuff.

And some last stats:

Every team has at least one notable winning streak, even the White Sox! Yay for all of us!

The average amount of notable streaks per team is 6.13 streaks.

The average amount of notable winning streaks per team is 3.2 streaks.

The average length of the longest streak per team is 6.9 games.

Join me at the end of the season when I (maybe) do the full 2024 season!

[cosmic-carpals]

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