Sprout Wings Angels

Sprout Wings Angels Follow along as Sprout Wings has hoof surgery, heals, gets back to work, and competes again Sprout Wings

A 17h thoroughbred born in Kentucky in March of 1999.

His breeding is impressive: a Pleasant Colony c**t produced from the winning Cure the Blues mare Patticake Blues, half-sister of Puerto Rican champion Colonial U.S (by Pleasant Colony), graded stakes winner Silver Fox (Pleasant Colony) and two other stakes winners

At the Keenland sale in the spring of 2001 - the Pleasant Colony c**t worked an eighth of a mile in 10-1/5 seconds - and was purchased

at the TOP price of the sale for $650,000. He raced under the name of Swadeshi just 5 times before he pulled up lame in an October 05 race and was retired, turned out with young fillies and c**ts, for 3 years. I saw Swadeshi online - stunningly beautiful, and knew he was the perfect project for me to rehab, retrain and rehome with a new vocation. I drove a trailer north to bring him home on Easter of 2008

The pictures and video online were taken sometime ago. Swadeshi was no longer stunningly beautiful. Bitten and kicked he was missing blotches of hair from all over his body. Skinny and bony with no muscle, no fat. With no work, basic rations and feisty yearlings - Swadeshi became thin, frail, and in need of a new home. Soaked in sweat he traveled south to San Diego - it would be a long road. We called him Flaco for the first 4 months. All he did was eat and eat and eat. I would saddle him, get on and he wouldn't stop moving. It took 6 months to convince him he could just stand still and relax. I never felt afraid or worried - you could feel his big heart through the tack, skin, and bones. One day, as we hopped around the arena, bouncing here and there; I told a friend that he likes to "sprout around". They laughed and we looked at each other, knowing he had found his name. Sprout

We worked for months, taught him to stand still, walk, trot, canter and jump. Boy does he like to jump - and with that, he found his show name. I took him to a county show -- now entering the arena - Sprout Wings!

Happy 15th Birthday Sproutman!!
03/05/2014

Happy 15th Birthday Sproutman!!

Sprout is back to work and looking great. Super schooling clinic over low jumps working on position, strides and turns.
07/14/2013

Sprout is back to work and looking great. Super schooling clinic over low jumps working on position, strides and turns.

Just hangin' out... growin' hoof
02/21/2013

Just hangin' out... growin' hoof

Challenge from Equine Matrix!Based on measurements from past resection along with same diet, supplements (including Doub...
01/04/2013

Challenge from Equine Matrix!
Based on measurements from past resection along with same diet, supplements (including Double Strength Ferrier's Formula) and care, the current calculation for 100% grow out is April 30th. Equine Matrix is THROWING DOWN a challenge. Substitute their Ferrier Matrix for the FF and "it'll be 100% long before that." Hell, you're on!
Picture Day 1 (will add measurements tomorrow)

Sprout had his first shoeing since the resection at the end of November. Must plug Ferrier's Formula Double Strength her...
12/30/2012

Sprout had his first shoeing since the resection at the end of November. Must plug Ferrier's Formula Double Strength here... I used after sprout's past resections and surgery and WOW does his hoofs GROW! Anyway, vet was on-hand to look at progress and do some pokin'... she increased the resection slightly. Estimated time back to work - end of April.

12/05/2012

Quick update: Sprout is usually too.... um... animated for me to get pictures while we are walking (must ask someone to take a picture of his high flying acrobatics some time) but he is doing very well, comfortable, and is trying to grow his hoof out as quickly as possible. Grow Foot Grow

a pox on all things bacterial and fungus-amoungus
11/20/2012

a pox on all things bacterial and fungus-amoungus

11/19/2012

Bad News: ah, yes, taking the good with the bad...
Sprout's foot, the same one, has another infection :-( (dumb foot). ♪♫ second verse same as the first ♪♫
Nothing like two years ago when he needed surgery, but we will have to do a resection on his hoof about 1/2 way up, clean it out and then start chanting "grow hoof grow". I am guessing about 3 months until its grown out and we are riding again. Just before his birthday. Will be chronicling this go-round as well. Grr

11/19/2012

Good News: Sprout did wonderfully well at the Championship Show to finish the season. A slight shaky start turned into super rounds in our divisions. We finished overall 6th in the Low Adult Am and 10th in AA Jumpers and a speedy trip gave us 4th in the Take Your Own Line class. Videos and pics to be posted as I get them. WTG Sproutman!

10/20/2012

End of the year Championship Horse Show starts on Oct 29th. Sprout's very excited (and me too)

Sprout's first Championship Ribbon. Pretty good comeback for Swadeshi
10/19/2012

Sprout's first Championship Ribbon. Pretty good comeback for Swadeshi

10/01/2012

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