A Tour of Sugar Plum Farm

Earlier this month the volunteers at Old Friends at Cabin Creek in Greenfield, NY were offered a tour of Sugar Plum Farm, a thoroughbred breeding farm in Saratoga Springs. I never turn down an opportunity to meet and photograph horses, so I was delighted to attend. In this post I will share some of my favorites.

The beautiful barn.
One of the foals rests in its stall.
Sunshine Girl shows off her profile.
Volunteer Cathy has a funny moment with a foal.
Alto Belle in her stall.
A mare looks out her stall window
A foal peeks over the stall gate.
Rachel has some fun with a foal.
A foal rests in its stall.
Volunteer Heidi gives Buffalo Miss a treat.
Doc N Cozy and her foal.
Volunteer Connie pets a mare.
A mare grabs a bite to eat.
Another foal resting.
A foal nurses.
A mare looks out from her stall.
Barb gives a mare some affection.
A mare peeks out her stall window. The stalls have doors to the outside that open up when the weather’s nice to let the air in.
Giving some love to a mare.
Mares and foals peek out their stall windows to the outside.
Volunteer Mary feeds a mare.
Portrait of a mare and foal.
Look at that sweet face!
A mare grazes in one of the spacious paddocks.
A foal gets a treat through the fence.
Fabio the miniature horse, a mare, and two donkeys greet the Cabin Creek volunteers.
Fabio has quite the luscious mane!
A portrait of one of the mares.
Looking into the eye of one of the mares.
Here’s another eye photo. This is the eye of Sugar Plum Girl, the namesake of the farm. When I found out she was by Lemon Drop Kid I instantly fell in love, as one of our beloved boys at Cabin Creek, Cosmonaut, who we lost last fall, was also by Lemon Drop Kid.
Rosanne gives Sugar Plum Girl a pet.
One of the resident donkeys.
I made an illustration out of this group of mares. Which do you like better, the photo or the illustration?
A mare’s profile.

To see more of my Saratoga area photography be sure to follow me on Instagram and Facebook, and to see more of my equine illustrations, follow me on Instagram at @togadoodles. All photos and illustrations in this post © Samantha Decker and may not be reused without permission.

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