This past winter I made two visits to Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, NY. In this post I will share some photos I took of the mares and foals and also of a couple of the stallions. Click here to view my previous post about the farm.
This Mind Control filly out of Cat Ferrad was full of spunk!
A Central Banker colt out of Added Unto You
A Fire at Will filly out of Greatest Reward
This little guy has a special connection to Old Friends at Cabin Creek where I volunteer. You see, his damsire is Cosmonaut, one of our beloved former residents. He is by Aloha West and out of the Cosmonaut mare Goodbye Brockley. He is his dam’s first foal.
Goodbye Brockley ’24 nurses.
Multiple Grade I winner Mind Control, who stood at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, NY last year, is at Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions for this season.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown is perhaps the best known New York stallion.
Broodmare manager Emily gives pets to Big Brown.
A pair of yearlings pose perfectly.
These next photos were actually taken the day after the spring solstice, but it still looked and felt very much like winter.
Yearlings graze on a chilly evening.
Broodmare Town Kitty
Town Kitty
Broodmares grazing, one of my favorite photos from the evening.
Ghostghostghost
Ducasa
A look at the top barn.
See N Win
Chic Street and See N Win
The beautiful tops of the barns at Irish Hill Century Farm.
See N Win on the move
Horses graze in the foreground, while deer graze in the background.
The sunsets are beautiful at Irish Hill Century Farm!
I love that pink sky.
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So beautiful!