Draft Horses for sale

From: Dennis Goodall

Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 2:10 AM

We still have 1-3 year old and 1-5 year old. $3500.00 for the team (sell together). Both are quiet, harness, hitch and drive together real quiet. My wagon is for sale also, wagon, tongue and running gear. for $500.00. If someone is interested in the mares we can send them pics. The forecart is for sale for $500.00.

Thank you
Dennis

July meeting - Ya'll come!

Howdy Folks,

Its time again for a meeting for all members (and interested people) of the Ozarks Draft Horse/Animal Club.

The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 24, at 1 PM at Jim and Lora McCabe's house in Mammoth Springs. We will be sharing a potluck lucnch to start things off

Attached is a flyer about the meeting with directions to the McCabe's. If you cannot open the flyer or if you have any questions, please e-mail me or call me at (417)778-1677.


Hope to see you there!

Margie Paskert Lennington (Secretary/Treasurer)

Lazy Ox Farm

Rural Missouri - article about mule logging

http://www.ruralmissouri.org/08pages/08JanMuleLoggers.html

Draft Horses for sale

The stallion is Pete. He is 15 yrs old give or take a year. He's trained for riding and driving. We've sat on him but that's it. Mostly he stands around being the lazy fella he is. He's the one I took the pictures of from behind.

The gelding with the stripe on his face is Val. He was born 2/14/08. His sire was a Percheron. Henry is no longer with us. He passed on just before Val was born at the age of 26. We sure do miss him. He was a one of a kind old man. Val's mom was a big, lanky Tennessee walker mare. He's pretty long legged himself right now. Though I think he'll grow into it. He's right at 16 hands. Big boned and nicely built.

Josh was sired by the same stallion on a fox trotter mare. He's the shorter, heavier built, all black gelding. A VERY sweet boy. He's a month younger than Val, born March 12 of the same year. He's much more "drafty" and would make a nice lightweight puller. Because of his build he looks shorter than Val but he's really not. He also naturally fox trots.

Naomi is their younger sister. She turned two in May of this year. Naomi was not supposed to happen. Her mama was a grade mare we had that got herself into the pasture with Henry and the other two mares. Naomi turned 2 in May. Her color is plain but her build is wonderful, and she's as sweet as the day is long. She's faded to more of a dark by this summer.

Val's mom is sorrel with a blaze face, Josh's mom is black. Unfortunately I could not find my pictures of her. I've included one taken when Josh was a couple of months old. Naomi's mom is a beauty of a bay. Henry was grey.

I also included a picture of Pete from a side view. He's the big black. He is all Percheron.

My phone number is: 417-932-4129 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              417-932-4129      end_of_the_skype_highlighting and my email address is: jkdorf@gmail.com

If you need anymore info just let me know. I'm asking $300 ea for the 2 yr olds. Not sure what to ask for Pete. I know that being a stallion is not in his favor. Still, he is a well behaved fella and trained for work even if he hasn't done it in years. I'll ask $500 and if someone likes him they can bargain.

Judy

Looking for a few good officers

The Ozarks Draft Horse Association needs some help! A very few members have been carrying all the duties of the club. We need a new slate of officers.

Positions that will be open include:

President
Vice President
Public Relations / Event Planner

If you are interested, please contact Kirsten Kosinski.
417 778 6009

Thank you!!

Draft Horse Work Day

June 19th 2010

Draft Horse Work Day at Black Bell Acres


Please bring your team of draft animals. We have a wagon and two forecarts to hook up to. We can skid some logs.

It’s a potluck, so please bring a dish to pass around. Let’s have a fun day here at the farm.

Bring your friends. Anybody interested in draft horses,
mules, oxen, etc. is welcome.

Directions:

We are off P Hwy between Alton and Rover in Oregon County.
Look for County Rd 314 on the south side of P Hwy and turn (look for the Cover Memorial Wildlife Area signs). Go 1 mile until the street curves to the left, but instead of turning, keep going straight despite the private drive sign up the little hill. You will see a yellow house with a red pole barn to your right. There are German Shepherds in kennels right near the front gate.

We hope to see you there.

For more information, call Kirsten at 417-778-6009

Rainy Day for Horse Logger

April 24, the scheduled field demonstration day for Ira King, turned out to have unexpectedly bad weather. Many of the people who had expressed an interest in the event were unable to attend.

Eight guests did show up, plus Ira King, the local horse logger. A private forester attended and discussed the methods of determining the age of standing timber.

Ira uses a d-ring harness which keeps the weight off the horses neck. He also uses a logging cart he built himself. At this demonstration, Ira used Kirsten and Al's draft horses and his own harness.

The demonstrations took place between thundershowers. Roger Lee cut the selected trees, and Ira and the team skidded the logs.

We plan to have another demo in the fall because we had so much interest this time. Hopefully, the weather will be more cooperative!

Thank you to all who attended!

In other news, we have a new Secretary for the Ozarks Draft Horse Association. Margie Paskert has agreed to take on the position. Thank you, Margie!

Ira King's Suffolk mare had a colt named Hickory this spring. The sire is Suffolk/American Saddlebred stallion.