Jasmine turned two this April, and is still growing like a weed. She's taller than Star already, and not much smaller than Dose´. She still has some filling out to do, of course, but she's developing into quite a lovely lady. She has inherited her sire's awesome floating trot, but she also reminds me of Dose´ with her canter. She has that up and down collection that looks so effortless. So far this Spring, she is a shaded buckskin with dapples. The dapples are new this year.
Skip has decided that he wants to be gold this year. And without dapples. It never ceases to amaze me how much this horse can change from year to year, with no rhyme or reason. Skip is looking very good this year, now that we have his diet under control (he had bulked up last year, so we had to cut him off the grain), and I have been working with him with the clippers again. Sadly, I had been lax on that. No excuse other than lack of time. In any event, we've begun again and have made a lot of progress.
We have finally started working on Star's saddle training again this Spring, and she is coming along well. We are now to the point that we can lunge her on a line with a rider, and she is doing wonderfully!