Magali farm, a visit with RICHARDS KID,COIL and others..

hey guys, made a roadie yesterday to Santa Ynez to a place called Magali farm. Magali stands 7 stallions and boards over 100 mares full time and expands to over 250 during breeding season. we were there over an hour and were given the full tour. the farm is VERY fan friendly and encourages visitors so if your in the area, give them a call or an email. we visited the training track, the breeding shed, foaling barn, yearling paddocks and of course the stallion barn. we had expected to just see two stallionsas that was who i asked about in my email. those two being COIL and RICHARDS KID. we got to see four as ATTICUS was in his paddock close by as we were riding around in the gold cart so we stopped and visited the former world record holder who looks really good at 22 years of age. after riding around and seeing everything, we finished at the stallion barn and saw,in order, RICHARDS KID,COIL and GOOD JOURNEY who was the other bonus stallion. RK is now 9 and about to start his stallion career. hes starting to fill out,the stallion manager said he was really thin when he arrived..TOO thin as he put it..hes not a big fan of his former trainer. RK has put on close to 200 lbs and they want him to gain another 100..thats how thin he was when they arrived.
COIL, is a 6 year old son of former horse of the year Point given who looks alot like his sire. coil has grown to 16.3 hands and is nicely muscled. his first foals are now on the ground..we saw 3 of them(pics attached) there all big,nice looking foals so the farm is excited about them
final stallion we saw was GOOD JOURNEY who i admit i dont know alot about other then hes the managers favorite and is 19 years old. enjoy..


ATTICUS


COIL, is a 6 year old son of former horse of the year Point given who looks alot like his sire. coil has grown to 16.3 hands and is nicely muscled. his first foals are now on the ground..we saw 3 of them(pics attached) there all big,nice looking foals so the farm is excited about them
final stallion we saw was GOOD JOURNEY who i admit i dont know alot about other then hes the managers favorite and is 19 years old. enjoy..


ATTICUS



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GOOD JOURNEY
COIL FOALS
looked up Good Journey for pedigree...two things jumped at me...he is a son of Nereyev...misspelled ....and about 2 back on mom's side is Damascus...
as for farms in Ramona, there is Golden Eagle, Ballena Vista and A&E..and probably others. golden eagle stands STORMIN FEVER. A&E stands GAME PLAN and SOUL OF THE MATTER and is also hom to TURKOMAN..although ive been told hes just about done and is barely hanging on at 32. BALLENA is the one you wanna hit, its home to Tribal Rule, idiot proof, dixie chatter, benchmark,eddington, Bertrando(pensioned) and a few more. been to all of em, all are great
ESPECIALLY- yah, you got it exactly right. i just emailed them and told them i was writing to inquire about a visit. that i was thinking i would like to come on monday or wednesday and if the visit was ok, i would come at whatever time was convenient for them.( in this case, it was 130pm as they had just started breeding that day) which worked out great since it was nearly a 3 hour ride. i told them up front i was visiting as a fan and they were totally good with it. the man that showed me around said they encourage visitors so i would be stunned if they didnt welcome you openly. the email was replied to by a woman named GAYLE...hope that helps..enjoy your visit if ya go
went and looked at what i said..just incase i mispoke..im not sure why your so upset over someone saying a horse was "too thin" and "didnt like the trainer"..thats all that was said. thats NOT the same as saying a horse was abused or mistreated..NO ONE said anything of the sort, nor did i imply it. as for an opinion of a trainer....theres not a trainer alive that SOMEONE doesnt dislike...thats why theres hundreds to choose from. this is zenyattas board and ive seen several people criticle of HER trainer ..John Shirreffs..so again, i am sorry for offending you, but i think you might be over reacting just a little bit.
final note- the response to the pics has been 100% positive, no ones said a bad thing about RK's appearance or my comments..probably no one even noticed.
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Nothing offensive with what u said kurt. U were just quoting what the handler said