Look what we got! A new draft baby :o)

[NZ Loopy Lu]

This wee tot was born at 11.30 pm on Saturday night.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/Kennybrook%20Maude/DSCF5947-1.jpg
Welcome to the world!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/TF%20Mackenzie/DSCF6115.jpg
Wheee!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/Kennybrook%20Maude/DSCF6039.jpg
Did someone say eyelashes?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/TF%20Mackenzie/DSCF6108.jpg
Mum and babe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/TF%20Mackenzie/DSCF6104.jpg
36 hours old and ready for anything :winkgrin:

Her name is MacKenzie (Kenzie) and she is full sister to Megan. We're in love :D

[SuffolkRider]

Love the picture of her running with Mom. She is lovely -- So is Mom!

[pricestory]

wee to you. She looks bigger than my adult mini donkeys.
Very, very cute. Neat how much she looks like mom.

[Drive NJ]

What a pretty little gal, though she sure does look sturdy.

Congratulations

[Guin]

Beautiful! I've hardly ever seen a black draft horse before. What breed are they? They look like medieval horses!

[monicabee]

These look like Shires who are black or bay in general (the OP will correct me if I am wrong). Other draft breeds that come in this color: Percherons are often black and Friesians are required to be.

All breeds that are popular with the war games set for exactly the reason you mentioned.

[NZ Loopy Lu]

Thanks guys :)

Guin, they are Clydesdale horses, from Scotland. Black is quite an uncommon colour in Clydesdales and we are incredibly fortunate to have a beautiful black mare and black/roan stallion whom we adore. They have now produced two beautiful purebred fillies for us.

This is dad, for anyone interested :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/Kintyre%20Lodge%20Robbie/whitesox.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/Kintyre%20Lodge%20Robbie/DSCF2096.jpg

And this is Kenzie's full sister, Meg (last summer, aged about 4 months).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/TF%20Megan%20-%20Black%20filly%20by%20Kintyre%20Lodge%20Robbie/Megrun1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Loopylou2/TF%20Megan%20-%20Black%20filly%20by%20Kintyre%20Lodge%20Robbie/DSCF0381.jpg

[RiddleMeThis]

Woooww talk about sabino lol Beautiful baby, mom and dad are amazing as well. When I was a little girl I always wanted a Clyde to ride.

[RiddleMeThis]

I may steael the sister though. She is gorgous

[PalominoMorgan]

LOVE your stallion. They're all just lovely. Congrats. No wonder you're in love. :D I'm in love too and glad to be on the other side of the pond. :)

[Renae]

I went to the hitch shows here (well in MN in the 80's) with my Great-Grandpa when I was a kid and do remember a hitch that used black Clydes. Cute baby pics!

[Thomas_1]

That's a cute chunky lump! Congratulations ;)

They're pretty common round here and have been used extensively in the past as part of an improvement breeding programme for the English Hunter

My father farmed with them:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/flodden_edge/Driving/carthorses.jpg


Our breed standard states: The colours most common are bay with white markings, but blacks, greys , roans and chestnuts are occasionally seen. The white markings are characteristic and it is the exception to see a bay or brown Clydesdale without a white face and considerable white on the feet and legs.