Jackie was due to foal around April 10 and we were watching for signs that she might deliver soon. On Monday morning, April 6, everything appeared normal, but not neccessarily ready for a baby. We had made arrangements to take our cabin guests out for a hayride and horseback ride at lunchtime. We left out on our ride around noon with a pregnant Jackie in the pasture. Upon returning after a few hours we were suprised to see a pretty little red foal standing beside Jackie.... in the middle of the day! It was certainly an exciting thing for our guests to see, too.
My husband and I talked about it and thought we might name the little filly "April".
When I saw our guests the next day, they asked what we had named the foal and I told them. One of the little 4 year old girls thought that was a sweet name for the baby horse. That little girl's name is Abby. After a while, I talked with my husband about it and we decided that maybe a better name for the filly would be "Abby", after our sweet little guest. The name seems to fit well. Abby is healthy and energetic and it is a joy to look out the window and watch them from time to time. If all goes well, Abby will one day become one of our saddle horses.
