We didn’t manage to get Regent to a show last year, he was sold but we bought him back when his new owner suddenly experienced a huge personal challenge. I did regret selling him in the first place but he was supposed to be a filly to be retained (because I ordered a filly 🙂 […]
Well since Ghost’s accident her wound has healed really well, no discharge, limited swelling, no infection and today she gets her stitches out! She hasn’t coped very well with box rest and although we’ve kept our pony in with her for company, all she’s wanted to do it be out with her friends! I don’t […]
When breeding Appaloosas, part of the registration is parentage DNA testing. It involves pulling mane or tail hairs (with roots) and sending to an Animal Genetics Lab, the certificate is then sent with the registration documents and the results clarified with the dam and sire’s DNA on the breed association database. For our own satisfaction, we […]
Well, what a month! Two weeks (from the 15th to 28th April) we’ve seen the delivery of four healthy foals! At 344 days Catori gave birth to an unusually marked few spot colt, six days later at 349 days PP gave birth to a buckskin few spot filly, which we will keep because the odds […]
Horses are horses and we can’t wrap them in cotton wool although we do try so hard to prevent injury’s! Accidents happen no matter what! Ghost our new filly has settled well, she’s been accepted within the herd and now plays with Regent and Reality but and it’s a big BUT on this occasion their […]
Princesse Pacale – 348 days gestation Our lovely mare known as PP, is huge, she always carries very low and she has had enough… Her udder is ready to burst with milk, her pelvic ligaments have certainly slackened off and her vulva is elongated and swollen. She certainly is ready but the foal is obviously […]
A pleasure to watch him…
Well, what can we say… Peyres Catori Cat and DFR Patahas Redheart have created a beautiful healthy colt born early hours of Monday 15th April 2019 and what a striking foal that proceeded to unfold before my eyes! Named RELENTLESS by my eldest daughter due to his relentless efforts trying to get up […]
We were presented with a Register of Merit (R.O.M) certificate for Reus and his son Reality at the Appaloosa Horse Club UK Annual General Meeting yesterday. Hevens EV Catorrius’s (Reus) achievement reflected his success in his first year under saddle for Western Pleasure. Redheart Reality out of Peyres Catori Cat by […]
Our four broodmares They are all showing the right signs for foaling, some more than others but one thing we religiously do is watch them closely. Our two broodmares Catori and PP (bottom left and right) are 342 and 341 days gestation. Our maiden mares Myka and Evee (top left and right) are 340 and 320 […]