Every day is a school day here at the stud, not only for the foals but me too.. Reading a horse is a gift and I try to read the outcome of a situation before it happens! Teaching a foal to tie up takes time, we aim for stress free lessons with a positive result. […]
There are many reasons for storing your stallions semen but our main reason, to make sure if anything should happen to our Stallion DFR Patahas Redheart (God forbid), then his blood line will live on. We plan to take more than required to enable us to offer his frozen semen for sale within the UK […]
Our 2019 foals by DRF Patahas Redheart have all now reached the milestone of 4 months, their characters are shinning through and they are developing very nicely. Only by photographs do you appreciate and realise how far we have come in just 16 weeks! We continue quietly and slowly with their education, using ropes […]
The British Appaloosa Society National Show was the end to our 2019 showing campaign, an extremely enjoyable show that proved our horses progress. A huge thank you to all that helped run this show at Hartpury. Reus and I executed the given pattern in the Open Ridden Class to perfection, I listened well, starting with […]
It was November 2018 when our stallion DFR Patahas Redheart was in the company of his first-born, Redheart RU Chubarry, now successfully being shown under her new owner Wendy Fitzgerald. Today was a very special moment, they met at the Appaloosa Horse Club National Show, Wendy and myself could not resist a picture to caption […]
The Appaloosa Horse Club UK National Show is one show we greatly look forward to each year. A place where the Club members meet and share a common passion – The Appaloosa Horse, whether it be Purebred, Registered, Part bred or on the Characteristic Register, we support, help and encourage one another and share the […]
Herd life provide a foal with the basics…how they interact and behave is essential for their development. When they don’t want to play, NO means No! Enjoy…
Whilst the foals are still black and white, here’s some pictures before the change begins on Revelation!
When it comes to Appaloosas and you have a Stallion that can pass his cream gene on to his off spring, we do not take for granted what we see before us, we have to test. The cream when inherited does not show on black, it’s quite obvious on a new-born bay’s as it turns […]
15th July Redheart Relentless – 3 months old today! Homozygous black (EE aa) few spot (LP/LP) colt with one copy of the Pattern gene (PATN1/patn1). Peyres Catori Cat x DRF Patahas Redheart Eligible ApHC – 97% FPD, BApS GRADE A, and ApHC UK – A Register, not eligible with FAHR @ 72.0704% 21st July Redheart […]