6am to 6pm – Herd Checks
There is no doubt our herd of Appaloosas appreciate routine, they are always near the gate in the morning and in the evening. We don’t give treats, therefore they never look for them but we do give a lot of scratches.
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2019 Foals – The Boys & The Girls
The Boys play… Relentless & Reflection The Girls talk about it… Rookie & Revelation
Heterozygous & Homozygous Appaloosas
The Heterozygous Appaloosa foals – LP/lp for the Leopard Print gene The Homozygous Appaloosa foals – LP/LP for the Leopard Print gene It’s been 50/50 with the LP gene in 2019!
Hanbury Countryside Show 2019 – Reus The Small Hunter
Local shows are just the best, especially when you can pick up a ticket for winning the Small Hunter Class on your door step – well we are not complaining! We have a lot of work to do with Reus for the 2020 Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead.
Our 2019 Foals – Two Months Old
Two months have past since we met our 2019 foals, they are all doing very well and their individual characters are beginning to shine.
Don’t Forget About The Stallion…
We all know a foal inherits 50% of its genetic make up from the sire and the dam, we constantly post about the foals and occasionally about the mares, I suppose because the foals are funny, unique and very NEW! But, let us not forget our stallion DFR Patahas Redheart. We have come a long […]
A Day Showing At Royal Three Counties 2019
We adore agricultural shows, so much to see, so much to do and the prize money is very generous 🙂 Entries for these big shows close months before and as every horse owner knows, anything can happen, one day your horse looks amazing and the next day it looks like a completely different horse! We […]
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) UK Spring Show 2019 – A Father & Son’s Day Out
1st June 2019, will not forget this day in a hurry… Up at 4 am, bathed and plaited Reus and bathed and braided his son Reality who both had spent the night out. On the road to Farnham in Surrey, we missed the exit off the M4 and then we got back on track we […]
It’s Not All About The Foals…What About The Mares!
The mares have given birth, the mares are being great mothers and feeding their foals very well but make no mistake these foals are “calorie suckers”, it’s very important to feed the lactating mare. The mares and foals are out 24/7, they come into the stable every evening for a feed and this gives me […]
Photography At It’s Finest…
If you work with animals and children then you will know you have to go with the flow… They have their own minds and don’t necessarily understand what you want from them, so you have to wait and wait and wait! So we waited, all we wanted was one picture of all four foals together. […]