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 […]
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.
The Boys play… Relentless & Reflection The Girls talk about it… Rookie & Revelation
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!
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.
Two months have past since we met our 2019 foals, they are all doing very well and their individual characters are beginning to shine.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]