Are we due the 5th foal to be born On The 21st April?

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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 not!

Tomorrow is the 21st April, we have seen four foals previously born on this day and by no means were any of them due!

Peyres Catori Cat delivered Easter at 342 days and Regent at 348 days, Princesse Pascale delivered Ben at 346 days and Evee at 336 days.

Will we see our second DFR Patahas foal tomorrow? 

 

 

Our First Appaloosa Foal 2019 – WOW

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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 before he was actually full-out of the mare (quite scary as we quickly removed his hind legs from Catori for fear of him damaging her inside).

        

We are unsure if he’s inherited the cream gene from his, he could be a black or smokey black few spot, we also can not tell if he has one or two copies of the pattern gene so we will definitely test him but we will wait until all our foals are born as these features are not obvious to the eye.

Appaloosa Horse Club Register of Merit (R.O.M) 2018

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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 Hevans EV Catorrius

Reality’s achievement reflected his success in his first year in hand for Halter.

We are very proud…

Appaloosa Mares Nightlife…

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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 days gestation.

They’re all in a similar routine and enjoy a lie down for a few hours before midnight!

Redheart Broodmares – Mothers Day…

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No reason why we shouldn’t celebrate our wonderful broodmares past foals this Mothers Day!

 Princesse Pascale, 328 days gestation today.

Princesse Pascale (middle), her two-year-old gelding Redheart Reality (right) and her six-year-old daughter Redheart Pascalius (left).

 

Peyres Catori Cat, 329 days gestation today.

Peyres Catori Cat (middle), her two-year-old gelding Redheart Regent (right) and her seven-year-old gelding Redheart Catorrius (left).

Princesse Pascale and Redheart Pascalius.

AI took place and ovulation occurred 1st May 2012.

Redheart Pascalius was born 21st April 2013 at 336 days gestation.

Princesse Pascale and Redheart Royal.

AI took place and ovulation occurred 11th May 2014.

  

Redheart Royal was born 21st April 2015 at 346-days gestation.

Princesse Pascale and Redheart Reality.

AI took place and ovulation occurred 9th May 2016.

 

Redheart Reality was born 28th April at 355 days gestation.

 

 

Peyres Catori Cat and Redheart Catorrius.

AI took place and ovulation occurred 21st July 2011.

Redheart Catorrius was born 13th June 2012 at 329 days gestation.

Peyres Catori Cat and Redheart Cateaster.

AI took place and ovulation occurred 15th May 2013.

  

Redheart Cateaster was born 21st April 2015 at 342 days gestation.

Peyres Catori Cat and Redheart Regal.

AI took place and ovulation occurred 11th June 2014.

Redheart Regal was born 13th May at 337 days gestation.

Peyres Catori Cat and Redheart Regent.

AI took place and ovulation occurred 9th May 2016.

Redheart Regent was born 21st April at 348 days gestation.

 

 

Well, I’m enjoying my Bailey’s (Strawberry & Cream limited edition), my chocolates and admiring the beautiful flowers whilst my mares are heavily in foal and bagging up…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Newest Addition – Talismans Redheart

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After Talismans Redheart aka Ghost safely arrived in the UK, after two weeks in isolation, after meeting and greeting the herd and being excepted to some degree, our new filly is content within the herd even though she is consistent in her efforts for a higher place in the pecking order!

Such a sweet curious and affectionate filly, she will be three years old this July.

ApHC – 100% FPD & GAP 5, ApHC UK – A Register, FAHR at 95.0195%, BApS – Pending.

Black (Ee/aa) roan mare, homozygous for Leopard Complex gene (LP/LP) and negative for the PATTERN1 (patn1/patn1) gene.  5-panel and grey gene negative.

Here is a little video of her today Talismans Redheart 17.03.19

The Redheart Boys – PLAY

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Redheart Regent and Redheart Reality dam’s were both inseminated and the same day, the boys were born seven days apart April 2017.

They started playing as soon as they were introduced.

As they became colts, they played as colts do.

After castration, their coltish behaviour slowly disappeared.

They are fine apart but they really do enjoy each others company…

They will be two-years-old next month, here’s a short video of them PLAYING March 2019

Foaling and the Placenta – A calcified yolk sack remnant!

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Eight foals have safely been born at the stud, we feel very fortunate everything has relatively gone to plan. We have endured premature foaling from Peyres Catori Cat with Reus, the deep red coloured placenta below, we inspect all our placenta’s and make sure they are all intact…here are just a few random pictures.

 

Princesse Pascale endured a challenge whilst foaling Ben, the difficulty was the positioning of Ben’s forelegs but we managed to correct this and then break his fall just as the Vet arrived!

One thing we always meet is the patience game with our maiden mares, it always takes a while for them to allow the foals to nurse but patience is something we have lots of…

Foaling is very rewarding when it all goes to plan and we have been very lucky to date but we are aware things don’t always go to plan. We are a young stud, we are still learning, therefore enrolling on a course called “Foaling The Mare” will surely only be a benefit, supported by the National Foaling Bank held at Twemlows Stud Farm. 

Knowing what can go wrong is a daunting thought, when to intervene, how long before you intervene, is it in the mares best interest to wait for the vet or load the mare and drive to the vets…So many questions and time is always against you, 10 minutes can mean saving a mare and/or a foal and possibly ensuring the mare is fit for future breeding.

I cannot go into the course details but I strongly recommend anyone foaling book a place.

However, I would like to share a short video taken during the practical session where we discussed the placenta, as you can see below, this recent foaling produced a very large remnant of the yolk sac. We were all curious about its contents, a good strong steady hand with a hacksaw was definitely required!

  

  

Have a look at this video – Calcified yolk sack remnant

A very enjoyable and educational day, we also had a peak where they store Reus’s semen.