Foundation Appaloosa Semen Available 2024 (LP/LP PATN1/PATN1) – ALL MARES

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

For 2024 ONLY, we will be offering our Stallion, DFR Patahas Redheart (Blu) frozen semen to ALL mares in the UK & Europe.

Blu is a 15.2h, smoky black (EE aa CRcr) Foundation Appaloosa, homozygous for the Leopard Complex gene (LP/LP) and the Pattern gene (PATN1/PATN1).

Certified negative for Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM1), Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia (HERDA), Glycogen Branching Enzyme Deficiency (GBED), Equine Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis Disease (HYPP), Malignant Hyperthermia (MH), Grey gene and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).

A very kind stallion who we have brought on very slowly, he’s successfully competed in the ring (in hand & under saddle) and was lightly introduced to show jumping earlier this year.

He has contributed his share of the genes to some awesome Appaloosa foals here in the UK & Europe.
His details are HERE.

Please email us for a contract and a copy of his Semen Assessment if you are interested – HERE.

ALL mares must be certified 5 panel negative, NO grey mares, NO LP/LP mares and NO inbreeding or linebreeding (see pedigree).

ALL mares will be included on his Stallion Report 2024 with ApHC UK, BApS & ApHC as standard.

Payment of £500 must be received (1 dose (6 straws)) before semen will be released from Stallion AI.

Limited to the first 20 doses being ordered.

A reminder of the quality Blu has produced:

 

The Redheart Stallions Receive Appaloosa Horse Club UK (ApHC UK) Accomplishments

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Our boys…

We have always believed in proving our stallions in hand and under saddle, this gives a great insight of what the professionals believe and having well-handled and well-mannered stallions make breeding so much easier for us.

This year they all received certificates from the Appaloosa Horse Club UK, acknowledge their accomplishments in 2021, thank you ApHC UK.

2023, DFR Patahas Redheart (Blu) will start his show jumping campaign.

DFR PATAHAS REDHEART

PAULA COOPER & DFR PATAHAS REDHEART

 

Hevans EV Catorrius (Reus) will continue the Western way!

PAULA COOPER & HEVANS EV CATORRIUS

HEVANS EV CATORRIUS

PAULA COOPER & HEVANS EV CATORRIUS

 

Eagles Fire Illusion (Fire) will finish his 3rd year showing in hand and hopefully pass his vetting to become a licensed stallion.

EAGLES FIRE ILLUSION

PAULA COOPER & EAGLES FIRE ILLUSION

 

The future is exciting with our next 10 year Breeding plan in place, we shall not take anything for granted but having a plan gives us something to aim for.

Having a plan in place helps us focus on the future and not get wrapped up in the sole destroying winter months!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Redheart Mares are carrying the 2023 Redheart Foals.

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Our four broodmares are in for the winter…

Talisman’s Redheart (Ghost) is confirmed in foal to Hevan’s EV Catorrius (Reus).

We store our stallion’s semen mainly as a backup, we are very realistic knowing anything can happen to horses within a blink of an eye.

It is an expensive way to breed and not always successful but using Hevans EV Catorrius frozen semen with Ghost will hopefully give us our Reus filly, one day!

Admitted to Three Counties Equine Hospital this year with her 2022 foal at foot she was as inseminated under the expert eye of Vicky Savage – BVSc MSc CertAVP DipECEIM MRCVS European Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine.

Ghosts first pregnancy scan was positive but showed a double ovulation had occurred, meaning she had twins, one embryo at 16mm and the other at 19mm. It’s not rare for a mare to double ovulated (we wouldn’t intentionally risk any mare to carry twins) but what is rare is she caught again 3 days after insemination. Frozen semen usually will only remain viable inside the mare for 6-12 (or perhaps even 18) hours.

 

Vicky “pinched” the smaller embryo and Ghost was re-scanned to ensure the embryo was still there, implanted into the uterus and developing, at 34 days another scan ensured a heartbeat was seen.

 

We are delighted Ghost has been confirmed with a healthy single pregnancy and carries the full sibling to Really.

 

We REALLY can’t wait to meet this foal!

 

 

 

 

 

Redheart Pascallius (Evee) crossed with DFR Patahas Redheart (Blu) can only produce black or smoky black foals, she is confirmed in foal for 2023.

We are very much looking forward to meeting the UK’s next GAP 6 foal.

Redheart Revelation 

Redheart Ricochet

Redheart Remembrance

Evee x Blu 2023 (Heartbeat Scan)

 

Peyres Catori Cat (Catori) is confirmed in foal to DFR Patahas Redheart for 2023.

 

Breeding Appaloosa’s is like choose a Random Revel, you just don’t know what you are going to get (although I can confidently say I can pick out the  chocolate buttons and Malteser’s but struggle with the orange cream, coffee cream, caramel and chocolate raisins).

This mare exceeds our expectations every delivery by what she produces, she is our least Foundation mare but her “get” will produce Foundation Appaloosa’s registered with FAHR if crossed to the right FAHR mare/stallion.

One of the most charismatic equines I have ever had the pleasure of owning.

 

Hevans EV Catorrius

Redheart Cateaster

Redheart Regal

Redheart Regent

Redheart Relentless

Redheart Raven

Redheart Raphiele

Catori x Blu 2023

 

Caricks Redheart (Myka) is confirmed in foal to DRF Patahas Redheart (Blu) for 2023.

The Appaloosa is a Breed not a colour and the non-Characteristic (lp/lp) horses like our Caricks Redheart is an absolute blessing for producing 100% characteristic Appaloosa foals (LP/lp) when mated with our homozygous (LP/LP) stallion Blu.

Here is Myka with her three foals by Blu, she can only produce spotted bay or buckskin foals.

We look forward to the safe arrival of her fourth full sibling in 2023.

 

 

Redheart Reflection 

Redheart River Run

Redheart Romance

2023 Myka x Blu

Everything crossed for the foal’s safe arrival – The Class of 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redheart Rain Dancer – First Year in The Ring

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Another yearling from the Class of 2021 promoting the Redheart name is Redheart Rain Dancer.
Bought by Michelle a successful 5* eventer which means we have an air of excitement watching this filly develop in such cable hands.
Rain’s first debut outing was at the British Appaloosa Society National Show, taking everything in her stride, a faultless performance, taking a 4th and 5th in Sports Horse and main register respectively.
Her second show, truly finding her feet clearing up in the Classes at the Appaloosa Horse Club UK National Show, taking her forward to receive Most Colourful Champion, UK Champion Mare, UK Reserve Champion Youngstock and UK Reserve Supreme Champion.
To finish off her yearling days, they participated in the British Breeding Futurity Evaluations at The National Training Centre, appointed the highest 9 points under the Vet and receiving an overall 7.85 Silver Award.

Redheart Rain Dancer – BApS National 22

 

Redheart Rain Dancer – ApHC UK National

 

 

Redheart Rain Dancer – British Breeding Futurity

 

What a fabulous start to their career, we are so proud of you both X

Redheart River Run’s First Year in The Ring

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What an awesome start to Redheart River Run’s first year in the ring as a yearling, four shows and four first placings.

Hat off to his owner Karen who has produced him, we are so proud of you both ❤

Hanbury Countryside Show

Spotfest, Three Counties Show Ground

British Appaloosa Society National Show

Appaloosa Horse Club National Show

Redheart Raven – Debut Show

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Today we went to support Redheart Raven (Peyres Catori Cat x DRF Patahas Redheart) debut outing competing in a young stock class at Hulks Farm.

His performance was flawless…huge congratulations to his owner Naomi (who is too young to compete) but to her mother Emma who has never shown before…

A well deserved 2nd place, we are very proud of you ALL, certainly a proud Breeder day.

We are expecting his full sibling VERY SOON!!!!

Remy & Really Restrained via DuraCorral

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When mares give birth, their natural instinct is to protect their foals, we would never turn a mare and foal out within a herd from day one and what makes our situation worse in March 2022 is the wet weather and muddy ground. We dare not risk any infection via an umbilical chord with the mud, therefore we have decided to invest in yet more DuraCorral panels to split the ménage into two…

This means not only does our ménage serve as a riding arena (when the daylight hours permit after normal human working hours) and it also refrains our horses eating/chewing the wooden rails but the best benefit at the present time during this awful weather is, it has allowed us to turn the two mares and foals out each evening, whilst we clear out their stables.

We are so close to that extra hour of daylight and irrespective of daylight the mares and foals are turned out daily , providing their bodies and minds with what we consider only of a positive nature.

Here are some images when Remy met Really, well to be honest the mares didn’t allow them to meet but nearly…