New arrival

[bunyip]

Arrived Sunday afternoon, Mother and son are doing well, one happy daughter.
The mare has been with the vet for the past 4 weeks and she assisted when the time came as it was a red bag birth, she was on hand and fixed the problem immediately.
Foal is suckling and lapping up the attention, they will be home in a few days.

 

[ovrszd]

Congrats Grandpa!!!!!!

Thanks for posting the pics!!!!

 

[drssg]

Too cute! What do you do with them? Are you guys running a breeding business, or are you just adding to the herd?

 

[coobie]

Great pic..

 

[bunyip]

Too cute! What do you do with them? Are you guys running a breeding business, or are you just adding to the herd?

Dam has some very good bloodlines and Sire is a German TB well known in showjumping circles, daughter is trying to work through some stock to get a champion eventer with impeccable bloodlines.
She has just bought three extractions of semen from another another past champion for this mare when she is ready, I told her she could get some free at any nightclub, not amused.

 

[RNeumann]

Looks like the dad was the mailman or pool boy or milk man.

 

[bunyip]

He will change to grey later, they often start this way.
Bit like dalmations and their spots.

 

[Wagtail]

Gorgeous foal Mate. Congratulations to your Daughter.

:thumbsup:

 

[Thomas]

Congrats to mom :thumbsup: barn yard will be alive more so now.

 

[Alien]

Look so cute with their long legs!

 

[drssg]

Dam has some very good bloodlines and Sire is a German TB well known in showjumping circles, daughter is trying to work through some stock to get a champion eventer with impeccable bloodlines.
She has just bought three extractions of semen from another another past champion for this mare when she is ready, I told her she could get some free at any nightclub, not amused.

Your daughter sounds braver than I am. Those eventers are hearty souls! I prefer more mundane riding.

Not to scare you, but have you done the math to figure out how much it costs to breed and raise several prospects until they are old enough to confirm whether or not they are champion caliber? One could argue that it would be cheaper to buy a single four-year-old that is a known entity. Depending on the individual, I guess that would skip half the fun.

 

[bunyip]

We have 8 now and have been down this track before, it may pay off as a good eventer but we will retain the bloodline and can sell servicing,

 

[drssg]

I see - you have some sort of business plan.

We never had that. The horses are just pets, and they stay for life. Since they can live 30 years, each new horse is quite a commitment.

 

[bunyip]

Not really, just part of the grand plan without having too many horses to feed, trust me, they do go to good homes and are not free. Their favourite music is the ladle banging on the feed bucket and they all have individual feed plans.
Daughter represents the State in showjumping and just wants the best horse she can get and is working her way towards it which means a bit of a clean out every so often.
The business plan is not going broke in the process.