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Sparks 2017 foaling thread

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Sparks Golden Girl is back! And as of today she is exactly 300 days pregnant. I am extremely excited for this foal and have some pretty high expectations.

The sire is Reygans Smart Lena who won 75,000+ in NRCHA, he is a younger sire with his first foal crop just turned 3. He is also a interesting sire because as to date he has a 96% filly average with only three colts being born to date. I do have his first colt who is in training with a cutting horse trainer and will start showing in the next few months.

Now some of you will know Sparks from her maiden foaling thread last year which resulted in an awesome filly. To those of you who might of forgotten or don't know she is by a son of Shining Spark out of a daughter of Nu Cash. She was started as a cutter but injury caused an early retirement.

For any color buffs out there, his cross has alot of possibilities. Sparks is AA Ee Cr/n, I don't know what Reys agouti is but he is obviously ee. So colors are Buckskin, Palamino, Sorrel or Bay. And there is a great shot of a lot of white on this little ******.

Personally I really believe that I'm going to get a Palamino filly with a blaze, 2 tall hind white socks and one front sock. Just a gut feeling, any other guesses out there? I would be super pleased if I did get a colt but would prefer a filly for this cross. Regardless of gender I have a registered name picked out that I want to keep quiet until she/he is here. Barn names will either be Newton for a colt, Jingo for a pally filly, or something else that might fit better once it's here.

Now for pictures!!!! Here is Rey and Sparks, reys colt I own Reygan, and sparks 2016 filly jubilee. And some belly and udder pics from today.
 

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How exciting! Can't wait to see the baby!
How many days did she go with Jubilee?
 
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A few belly changes have happened, she just keeps dropping lower right now. She has started to separate herself from the herd which she did last year 3 weeks before foaling so I'm wondering if she's following the same pattern? Would be awesome if she did
 

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Not a lot to report. All final vaccines where done today, farrier is scheduled for her pre baby trim and now we wait. She is getting SUPER crabby and doesn't want her yearling anywhere near her. I also have no doubt that she would steal my other mares baby if given the chance. She spends all day on his fence line sweet talking him into coming over and saying hi. It could only get the tiniest bit more accurate if she had a van with free candy written on the side... Here are some pictures from today because she's such a pretty girl.
 

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Time for more pictures! Sparks is getting really quite grumpy with life. She is also laying down a lot more and working on getting that baby in position. Her foal for that matter is as active as ever. This baby has been the most active foal I have ever witnessed durning a pregnancy. I worry that sparks will have her hooves full once it hits the ground.
 

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Sparks is really picking up the place quickly. Her bag has even up finally and already starting to build up between her hind legs and baby is already not sitting as wide. No V yet but there is salty clear milk today.
 

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And for reference here are pictures from last year. First 2 are 24 hours before foaling and the one with wax is 4 hours before. She did wax for alsmot a full 48 before foaling last year but I do think she was interrupted the first night.
 

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Sparks keeps on chugging along and is now at 317. Butt and tailhead is super relaxed and vulva is getting droopy. Very strong baby in there and a very crabby mama is the result. I am starting to see the baby shift back and she's starting to get a little more pointed as well.
 

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