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Who's planning on a 2014 foal?

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Who here is planning on breeding (or has already bred) for a 2014 foal? What are you hoping to get, etc...?

Pictures are, of course, optional... and much enjoyed!

I'm planning on breeding my TWH mare Gypsie (unreg.) to my neighbor's TWH stallion Leroy (reg. TWHBEA) (my dream stallion) later this month or next for a 2014 foal. I'm already crossing my fingers and hoping that the resulting foal is a chestnut filly, as my only color options are chestnut, bay, or smoky black. I'm planning on turning the foal into one of my riding horses, a trail horse, and possibly do a little trail-class or obstacle-challenge shows later on.

She's been bred once before (several years ago) to a different TWH stallion (also owned by my neighbor). This will be the final time she's ever bred, as she's nineteen and has to take weight supplements in the winter and is permanently on a joint supplement.

Pictures will come in a little while.
 
#366 ·
My girls have been getting less exercise than I would normally like for preggo mares,but not by choice.Like Glynnis mentioned,the winter weather here has made it difficult to do much.It's either try to work them in 2.5-3 ft of hard crusty snow or on a cleared area that's covered in ice.Then there's the wonky temperatures..So,I've been trying to make it that they give themselves some excersise,they're turned out on a few acres and I'll feed/water/bed well away from each other so they have to be out and about moving around.Or take them for short walks,although they work up a sweat fast trying to get through that crusty snow.
 
#367 ·
Yes, the crusty snow!!! It is terrible! Holds your weight for a split second, then you sink up to your waist! And there was so much ice when I went out a few weeks ago, I actually thought someone left a hose on and flooded the yard! I take some solace in the fact that Lilly is outdoors and gets a little exercise in. I'd love to do more, because I know how much benefit exercise adds, but the weather has really thrown things for a loop this year.
 
#368 · (Edited)
So today we are at the 9 month mark! Day 276 and dee is a grumpy hormonal cow bag how needs to learn some manners! Lol

Somy backs still quite bad and I'm concerned about it only being 8 or so weeks till she foals down:S.

I would love some comments about her condition, with all the all flooding lately they are in more the they are out and being9 months I am trying to ensure she's in fab condition. So I have LOADS of photos....apologises im advance.























And a selfie :D



I can't do anything down the yard or at all! But the doctor wants me to have a 30 minute walk a day so why not see the horse :D

Sorry for all the photos....only 8 weeks to go!

This is what she thinks about It all!

 
#370 ·
I was just planning on riding my girl until she pops. I'm bareback only now due to her being too uncomfortable in one but I ride her bareback walk/trot on the trails at the barn and I try to get her out for some trotting and stretching at least three or four times a week. I've seen mares do worse than that in the pasture the day before they foal. To themselves. So I doubt that wil be insanely uncomfortable on them.
 
#372 ·
So.... Today I did the nail test on dee :D. Having checked out her luna cycle of when she took it looks like a filly might be on the way, but she also took post ovulation so more inclined to be a colt (faster swimmers).

Anyway for a bit of fun...... We did the nail test!



5 different people had the nail going in a circle. We did it on an open mare also and the nail didn't move....so who knows!

Also managed to get some video of foalie



So exciting day all around :D

Also....the sun was out today :D





 
#373 ·
That is so cool you can see the foal movement like that! I can only see movement when it's really big because Lilly has so much dang fur! And love that you did the nail test! It'll be fun to see if it "worked." I think I'm going to do that on Lilly next time I see her, just for fun! I keep thinking she's going to have a colt, so we'll see if the nail agrees. I'm super jealous of your sunshine and green grass, but hopefully that means Dee can finally go outside? How is the mud fever now?
 
#375 ·
Since today was a holiday and I didn't have work, I ventured out to see Lilly. I didn't have time to get very good pictures, as I had to help my dad install a ceiling fan in the barn to help circulate the heat better and then was back into the city for boxing class. The poor girl is a miserable mess. The temperature has crept above zero again and she is shedding like crazy! To add to that, she was full of spunk and energy today and worked up a bit of a sweat just trotting around the pen. So she was a sweaty shedding mess. I brought her in the barn to groom her and that was a complete waste of time. I'm pretty sure there is fur in my ears. We are on day 293. Getting so close now!

We've shifted back to the right side.
Horse Mane Snow Stallion Winter


Note the loose hair on her rump.
Horse Mammal Vertebrate Mane Shetland pony


Nice lop-sided view. The right seems to have sunk.
Horse Vertebrate Mammal Mane Stallion


And then completely disappeared altogether!
Horse Mammal Vertebrate Mane Stallion
 
#376 ·
Everyone's mares are looking awesome! Josie is doing great! We actually hauled to an arena and rode around with two friend's horses yesterday. Had a BLAST! Josie loved it :) She got to push around barrels with her nose and we even helped a friend's green 4 year old lope around without trying to buck, LOL. It was a great day and she was absolutely perfect! She is also shedding like crazy and will have a bunch of patches of loose hair that I can rub over with my hand and come away with a handful! She is 294 days in foal!!! We have roughly another 6 weeks! The foal regularly moves around in there now. I catch it a lot since she moves around during turn out while I'm there. Have mom get exercise seems to make the foal stretch and move around as well :D.
 

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#379 ·
That mare will show 24/7 n a few weeks so dont worry. she is in foal and most likely the foal is healthy.
All those pictures of beg tummies made me go out and check the 5 fatties that I have. I did not feel for movement..... you women havent gotten to me that much...... yet
I will not yield to temptation. I will not yield to temptation. I willl nnooootttt yyyyiiieeellllddd! Shalom
 
#381 ·
Hi, looks like fun, can I join in? First off, everyone's horses are gorgeous! Too bad we can't see Donald's! (hint, hint)

This is my mare, Oakley, aka Spot Ya Dealing Dirty. She is bred to Gentlemen Send Roses. She will be 340 days on March 22nd. In this photo, she was 304 days along.

Her foal will either be a sorrel heterozygous tobiano or a bay/brown homozygous tobiano. We are hoping for a bay/brown filly. Either way, we plan to show the foal, but will be selling if it's a colt or sorrel filly.

(The brown one with the huge belly is the mare, if you couldn't tell. ha ha The sorrel horse posted below is "Gus" the stallion she's bred to.)
 

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#384 ·
Stallion doesn't carry OLWS according to their site, so it doesn't matter in this pairing if the mare is a carrier: http://www.harnishhorses.com/gentlemensendroses.html

He has lots of progeny doing well in the ring from what I read as I skimmed over the page.

I was more interested in if his augoti was tested for color possibilities with black based mares. The mare is heterozygous black (one red parent) and so the foal has a 50% chance of being black based. If the mare is heterozygous augoti and the stallion also had a non-augoti then there is also a chance of a black foal. Love color genetics :D
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#383 ·
OWLS? No need to test, there are no owls in the barn.

Just kidding, I know what you mean. :D

Yep, the mare is negative for GBED, HERDA, HYPP, LWO, and MH. I haven't had her tested for PSSM yet, as it is one I just learned about since she was bred, but she shows no signs. She will be tested, though.

The stallion is negative for HERDA, GBED, LWO, and EVA. He doesn't go back to Impressive, so we shouldn't have to worry about HYPP.
 
#392 ·
Your mares are looking great, WS. Patti looks so small compared to Boo!

Miley is looking very good as well. She's got such an expressive face in that second photo.

And welcome JetdecksComet! Brown is one of my favorite colors (can you guess why?), and I'm hoping for something similar in colour to your mare. :) She's looking great. What are your plans for the foal?
 
#393 ·
Patti looks so small compared to Boo!
Everybody looks small compared to Boo. That is just one big heifer of a mare. Patti is actually a 16 hander, she just looks small next to Boo. I look at both of them and question if they are actually in foal or not and then I remember with both of them, wanting to take them in and have them checked when they were 30 days out in years past. Both BALLOON in the last couple of weeks. They're just so big bodied they hide the foals until the last minute, it seems like.
 
#396 ·
Hello There Jetdeckscomet! Welcome!! You picked a gorgeous stud!! Your mare looks great too!! I am jealous that your mare could go any day. Mine still has such a long way to go. On the bright side I still have a couple months of light(bareback) trailriding before I have to give her a rest.

All the girls look good! Miss Flashy is 196 days today! :) 100 more days until I start her very own Foaling thread!
 
#397 ·
Hello There Jetdeckscomet! Welcome!! You picked a gorgeous stud!! Your mare looks great too!! I am jealous that your mare could go any day. Mine still has such a long way to go. On the bright side I still have a couple months of light(bareback) trailriding before I have to give her a rest.

All the girls look good! Miss Flashy is 196 days today! :) 100 more days until I start her very own Foaling thread!
Aw, well, if it make you feel better, I wish we had bred for a bit of a later foal because the weather here is iffy in March. (And, in the end, we will have both waited about the same anyway, huh?) :D
 
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