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Hi, I'm trying to find the contact details for dressage rider Julie Rowbotham. If anyone knows where I can find her could you please PM me? thanks

I never rug my youngsters. All of the foals, yearlings and 2 yr olds are out, without rugs, all winter and have access to shelter and adlib hay + stud feed morning and evening. The foals come into a big barn over night, every night, once the weather really turns but go back out during the day...

I share Zoes concerns about the risks of loaning out a mare and you really need to do your homework about the people she goes to and make sure that the contract covers everything (including your right to remove the mare if you feel that the care she is receiving is inadequate). From the other...

You're going to hate me Eventrider but I'm in France so it was easy. Haras de Gravelotte represents him here (they've got Chepetto C too + a few others from Yaguada) They shipped frozen over to the stud. Quality was excellent, first time in foal, very excited. I looked at Chepetto but I have to...

Hi Tikino, I really don't think you have anything to worry about. She looks perfectly normal to me. What makes you think she is too big? (I don't know how big your mare is or the stallion but that's no guarantee of anything in my experience). I would carry on as you are and when she starts to...

Only two for me; Narcos II x Galoubet A x Furioso II mare in foal to Diamant de Semilly (Le Tot de Semilly x Elf III x Amarpour) due June 12th Corrado I x Sacramento Song x Heidefreud I mare in foal to Carisco C (Caretino x Carthago x Marlon) due May 23rd

Looking good and am loving your enthusiasm Vikijay (pm'd you btw)

Agree with you CBFan. If the farrier is out in the morning then ask him to have a look without necessarily doing anything to put your mind at rest that a week or so won't cause long term issues. Then get to work handling, in the box. Foals are pretty inquisitive so if you sit in a corner and...

I would agree with marvie and put him with the yearling colt. Are they both castrated? My colts are together and it gets quite boistrous but nothing nasty. At two the colts that are still entire gets a little bit more "handy" with each other as they vie for supremecy so I don't think this...

Don't panic Vickijay There are some great articles that give you all the positives and negatives but it doesn't mean its going to happen to your mare OK, your vet can't scan tomorrow BUT you're mare sounds like she is very obvious when she is in season SO for the next 3 days tease her morning...

Hi Vikijay, Its not easy to guess. I would insist that your vet scans her tomorrow morning, establish where she is re any dominant follicles and take it from there. Are you teasing her every day and do you know her signs and how they progress? (if you haven't got a stallion on site, I've found...

Hi mother_hen Normally my vet would scan prior to giving the PG to establish where any follicles are re their size. If any follicles present are less than 30 cm at the point you inject then your mare should be ready to inseminate in 6 to 12 days. Just keep teasing and as soon as she shows...

Hi Vikijay The corpus luteum is sometimes called the yellow body and its the "leftovers" from the follicle that just ovulated. (sorry but avoiding getting too technical!) It produces progesterone which maintains pregnancies. It takes at least 5 days for the CL to appear so that's probably why...

I don't think there is a proven theory still - mare having her foal heat, milk changing due to mare having her foal heat, worms... Some of my foals have suffered and others haven't and they are all treated the same so? I always worm at 7 days old and then every 4 to 6 weeks after that with a...

Ditto Eventrider If you've loaned her for breeding why wouldn't you own the foal? HOWEVER If you've loaned her as a general "loaning a mare who happens to have had foals" loan then that's completely different. Regardless of her history, you need to get agreement to breed her if this is not...