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The Akhal Teke was used within the Kinsky Breed hence the transmission of the satin gene. http://www.schkk.cz/en/articles/equus-kinsky/ Enfys would be fascinating to find out at what point the satin gene entered your lovely boys gene pool. I don't know a lot about tyour boys breed, are...

Yes he is and always encourage people to go meet him in person, Lish flew over from the Isle Of Mann to meet him and watch him in training. It's probably better coming from her. :)

Thanks amymay :) I think so too but his temperment is so gentle as everyone that has met him with confirm. However Kambaraby does have very correct forelimbs probably just don't have a good enough photo of him, but certainly isn't tied in, back or over at the knee. Perhaps a little toed out...

If she is a good stamp of an Irish Draught mare then yes, absolutely, Kambarbay would be a very good choice to produce a good all round sport horse and eventer. The difference between Kambarbay and the traditional choice of a TB is that he is built uphill and does not travel on the forehand...

I think all three are a reaction to stress. Horses react differently when moved, some stress more than others. The cribbing is most certainly a sign of distress especially if she didn't do it in her old home. Cribbing and sucking air can then cause ulcers which can then lead to weight loss. :/...

Yes there are instances when a horses name has been changed not sure what the rules are or the letter ruling is, Johnson is the letter V and his former name was Verdi. Desperado has been changed from Desperados and prior to that Dark Boy. Our friends sold a colt as a weanling at one of the...

On the provision that the owner of the stallion will provide their own covering certifcate to you or an AI certifcate if bred by AI, the foal can be registered with the SSH with all known breeding recorded in his/her passport. Definitely worth while asking the stallion owner for a covering...

How recently, do you know Rollin? As yes they operate the same process for the Akhal Teke in agreement with the mother stud book in Russia and it's very efficient. This case was certainnly prior to any agreement, the foals have KWPN passports sent from Holland, not issued by the HN, so might...

The foals were born in 2009 & 2010. The breeders are French and have survived having their stallion pass from reproducteur en SFA demoted to CS, passing their foal registrations to Zangersheide & KWPN only to have thier stallions' status reinstated two years later as reproducteur SF...

This problem does not exist soley with UK horses and UK PIO's, the example provided earlier was for foals born in France issued with KWPN passports and at the time of registration with the HN in order to obtain their S.I.R.E number they were registered as ONC. I can only presume this is on the...

Thanks for that, Rollin that was the missing link I needed to gain a better understanding. ReggieP I'm not sure that there is any confusion as to which PIO's are recognised by France and other EU member States including the DEFRA list of recognised stud books as have not come across any...

Rollin which section (number) does this statement appear in the regulation 504/2008) I wasn't aware that PIO's had to notify governing PIO's in other Member States that a passport had been issued? I was on the understanding that the UELN was universally recognised, that the EU legislation is...

sounds like she's in perfect health Rosiesmum and certainly wouldn't worry :) But as she hasn't been wormed since March then double dosing her with Strongid P will be the gentler option than Equest or Pramox and cover her for most worm species including tape and roundworm, so all you need to...

What doesn't show in the dung samples are: The levels of non reproducing juvenille round worm, encysted redworm and tape. Egg counts are a very good indication that there is a burden when the egg count is high, a negative or low count means very little and can mislead horse owners into...

The options are endless :) Thats a long time to go through the summer grazing season having received no treatment but if you have clean pastures, regaulary poo picked, or cross grazed with sheep/cattle etc and other horses grazing with her have been regularly wormed then I would suggest a...