Recent content by Touchwood

Just as something you may want to keep in mind when considering whether to keep them apart......if a male horse attempts to cover a mare, it is perfectly possible for him to kill the mare by penetrating incorrectly (which sounds like what has happened before with thankfully less serious...

If you contact his owners (details on the Samba Hit III website), they will be able to tell you where they are storing the frozen.

I think Samba will only be available by frozen semen this current season. He is now with Gareth Hughes and will be concentrating on his competitive career.

I've used Groomsbridge May I twice on a Fleetwater Opposition mare. The temperament is good on both colts, and May I has ironed out the conformational idiosyncronies you get with Opposition breeding. The younger colt looks small at the moment, but I am informed that the full brother is...

If a colt truely does have stallion potential (and many of them don't), then why on earth should they be 'cheap'? For a colt to truely prove their worth as a sire, they should also be produced and prove themselves - not just sire foals simply because they have a pair of balls. This is NOT a...

Echo the others who have said geld him! You've admitted yourself there is no reason to keep him entire, and IMO keeping a horse entire for no good reason is really not fair - he will be far happier as a gelding. It is standard practice on our stud for stallions to have seperate bridles for...

Worming on the day of foaling - the reason you do this, is because for some reason (there are theories on it, but not proven), it prevents the foal from scouring during the foal heat. Foal heat scours are incredibly unpleasant for the foal, and I would recommend people do what they can to avoid...

Ah, well if that is the case the auctioneer wasn't very clear, as they sound like they sold!

Yes, I wrote that they sold well....maybe I missed something, but I thought they sold for far more than that (it sounded from the auctioneer that they had sold!), I even wrote in my catalogue that they were sold, I wrote everything down.

With adlib forage and shelter, I would have no concerns whatsoever about leaving unrugged.

We sold a foal for a client - the foals are still on the mares and return home until weaning. TBH - I think the timing is good, most foals are still looking decent, you wouldn't want to try and sell gawky weanlings. Although the prices still low for some of the breeding you are buying, I...

We have acres of good grazing....and I would also hope we are experienced! :) However, I still feel they benefit from being barned in the worst of the weather for their first winter. Incidentally, all of the TB studs we have been on over the years also barn the weanlings. The older...

Yes, I agree with the above, it is far better to take them off early in this situation. You MUST find a suitable companion for her to be paired up well in advance of weaning, but you should find she will almost immediately start improving once she has come off the mare. Don't stuff her with...

Good lord....what a ridiculous error to make. Really do feel like we are banging our head against a wall!

Very proud of Laura, who is our Stud Secretary (aka my right hand!). Well done all!