2016 Foals Due

We have a name.

Percy!

Lord Percy from blackadder who created Pure Green and our business colour is green and Perseus is an astronomical term which fits in with our other naming conventions.
 
Custard Cream said:
Very high immunity levels - clever mummy and her clever milk!

He was very good at being handled.....next job is to get a foal slip on him!
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Reminds me of when Alice was born. I had to get my dear friend, who is a stud groom, to get a slip on Alice. I thought I would break her if I grabbed her !
 
firstly bear with me as I haven't attached photos to a thread on here for years and secondly I am a little sleep deprived after finding this lovely little chap in the stable at 4 am this morning









meet magic born on his due date :-) next mare is due tomorrow
 
Oh my goodness. His cute is he! Both him and his mum are completely gorgeous, what lovely faces and kind eyes they both have... You are very lucky!
 
Now we're talking people! Foals foals foals...I love this time of year!

Percy is a delight, I adore the name, and Magic is cuteness overload.

WAS HALF WAY THROUGH WRITING THIS AND OH HAS JUST TEXT TO SAY TRACEY HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A COLT OUTSIDE BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN SHE TRICKED US WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M IN WORK ARGH
 
HAH! Isn't that just the way of it??? Tricky Tracey!! Pics please, when you can, and I'm loving all of this foal-y goodness!!

Crosshill Pacers said:
Now we're talking people! Foals foals foals...I love this time of year!

Percy is a delight, I adore the name, and Magic is cuteness overload.

WAS HALF WAY THROUGH WRITING THIS AND OH HAS JUST TEXT TO SAY TRACEY HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A COLT OUTSIDE BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN SHE TRICKED US WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M IN WORK ARGH
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Ok gang, photo quality not great as it's like the middle of December here with us tonight and lighting wasn't great in the stable but here he is, our new boy Crosshill Cadillac...or as he will be fondly known from this day forth: Phil!

Dark bay, not a hint of white on him...much smaller than Cliff despite there being a good hand difference between their dams (in Tracey's favour). He has very long legs, a really sweet little head (unlike his mother who has rather a prominent roman nose) and he is as sharp as a tack. He really couldn't be any more different to Cliff if he tried. I can't wait for the weather to pick up and for them to get to know each other, I love watching foals play together!





And that's the first of many, many hurdles crossed for us!
 
... and, in anticipation of next year, my mare was served on Friday. Now we wait to see if she's taken. This is our first foal for a few years, so once again I'm plunging into the terrifying and exciting world of breeding horses ... and this time it is fulfilling (I hope!) a lifetime ambition and dream for me.

As an aside, a friend's mare foaled this morning, a cracking big TB colt (by Coach House), two and 1/2 weeks late. Apparently late foaling is a bit of a trend this year.
 
More gratuitous photos - this was taken last night when I got home from work, put my 'working' clothes on and went and sat in the stable with Tracey and Phil for an hour. Must admit, I tried to get photos of Cliff as well (who has altered dramatically, he is getting like a little tank) but Beachgirl has gone off me and isn't allowing any interaction with Cliff unless I bring her food. She's as fly as they come.

So here's Phil, aka Crosshill Cadillac, named after a racehorse we met in Florida back in February called Cadillac Phil whose owner was completely barmy but great fun while we were there!

 
Oh my word, is he a charmer, or what??? I just LOVE foal whiskers - Phil's are magnificent, along with his extravagant eyelashes. He's lovely!
 
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