2022 Foals

[Asha]

So come on who has a foal cooking for 2022 ?

Ive got a full brother /sister cooking for Amara. Sire Avanti Amorous Archie out of my homebred mare Aria ( shes part bred ID x TB with a smidge of WB)

Foal due 2nd May.

Photo of Aria and Asha when Aria was a yearling

No photos of this years foal as ive posted waayyy too many on Foal Monday thread

 

[ihatework]

How exciting!

Im hoping to start the cooking process with, all being well, Diarado on my Zidante filly

 

[Asha]

i love Diarado, he's stunning . Fingers crossed for an easy conception . that will be one cracking foal !

 

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So come on who has a foal cooking for 2022 ?

Ive got a full brother /sister cooking for Amara. Sire Avanti Amorous Archie out of my homebred mare Aria ( shes part bred ID x TB with a smidge of WB)

Foal due 2nd May.

Photo of Aria and Asha when Aria was a yearling

No photos of this years foal as ive posted waayyy too many on Foal Monday threadView attachment 83906

Omg an Archie baby !!!!! ??????

 

[milliepops]

I will hopefully also be starting cooking missed out this time because of transport issues but OH has assured me that will not be the case next year! Looking forward to the next crop of HHO foals though

 

[Asha]

I will hopefully also be starting cooking missed out this time because of transport issues but OH has assured me that will not be the case next year! Looking forward to the next crop of HHO foals though

2023 sounds like its going to be a cracking year with you and IHW. exciting !! i may be tempted to join you if all goes well next year and try my full ID grey mare

 

[Asha]

Omg an Archie baby !!!!! ??????

oh go on then .. here’s this years foal by Archie ?

 

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oh go on then .. here’s this years foal by Archie ?

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Ah no mistaking an Archie head!! Lovely lovely lovely ??

 

[TheMule]

I have one due middle of June. Not quite what I was originally planning after I had to change mare and then stallion (don’t ask ?) but I have quite an exciting baby due as it's a cross between the bloodlines of my all time best horses, Boss and Moon who are both sadly no longer with us.
Anyway, I found a really nice, but totally unproven, mare by a jumping stallion and out of a mare by Boss's sire and put her to a stallion by Moon's sire. Totally bonkers idea, but you have to be to breed anyway ?


Boss-


Moon-


And this is Nomi, the mother-to-be

 

[Xmas lucky]

Good luck with your 2022 foals. My mare probably won’t have a foal to 2024 because of the lack of time currently.

 

[quizzie]

.....think I recognise that ditch/palisade...is it Rockingham?

 

[Asha]

I have one due middle of June. Not quite what I was originally planning after I had to change mare and then stallion (don’t ask ?) but I have quite an exciting baby due as it's a cross between the bloodlines of my all time best horses, Boss and Moon who are both sadly no longer with us.
Anyway, I found a really nice, but totally unproven, mare by a jumping stallion and out of a mare by Boss's sire and put her to a stallion by Moon's sire. Totally bonkers idea, but you have to be to breed anyway ?


Boss-
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Moon-
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And this is Nomi, the mother-to-be

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couldnt agree more..you really do have to be bonkers to breed.

Is Nomi young, she as a lovely pop on her ? Moon is gorgeous who is his sire ?

 

[TheMule]

.....think I recognise that ditch/palisade...is it Rockingham?

Iping Intermediate, sadly no longer an event

 

[TheMule]

couldnt agree more..you really do have to be bonkers to breed.

Is Nomi young, she as a lovely pop on her ? Moon is gorgeous who is his sire ?

She's 15 and has literally done nothing her whole life, but for a very genuine reason- I bought her off her breeder who competed her dam.
Moon was by Fleetwater Opposition, she gave me my lovely rising 5yr old who is super special and I tried a couple of times to get another foal from her but sadly she didn’t take. I have another Opposition mare who will hopefully go in foal to his sire next year. Keeping it all in the family, but I like what I like ?

 

[Asha]

She's 15 and has literally done nothing her whole life, but for a very genuine reason- I bought her off her breeder who competed her dam.
Moon was by Fleetwater Opposition, she gave me my lovely rising 5yr old who is super special and I tried a couple of times to get another foal from her but sadly she didn’t take. I have another Opposition mare who will hopefully go in foal to his sire next year. Keeping it all in the family, but I like what I like ?

ahhh ! So Moon is your gorgeous chestnuts dam . No wonder I liked her .
I’m a fan of keeping it in the family too , when you like certain lines it’s hard to break away .

That’s lovely that you know Nomi full history . I bet her breeder is very excited to see what she produces .

 

[milliepops]

Hera is kinda family too, her dam shares a stallion line with Millie, who i could sadly never breed from as she's loaned from a charity. We saw Salty at the local cheapo sales and bought her on that basis. She's got a nicer temperament than Millie but Hera has the family sass in spades

 

[TheMule]

ahhh ! So Moon is your gorgeous chestnuts dam . No wonder I liked her .
I’m a fan of keeping it in the family too , when you like certain lines it’s hard to break away .

That’s lovely that you know Nomi full history . I bet her breeder is very excited to see what she produces .

Thanks- it's really nice when you've ridden the mare and lots of aunties and uncles too. Although he is quite a different character, you do see the traits coming through

 

[TheMule]

Hera is kinda family too, her dam shares a stallion line with Millie, who i could sadly never breed from as she's loaned from a charity. We saw Salty at the local cheapo sales and bought her on that basis. She's got a nicer temperament than Millie but Hera has the family sass in spades

Some people don’t understand that sentimental tie but if I'm breeding for myself I want it to be something I really want

 

[ihatework]

Nomi almost looks like she has a bit of Anglo in her, especially the jumping picture

 

[TheMule]

Nomi almost looks like she has a bit of Anglo in her, especially the jumping picture

She looks like a hippo x whale at the moment ?

 

[lme]

I tried to breed one for me 2 years ago out of my home bred mare. He’s wonky (never good when the specialist vet describes your 9 month old foal as an interesting case) and probably won’t be ridden. Just as well he is a sweet boy and that I was able to by myself a nice 4yo.

Last year’s Escape Z foal from daughter's jumping mare is really nice (and correct). If all goes to plan we will have 2 mares put in foal in the spring.

 

[TheMule]

I tried to breed one for me 2 years ago out of my home bred mare. He’s wonky (never good when the specialist vet describes your 9 month old foal as an interesting case) and probably won’t be ridden. Just as well he is a sweet boy and that I was able to by myself a nice 4yo.

Last year’s Escape Z foal from daughter's jumping mare is really nice (and correct). If all goes to plan we will have 2 mares put in foal in the spring.

My 4yr old is by Escape Z and he's who I'll hopefully put one to this year. Had a bit of hassle getting chilled semen though so I might have to chance frozen

 

[milliepops]

OH has just suggested trying to put both mares in foal ?
Not sure what has come over him but if we get our planning we would have the perfect facilities ?
Back to kidney-selling ?

 

[TheMule]

OH has just suggested trying to put both mares in foal ?
Not sure what has come over him but if we get our planning we would have the perfect facilities ?
Back to kidney-selling ?

Great idea! It's always nice to have 2 babies to run on together and it takes the pressure off as you have a better chance of having at least 1 sound, trainable one ?

 

[lme]

Great idea! It's always nice to have 2 babies to run on together and it takes the pressure off as you have a better chance of having at least 1 sound, trainable one ?

That was also our reasoning. 2 feels easier.

 

[Asha]

OH has just suggested trying to put both mares in foal ?
Not sure what has come over him but if we get our planning we would have the perfect facilities ?
Back to kidney-selling ?

i like the sound of your OH !! More stallion shopping or you ? or have you already decided ?

 

[sallyf]

3 due here all within about 3 weeks of each other.
first is a Dilaro X High Tension X Majed
second a Dinken X Groomsbridge May I X Tout Ensemble
and lastly a Universal X Groomsbridge May I X Tout Ensemble.

 

[milliepops]

i like the sound of your OH !! More stallion shopping or you ? or have you already decided ?

One was decided last year though we weren't able to proceed this time, and if he's still going (getting on a bit) i will stick with him. Royal Rubin, a big orange by Rubinstein, ought to complement my own orange.
the other is still a work in progress not getting my hopes up in case the pre-breeding exam is not hopeful.

 

[dominobrown]

I have 2 due...

One to Comfort, out of a Hollywood/ lorton footprint mare
Another to Future Hepsilon out of a Kilvington Scoundral mare

 

[Asha]

3 due here all within about 3 weeks of each other.
first is a Dilaro X High Tension X Majed
second a Dinken X Groomsbridge May I X Tout Ensemble
and lastly a Universal X Groomsbridge May I X Tout Ensemble.

I like the look of universal. He’s on my list to check out for my ID mare .