Eleven months is too long! Whose foal is first?!

[DuckToller]

Yes she is a maiden mare, at least as far as anyone can tell. I thought she was quite big too, especially as she is a fairly well built mare, so thought she would have plenty of room to hide a foal away.

Carrots are obviously the answer - I was really impressed! Perhaps she's having a litter of giant bunnies? At least they will jump

 

[alicelily]

Reading this thread has got me excited!! My mare is due May 22nd, is anybody here very creative when it comes to foaly names? I don't really know where to start. Bump is currently called 'Bruce' so I will have to apologize to her if it turns out to be a filly . Dam's name is Craig-y-parc enchantress and Sire is 'Foxcourt Fabelhaft'. Thanks in advance for any name suggestions.

 

[4April]

mine is due 22nd april. she is a welsh type mare and the stallion is a homozygous black coloured stallion. samara fly. if anyone worries about their mare at stud the owner mandy sanderson is the most lovely lady and has your mare as one of her own. my girl lived in at night and out in the day unlimited haylage and good feed for a fantastic price! i recommend her and her stallion eric. he has a super temperment beautiful paces and a coloured who throws 50:50 coloured foals! samber breeding lines and completed his first psg class recently. worth a look on fb. longacres stud. cannot praise enough!

 

[JVB]

Eeek, I saw the foal moving the other day... we're at about 180 days and one side is bigger than the other so I think the foal has it's spine to that side. I was watching the other side and an area about 5 inches in diameter kind of low down by her ribs towards the back suddenly moved in and out quickly about 3 or 4 times so I think it must have been the foals feet or legs kicking, but definitely some sort of foal movement! Very exciting and I now can't stop watching her!

 

[Crosshill Pacers]

We have our first foal due the first week in March. He/she will be by Cams Card Shark (1991, 3, 1.50 $2,498,204) and out of Vain In Spain (2004, 1.54.2, $72,433). We bought the mare (aka Rita) in Harrisburg in November, and she is flying into the UK this weekend. Here she is at the sale:

Then we have two more due in April (by the imported chestnut stallion Mypanmar, 1.48.3, $1,490,996) and one due in May (by the leading sire in the UK for the last seven years, Hasty Hall) out of our other three Standie mares (Saunders Beachgirl, Coalford Tracey and Tates Creek).

They will be the first crop from OH's and my joint venture, Crosshill Stables (we have both previously bred our own horses individually). Very exciting times ahead!

 

[Kacey88]

Eeek, I saw the foal moving the other day... we're at about 180 days and one side is bigger than the other so I think the foal has it's spine to that side. I was watching the other side and an area about 5 inches in diameter kind of low down by her ribs towards the back suddenly moved in and out quickly about 3 or 4 times so I think it must have been the foals feet or legs kicking, but definitely some sort of foal movement! Very exciting and I now can't stop watching her!

This is exactly what Milly's was like a few weeks back, but now seems to be more even on each side. The kicks are great aren't they? Milly has started giving her tummy dirty looks when they get very pronounced, I thought she'd be a very laid back mum because she's so calm, but if looks could kill....