I seem to have bred a couple of monsters!

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I measured Hector today (he's 2.5yrs now) and he is 16.1 1/4 - just like his dam!

This is H today (Kings Composer x Sportsnight x Atlantus)

Also, though I didn't actually measure Matilda, I measured her against myself and then measured me lol - at 4.5 months she is 13hh (though that is obviously an inexact measurement).

This is H at 5.5 months

Matilda at 4.5 months (Goshka Ringo x Sportsnight x Atlantus)

 

[PapaFrita]

Yep. Monsters the two of them.

 

[Three]

Hector looks fabulous! Really grown up now and in super condition. As well as still being handsome.

Harder to tell with Matilda but she does look like she'll be a big girl too!

Monsters? Surely you mean stunners!

 

[alleycat]

I love the way everything about Matilda is sort of outlined in colour; chestnuts, hooves - as if someone has been inking her in....

Sorry, that is SO irrelevant, isn't it.

Edited to say that I've only just twigged that they are out of the same mare. She really comes up with the goods, doesn't she.

 

[scotsmare]

Lovely horses - Hector doesn't quite look like he's finished growing yet though

 

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Hector looks fabulous! Really grown up now and in super condition. As well as still being handsome.

Harder to tell with Matilda but she does look like she'll be a big girl too!

Monsters? Surely you mean stunners!

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Thank you!

That pic of M was to illustrate her size at a month younger than H.

Here's a better one - taken in June, so 2 months old

 

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I love the way everything about Matilda is sort of outlined in colour; chestnuts, hooves - as if someone has been inking her in....

Sorry, that is SO irrelevant, isn't it.

Edited to say that I've only just twigged that they are out of the same mare. She really comes up with the goods, doesn't she.

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M is wonderfully marked!! The vet is SO gonna enjoy doing her markings next week

She is covered in beauty spots LOL!

Yes they are indeed out of the same mare - thank you!

 

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Lovely horses - Hector doesn't quite look like he's finished growing yet though

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HA - you think! I reckon he's got another 2 inches in him at least! M will be bigger.

I just wish that H was a filly and M was a colt - M would be easier to sell then, as in easier for me to part with....

 

[Three]

Wow! She is a big girl.

Because I'm a kind, thoughtful, selfless person I'll let you give her to me so you don't have to worry about selling her.

 

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Yep. Monsters the two of them.

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LOL, but you actually know that, afterall M did try to EAT your camera!!

 

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Because I'm a kind, thoughtful, selfless person I'll let you give her to me so you don't have to worry about selling her.

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So incredibly generous of you!! Please do not be offended if I politely turn you down.

 

[PapaFrita]

I love that photo. Lucky she didn't have many teeth then, eh?

 

[S_N]

LMAO!! That pic is wicked!! You'd have been introuble if she had eh!!

 

[Halfstep]

Ok, I LOVE H!!! And I see why you like Osk, as I think there is a similarity between them, must be the Ladykiller TB blood in O that causes it. He's looking fantastic and not at all monstrous.

Matilda is a beauty. Your poor camera LOL.

xx

 

[kerilli]

i love Matilda. is she bred to dressage/sj or might she be light enough to event?

 

[AmyMay]

They are both smashing.

But you'd have to travel a long way to see another 2 year old as nice as Hector.

 

[Fahrenheit]

Stunning babies SN you must be very proud!

I wouldn't call them monsters tho

 

[S_N]

Ahhh well Sportsnight was by Olympic Ahorn, who was out of a Ladykiller mare..... Now you mention it, there is a similarity between them.... more than just colour eh!

Matilda is a SUCH a madam - she's so full of her own self importance

That was PF's camera - it was new too

 

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i love Matilda. is she bred to dressage/sj or might she be light enough to event?

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Thank you! Take your pick LOL! I honestly do not think she moves well enough in trot for pure dressage, but she has a very good walk and a LOVELY canter - which is effortless! She entertains herself jumping feed buckets and thistles...... She's extremely bold too - marched onto the trailer the first time, whilst her mother took a little bit more persuading. H was like that too though and he IS bred to event.

 

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They are both smashing.

But you'd have to travel a long way to see another 2 year old as nice as Hector.

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Oh gosh - wow! Thank you so much AM!! He is the absolute apple of my eye! By hook or by crook I am going to try and keep him....

 

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Stunning babies SN you must be very proud!

I wouldn't call them monsters tho

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LOL - Monster is an affectionate term - honest

Thank you A!!

 

[Clodagh]

They are really beautiful, I love H. I am off to look up info about his sire!

 

[Clodagh]

Well he is stunning - Kings Composer I mean - but even more geographically inconvenient than the others I'm looking at!
One thing I couldn't see on his page was his height?

 

[S_N]

LOL and King does not do frozen or chilled unfortunately. He's even better looking in the flesh too - not as over topped as he appears on the website. I think I am correct in saying that he was the BEF leading sire in 2007. King is a fraction over 16hh if I remember correctly.

 

[ColouredFan]

They are both Lovely SN, Matilda is gorgeous, wish I had enough £££ an room to buy her

 

[eventrider23]

I would use King in a shot if he would do AI

 

[humph]

Gosh, H is absolutely stunning. A real head turner.

 

[Clodagh]

Well thats rules him out I'm afraid, even if I trekked to Cornwall to see him I doubt Dixie would appreciate the trip!
Why does he not AI? To maintain the value of limited offspring or does he have an aversion to a pretend mare??

 

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Well thats rules him out I'm afraid, even if I trekked to Cornwall to see him I doubt Dixie would appreciate the trip!
Why does he not AI? To maintain the value of limited offspring or does he have an aversion to a pretend mare??

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Oh he's more than happy to use the dummy mare! You can do fresh semen with him, but AFAIK Tullis has not been able to succesfully chill or freeze his semen, no matter the extender used!

I used to live in Cornwall, so using him ATT was convenient, but I do know that mares travel from up north and from Ireland to be bred to him.

 

[S_N]

Hey, you've changed your username! Very apt now though

Thank you! She is a doll eh!