HappyHollyDays
Slave to a house cat, 4 yard cats and 2 ponies
I know you can never tell with people but it does sound as though she genuinely didn’t know about the foal but her loss is your gain and he is very beautiful.
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I know you can never tell with people but it does sound as though she genuinely didn’t know about the foal but her loss is your gain and he is very beautiful.
Equi
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Oh wow what a corker!!! Really got yourself a steal there, money can’t buy those ponies these days ? her exowner must be raging ?
big congrats and well done mumma.
big congrats and well done mumma.
Spotherisk
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Cracking mare and foal!
Jojo66
Member
I think
you’re right. She sounds genuine. Bet she’s kicking herself now for selling her
Jojo66
Member
Thanks, I’m well chuffed now he’s here
DabDab
Ah mud, splendid
Oo, not the colour you would expect on a BOGOF (in that breeding that colouring is usually deliberate). He has an interesting head shape too, quite striking.
Congratulations though, he looks like he might turn out quite smart.
Congratulations though, he looks like he might turn out quite smart.
Equi
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Just as a word of warning though, foals tend to rear and play about with mum fairly soon after birth so I’d take that fly mask off mum for now, that would very easily catch a leg ?
Caol Ila
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Lovely foal.
Caso is into (self) destruction, so his mum gets no rugs, no fly masks, nada. Luckily (well, the opposite...this is the last semi-unhandled horse I will ever buy), her breeder left her pretty unhandled, so she doesn't know what she's missing.
Caso is into (self) destruction, so his mum gets no rugs, no fly masks, nada. Luckily (well, the opposite...this is the last semi-unhandled horse I will ever buy), her breeder left her pretty unhandled, so she doesn't know what she's missing.
Snow Falcon
Hoping for drier days
I'd go dun/buckskin sire. He's lovely. ?
Squeak
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Congratulations he is gorgeous. What a smart BOGOF to get!
meleeka
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congratulations, what a beautiful foal he is!
COldNag
Wasting my time successfully....
Lovely news! Congratulations. Please promise to keep us supplied with photos
TheMule
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I take a calculated risk with fly masks- this one looks well fitting, it has Velcro straps which are presumably done up snugly. If the mare needs its I would be happy to leave it on in daylight hours
Jeni the dragon
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He looks very cute! Congratulations!
Jojo66
Member
Thanks. Bought them in overnight and fly mask off. Presume the same applies to a head collar?
Meowy Catkin
Meow!
PinkvSantaboots
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What a cracking foal he looks like he will be big I would be really happy with him ??
What you going to call him?
What you going to call him?
JJS
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Well at least now you know the sire is either a single or double dilute. Any way to find out who owned her before her last owner?
I managed to track mine back to the dealer who’d had her before the lady I got her from. Turned out she had a palomino Welsh D stallion. There was even a picture of Mary in the field with him, so mystery solved!
Said dealer actually had a sideline in breeding nicely coloured, smart little show cobs, which is exactly the type mine has grown into. TBH, I was just relieved it wasn’t a donkey!
I managed to track mine back to the dealer who’d had her before the lady I got her from. Turned out she had a palomino Welsh D stallion. There was even a picture of Mary in the field with him, so mystery solved!
Said dealer actually had a sideline in breeding nicely coloured, smart little show cobs, which is exactly the type mine has grown into. TBH, I was just relieved it wasn’t a donkey!
TheMule
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The Irish Draft 2022
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Congratulations ?
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
Fabulous bog off, OP!
Sorry to be thick, but was it obvious straight away that he was a mule? All foals look cute to me and I can't assess them at all.
Gorgeous mule foal pic!
Sorry to be thick, but was it obvious straight away that he was a mule? All foals look cute to me and I can't assess them at all
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TheMule
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Fabulous bog off, OP!
Gorgeous mule foal pic!
Sorry to be thick, but was it obvious straight away that he was a mule? All foals look cute to me and I can't assess them at all
I ended up acquiring her because her dam's owner posted on a Facebook mule group asking if people thought she might be a mule. The answer was a definite 'Yes'!
They didn’t know the mare was in foal until shortly before she foaled, she was imported from Spain unknowingly in foal.
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
Oops, *she*.
It's clearer in the second pic with her lying down that she's a mule. Those ears! She's turned out to be a cracker for you, hasn't she.
It's clearer in the second pic with her lying down that she's a mule. Those ears! She's turned out to be a cracker for you, hasn't she.
JJS
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I’m sure she’d have made a very beautiful little mule, but I have to be honest and say I wouldn’t have known what to do with her. I hear they’re a very different kettle of fish to horses, even if they are adorable!
Jojo66
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Jojo66
Member
Hi all, just had an update from the previous owner who has traced her history from the owner before and the sire is a 16.2 cremello Irish draft cross ? Apparently she was originally scanned by a vet who couldn’t find anything so they sold her on and are now gutted. I feel so sorry for her that she has been passed around but at least she has a home for life here.
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Clodagh
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Well wow you have done very well there! Have so much fun.
TheMule
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Great to know who the daddy is, and I think you've got a real cracker!
PinkvSantaboots
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Nice sire well done for finding out.