Vet has been.... thats both of them in foal now... phew!!

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I'm very excited as the vet has just scanned Nell in foal... apparently its quite big so she must have held from the first covering!!
Although this is the 2nd attempt she didn't hold the first time and we were annoyed with ourselves for sending her to stud so late.. she foaled in April but we didn't get our backsides in gear and organise it, she didn't go there until mid June, then she was at stud 5 weeks before she was covered and she hadn't ovulated and was injected into season, then didn't hold.

Breeze was scanned in foal on the 1st Aug. We were expecting her to be the problem as she took 3 attempts last year but she took first time this year, although stallion didn't want to cover her the fist day she was standing (We knew she should be ready to cover as she was scanned 2 days before) so stud put some urine from a mare that was full on in season on her tail and he hopped on no probs. Wonder if she doesn't smell right in the early stages of her ovulations which may be why she took 3 attempts last time!

Any way fingers crossed they both stay in foal and everything goes smoothly....
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Will obviously need lots of pics next year, can't remember is he homozygous for colour??? I think you'll get some nice babies off him!!!

Hope all goes well!

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Thanks, Ricco isn't homozygous but his son is I'd love to use him but he's standing at £1K .... bit out of our budget!!
I reckon we will end up with a monster baby tho (If all goes well) as Ricco is a big boy, advertised at 16.2 but definitely looks bigger!! Breeze has thrown 2 over 17hh foals to a 16.1, and Dexter's dad is 16hh and he's looking like he'll be tall too!!
 
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