When foal weaning goes to plan….

[LEC]

This weekend it was the beginning of the foal weaning.
All captured here. Not sure we are getting better at this vlogging as don’t want it to be about the humans which so many of them seem to be and we are certainly not nails and make up kind of people!!

 

[Bernster]

Nice video LEC. I dont know anything about weaning and was worried it would be sad/distressing but not at all!

 

[lialls]

I need to wean my foal in the new year so this is a really useful insight in to set up and method, thank you

 

[Palindrome]

Lovely. Enia is beautiful, she just floats in trot, is she dressage bred?

 

[TheMule]

Lovely. Enia is beautiful, she just floats in trot, is she dressage bred?

Thank you- she's event bred, hopefully. But she does move surprisingly well, and is much more beautiful than I had expected!

 

[Palindrome]

Thank you- she's event bred, hopefully. But she does move surprisingly well, and is much more beautiful than I had expected!

Do you mind sharing who her sire is?
Do both foals have the same sire?

 

[TheMule]

Do you mind sharing who her sire is?
Do both foals have the same sire?

Enya is Opposition Bombshell x Marcolas G x Abergwiffy
Eris is Chrysler Key x Jaguar Mail
So quite different breeding but both have a healthy dose of TB with warmblood jumping lines

 

[Squeak]

Really interesting to see as I've also never seen a foal weaned and thought it would be a lot more stressful and dramatic. You seemed to have done a very good job of setting them both up for success though.

I was also impressed with Eagle's efforts to manage to get that much mud underneath a turnout!

 

[Palindrome]

Enya is Opposition Bombshell x Marcolas G x Abergwiffy
Eris is Chrysler Key x Jaguar Mail
So quite different breeding but both have a healthy dose of TB with warmblood jumping lines

Marcolas G is a grandson of Alme, one of the founding sires of the Selle Français (and Zangersheide).

 

[TheMule]

Really interesting to see as I've also never seen a foal weaned and thought it would be a lot more stressful and dramatic. You seemed to have done a very good job of setting them both up for success though.

I was also impressed with Eagle's efforts to manage to get that much mud underneath a turnout!

Thank you- it’s a relief when it goes how you plan, but it does take the right kind of set up and I really do think thats where many go wrong. Everytime I read on here about someone buying a weanling with no other foals for company and a restricted turn out regime it just horrifies me, as that really can mess them up for life

 

[TheMule]

Marcolas G is a grandson of Alme, one of the founding sires of the Selle Français.

He was also a forum horse, many years ago! But yes, I love those old French lines, the mare has a lot of qualities I like