7 week old foal, lame behind

[bornfreenowexpensive]

So sorry for your loss. I had one present strangely as a yearling. Long story short…we saved his life (primarily because my vets are close and one of the top vet hospitals in the country is 15 minutes away) but he has immune mitigated polyarthritis (very rare)…and we are still dealing with complications. We did do IGG etc. and it didn’t make a difference. His immune issues deveoped/worsened as he got a little older…hopefully they will improve as he gets older 2.5 years old now. Not sure he will ever turn into the UL eventer he was bred to be.

It is so hard…and so easy to lose them even when you do everything right. Hope your mare hangs on to the one cooking and your other mare and foals continue to do well…but it doesn’t make the loss any easier.

I was once told to not get attached until they are over the age of 5…and while that advice is very good…I’ve found it impossible to follow and always get attached to the little ones.

[somanyhorses]

I just thought I would post an update - my lovely mare was scanned today at 41 days and she is still in foal. what a relief! Thanks again to those who have offered sympathy and support and shared their stories. Good luck with all of your 2015 foals and I hope to be able to provide a foal update in late October 2015.

[somanyhorses]

I just thought I would post an update, a year down the track, for anyone interested.

My lovely mare foaled on 30th October, another beautiful colt, who is now 10 weeks old and extremely healthy and full of himself! In very exciting news, she is also back in foal, 42 days, this embryo will be a full sibling to the beautiful colt that this thread was about, who I very sadly lost. Hopefully we have another trouble free pregnancy and birth, and a healthy foal. My experience with last year’s colt has certainly reminded me that nothing is a given, and nothing can be taken for granted when it comes to breeding!

I still can’t talk about my lost foal without getting upset and I don’t think it’s something you ever really get over, nor do you really understand how much it hurts until you lose a foal that you bred, but the arrival of this year’s colt certainly has made me very happy, as have this mare’s recent positive preg scans!

I wanted to thank everyone that offered me support and advice during a really tough time. I don’t post here much, but do lurk a bit and contribute when I feel I can help! It’s a great community and wonderful that so many knowledgeable people are willing to share their stories and experience.

[khall]

So sorry to read this somanyhorses, RIP to your foal and hugs to you, hard decision to make.

[Kerole]

I would love to see photos of this new foal! As a breeder of eventer in NZ (now I breed Hanoverians but still have some lovely old TB event-bred mares), I am interested to know their breeding.

Congratulations on coming through last year, on a new foal to throw your love and attention at, and on a positive pregnancy test for next season too!

[somanyhorses]

Thanks khall and Kerole.

I’m hopeless at photobucket, and these aren’t the greatest shots, but should give you an idea: http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/somanyhorses/library/ There is also a short video clip of him playing and a photo of my yearling.

Please let me know if the link doesn’t work! This year’s foal “Rambo” is by JB Evolution http://horsezone.com.au/category/273/Warmblood/listings/40657/Outstanding-sire-by-Mr-Blue-JB-Evolution.html#u2OvEfw4RBrV6rD4.97 who is by Mr Blue and out of a Family Ties/Brilliant Invader mare. My mare is by Genghis Khan (Grannus II) and out of a Dusky Hunter mare. She is 19, and this pregnancy will be her 10th foal, the first 7 were for for her previous owners. She has produced a 1* and 2* eventer (who are 7 and 8 now, I am enjoying following their progress) and 3 young horse show jumping winners who are now broodmares as well (they are by Lux and Voltaire). I chose JB Evolution for her as she is a tall, elegant, mare of 16.3, very thoroughbred in type, who throws BIG. I am really short and slight and breeding for myself, JB Evolution is a small, compact type. Probably not your typical choice for an event horse sire, but I just love watching him jump, he is so keen and clever and has a super, super temperament, walks in and out of the arena on a loose rein. The mare is back in foal to Higgins (Heraldik/For Pleasure). She has had 3 foals from this cross, 2 for the previous owners (one died as a yearling in an accident, apparently, the other is now 2 and beautiful, and the 3rd was my one who died). All were tall, black, very beautiful, and just lovely natured delightful creatures. Hopefully she is cooking something similar, but smaller this year.

I have also thrown in a photo of my yearling by Higgins out of a Brilliant Invader/Kibah Sandbank mare. Sandbank is from Sandrift, the dam of Kibah Tic Toc and Kibah Sandstone. I had hoped to repeat the breeding this year, however after 3 attempts, the mare is unfortunately not in foal.

[vineyridge]

You breed beautiful foals, and I am very impressed with the pedigrees for eventing of your mares and the stallions that you select. You are doing this breeding thing right.

[somanyhorses]

Thanks vineyridge! It’s very encouraging to receive that feedback from someone with your knowledge of sporthorse bloodlines. I really value the proven performance TB lines and have been very fortunate to breed foals with some of the best of these lines up close in their pedigrees. My breeding goal is first and foremost, to breed good temperaments, secondly I want versatile horses that are aimed at UL eventing but also move and jump well enough to compete with some success in dressage and jumping, albeit not necessarily at the elite level. I want good looking, user friendly horses. With the way that eventing is changing, who knows whether my crew will suit what the sport rewards and requires in 10 years’ time when they are coming into their prime, but I hope that I enjoy riding them as much as I currently enjoy staring at them!

[Jenerationx]

Beautiful horses. That new little guy has some nice suspension.