How old is she? (she’s lovely by the way.)
Thank you! She’s 22 this year and has had, I believe, six previous foals.
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Why did they stop breeding her?
The woman I bought her from, who has owned her the last 10 years (and bred her last two foals) is 84. She started scaling back her breeding for age/physical reasons and finally decided this year to liquidate the herd.
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That must have been hard for her.
Hopefully there’s another foal left in your new mare before she gets to play grandmother.
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I had an absolutely superb mare who came to me at 15 years old. I tried to breed her, but she lost the pregnancy after 60 days. (She was my inspiration to start breeding.) The biopsy came back as a grade 3 with extensive fibrosis and inflammation. 
I tried ET for 2 cycles but we were not successful. She became my favorite riding mare and was an excellent nanny to other mares’ foals. I lost her at 27 in 2013, but she still inspires my breeding program. She was just 14.0H, but had over 7 3/4 inches of “bone” with wonderful structural balance and tons of athleticism. When I rode her, I always forgot how small she was because she had ground covering gaits and a well sprung deep barrel.
at 25 years old!
Best auntie ever!
@Montanas_Girl, look at her pedigree.
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I hope the biopsy and culture come back as still suitable for breeding. (fingers crossed)!
It IS a lovely pedigree! (I have most of those family lines in my herd!)
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So when we bred Fuego’s dam in February, she had twins again and unfortunately lost both when they tried pinching one. She was bred again 4/12 and today was confirmed in foal with just 1! Hoping it stays there! 
Here he is hanging out with his mini friend
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Double the cuteness!
Arielle did not ovulate. Argh. She’s at the clinic now, awaiting a second shipment of semen. The follicle that looked dominant when we bred her Saturday night has regressed some, but she has grown two other follicles to match up to it, meaning she now has three soft, slightly misshapen follicles of around 33 mm. But her uterine edema is starting to subside, suggesting that she is going to ovulate something. One? Two? All three?
She’s doing nothing the way she usually does this year. 
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Oy vey!! Arielle!! (insert whiney voice)
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That would be annoying to say the least! Fingers crossed for one viable embryo!
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Not mine, so I won’t post pics but my fellow boarder friend’s mare successfully foaled a few days ago. Chestnut filly, white blaze and 3 1/2 stockings, carbon copy of her mama!
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I am short cycling Hop tomorrow. A bit nervous, as she broke her nameplate that notes her severe allergy to a common med and the new plate might not arrive until after she’s ready to be bred. I guess we’ll just be really classy and go the duct tape route.
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Electrical tape comes in handy for things like that too. 
Good luck getting her in foal!
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Arielle is still on pause. Still “in raging heat” and with gradually receding edema that should indicate an impending ovulation, but those three follicles on the left ovary remain stubbornly in the low/mid 30s.
Argh.
She had a CL on her left ovary on 3/4, 4/2, and 4/5. That one was gone and a new one was present on her right ovary on 4/24 that is now gone. So she shouldn’t (can’t?) be transitional. I’m frustrated. The vet is frustrated. The lessee is beyond frustrated.
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And you’re ready to take up drinking full time I’m sure. Reminds me of a mare we had at the the farm I managed, back when they were using their own stallion. She was in heat for almost a month straight. At least the new to breeding horse got lots of practice, even though judging by the ultrasounds and when she finally foaled, she would have caught early in that month.
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Bento (Saketini - Shezagreatgal) is growing into a smart, handsome young man. He gets tied in the aisle twice a day at feeding time, where he gets his own little bucket of beet pulp and a handful of ration balancer (while his mother eats ALL of her food without sharing). I like teaching my foals to tie around 2-3 months, but typically a “soft tie” with me holding the end. Bento’s so good at it I can hard tie (to twine) and walk away… I can do all the other barn chores, feed 14 other horses (including bringing in, turning out), and groom yearlings while he stands patiently tied the whole time. As soon as Sheza is done eating, I turn them back out, but until then he has learned to just hang out. Of course he gets brushed, feet picked, and attention every time we pass by, but I’m really impressed how well he has learned to give to pressure. He never pulls back, never panics if he hits the rope when biting a fly, doesn’t paw or fret, he just accepts life as a tied horse (better than most adults!).
He’s pretty fearless and tolerates a lot. Like “wearing” the exercise saddle or getting brushed with the broom… he thinks it’s all in good fun!
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What a lovely face and eye he has!
I can see why you are happy with him.
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