My New Appaloosa Colt Has Arrived!

Splendour is so proud of herself she was nearly bursting, you’d have laughed seeing her trot down the paddock to show him to me after the birth!

Yeah, Splendour is mine :) I waited 6 years to buy her from the stud, this is only her second foal & she is a fabulous mum

thank you! being completely biased myself, I’d hardly disagree LOL

thanks Antanas, was hard light to work in as only about 6.40am when I took this shot, he was almost brand new :)

the long wait & endless hormone injections for Splendour have proven well worth the extra effort (mare stops producing enough hormones to stay pregnant on her own, which is why the stud sold her on to me, as I don’t expect her to foal every year)

well I’m happy to do the shots every month if I get this result

thanks so much Stacey, he sure is a dream foal & I feel very lucky

thanks Wendy, this mare is one of only a handful of daughters of the gorgeous Nevada Colida, I waited 6 years to own her & took another year to decide to breed with her – wow, was it ever worth the wait! I don’t know who was more busting with pride, me or the mare :)

my dream colt – needless to say the stallion owners are pretty impressed too (sadly I got the only coloured colt from the stallion this season, my 2nd appaloosa colt this season is a solid)

awww, thanks Tom

Maybe you should try that – I’d recommend “Ultimate Affair” over at Oregon Park (Sunbury/Melton way), he’s a guaranteed colour producer

thanks Cheryl, #2 has arrived & all the Nevada foals are born, so time to arrange a trip over with ya camera :)

Louise, I’m over the moon – as was Splendour, she was soooo proud trotting up to show him off to me, it was very cute (& unexpected)

well thank you Lupa :)

I have been VERY lucky to get such a nice broodmare band together & that they produce such lovely foals – thank you!

thanks so much dear Dawn, Sunny is destined for the western show ring (& hopefully a stud career of his own!)

thanks Diane, I am blessed with beautiful & kind-natured mares who let me close to their foals within the first hour of life

Oooh, take pic’s of Regal for me! Sat off to Live Model show but after that any day is fine (not working yet), will BM you my mob :)

should be lotsa fun, look forward to seeing the results :)

he is smart as a whip & a real charmer to boot – I’m confident he is stud quality (no future as a gelding for this boy!)

very kind of you to say so Helen, thank you!!!