We now have all our ’09 foals on the ground. The final two came late Friday early Saturday. We expected them because it was show weekend and mares like to complicate things. We always say foaling is like “House Arrest” because of the limits it puts on being away from the farm. Both were on time with healthy foals and that is the big trill of breeding horses , seeing a new foal healthy and getting to its feet. Both mares had had foals before and were total professionals about looking after the foals. We usually milk the mares and feed the foals as much colostrum as they will drink to insure they get adequate antibodies. We have the vet do an IGG Snap test to check that antibody transfer was adequate at about 18hrs after birth. If it is low we can use frozen colostrum from another mare or use some blood plasma.
This years foals are:
Four fillies , Enieta ( Brentano II/ Jazz)
Elzarma (Concorde/Hamlet)
Espertina (Sir Oldenburg/Floristan)
Evieta (Johnson/Jet Set)
And three colts, Enkeur (Lord Sinclair/Tango)
Excalabur (Donatelli/Welt Hit II)
Exault (Sir Oldenburg/Idocus)
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