Saturday, 29 May 2010

New Foal

After a very wet and windy night the rain is passing thank goodness. One of the Welsh Mountain pony mares foaled in the night (they seem to wait for it to rain!) and she has a lovely colt by the stallion Heniarth Question. The mare's name is Pantycoed Queen of Hearts (Queenie) and this is her 4th foal. When the sun comes out I will take a photo of him.

Its a lovely time of year now as all the horses and ponies are out in the fields enjoying the new grass. We are all free from cleaning out stables and have time to relax. The breeding season is coming to an end for the horses and just beginning for the ponies. The thoroughbreds need to be born early in the year to maximise their growth for racing. There are 6 thoroughbred foals this year and 4 pony foals with 1 more still to be born.

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