Entries by Paula Cooper

The Class 2021 – THE FIRST 48 HOURS

In conjunction with Farm & Stable Supplies for supporting the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) UK 2021 Photo Competition. Thank you 🙂 Can you imagine being born within 4 walls and then the door is opened, a new environment awaits you but also the realisation of what your legs are for… Our post foaling check list […]

The Class of 2021 – STAGE 3 – Passing The Placenta

In conjunction with Farm & Stable Supplies for supporting the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) UK 2021 Photo Competition. Thank you 🙂 STAGE 3 of foaling is known as delivery of the placenta. The mare’s uterus continues to contract after foaling which causes the placenta to be expelled BUT so much more happens before the placenta […]

The Class 2021 – STAGE 2 FOALING

In conjunction with Farm & Stable Supplies for supporting the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) UK  2021 Photo Competition. Thank you 🙂 As the contraction persist, we witness the bulge of the white fluid-filled amniotic sac from the vulva followed by every breeder’s delight, two front feet and a nose. We wait and watch and talk […]

The Class of 2021 – STAGE 1 – Signs of imminent FOALING

In conjunction with Farm & Stable Supplies for supporting the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) UK  2021 Photo Competition. Thank you 🙂 The Redheart Mare’s – Stage ONE of foaling and the imminent signs! We keep our mares in a strict routine and when the doors are shut and a loud “night night” is yelled down […]

The Class of 2021 – FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO FOALING

In conjunction with Farm & Stable Supplies for supporting the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) UK  2021 Photo Competition. Thank you 🙂 Let us go back to November 2019 when we stabled our 5 mares through the winter months under at least 11 hours of artificial light, come early February 2020, our mares were cycling and […]

Redheart Appaloosas New Pasture

It certainly has been a very wet winter, we’ve never fed hay in MAY before!!! None the less, the sun eventually came out and the spring grass was evident, the herd certainly will benefit from Dr.Green.   Contentment…  

The Yearling Appaloosas Standing Still

Our 2019 Appaloosa’s, Redheart Rookie, Revelation, Relentless & Reflection were taught to tie up as weanlings, as yearlings they are expected to tie up and stand patiently. We think they are doing great! Here’s a little VIDEO