What an awesome start to Redheart River Run’s first year in the ring as a yearling, four shows and four first placings.
Hat off to his owner Karen who has produced him, we are so proud of you both ❤
Hanbury Countryside Show
Spotfest, Three Counties Show Ground
British Appaloosa Society National Show
Appaloosa Horse Club National Show
Our nightly checks are important before we sleep and when it’s a full moon, I’m sure even our night-blind horses see a little clearer.
The October Hunter’s Moon wasn’t that clear, but we couldn’t help capturing this image, it really was such a calm warm night and the three weanlings, Rosella, Really and Remy seemed to be sharing the same pile of hay.
The only thing stalking was I…
The second weanling of 2022 to leave the stud was Redheart Replication…
Robyn is the most sensitive foal we have bred, his owner Andrea understands him 100%, we wish him every future happiness and success, we know he will shine through with her confidence and understanding.
Breeding is so rewarding…
The first weanling of 2022 to leave the stud was Redheart Raphaele, we are so proud of her and wish her every success with her owner Emma.
The Class of 2022 are learning to load, travel and unload until it becomes as familiar as putting their headcollar on.
When mares give birth, their natural instinct is to protect their foals, we would never turn a mare and foal out within a herd from day one and what makes our situation worse in March 2022 is the wet weather and muddy ground. We dare not risk any infection via an umbilical chord with the mud, therefore we have decided to invest in yet more DuraCorral panels to split the ménage into two…
This means not only does our ménage serve as a riding arena (when the daylight hours permit after normal human working hours) and it also refrains our horses eating/chewing the wooden rails but the best benefit at the present time during this awful weather is, it has allowed us to turn the two mares and foals out each evening, whilst we clear out their stables.
We are so close to that extra hour of daylight and irrespective of daylight the mares and foals are turned out daily , providing their bodies and minds with what we consider only of a positive nature.
Here are some images when Remy met Really, well to be honest the mares didn’t allow them to meet but nearly…
The 5 Redheart broodmares are looking great, feeling fine and totally relaxed in their routine as we start to count down the days to foaling and pray for the safe arrival of our 2022 foals.
We are expecting two foals from Reus and three foals from Blu, all have full siblings except Reus x Ghost, this will be our first ever Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry (FAHR) foal from our Catori line. It goes without saying, all we want is a healthy new-born but we would be blessed to see a filly delivered. A filly would be retained for our future breeding plan with Fire or Blu, continuing our path of the UK’s Foundation Appaloosa Stud.
Counting down the foaling days 2022
The Class of 2021 – Best memories!