Redheart Appaloosa Stud – Wins Honorary Breeding Award 2025
We are overwhelmed to receive yet another accolade that encourages us to stay on the right path!
The Appaloosa Vanish Roans!
Varnish Roan and The Varnish Roan with LP (LP/lp or LP/LP negative for the PATN1 gene).
Certainly, one of our favourite coat patterns of the Appaloosa, here at the Stud.
We have bred and bought black and bay Varnish Roan’s, their coat patterns are just incredible.
Here are a few images of their coat changes from foal to adulthood 
Don’t get caught out without genetic testing first!
The Class of 2025 Genetic Results Are IN…
Confirmed Genetic Results For The Class of 2025
Left to Right…
Redheart Reneá – Black Near Leopard Filly (E/E a/a LP/lp PATN1/patn1).
Redheart Reasoning – Smoky Black Few Spot Colt (E/e a/a CR/cr LP/LP PATN1/patn1).
Redheart Radiant – Red Varnish Roan Filly (e/e A/a LP/lp patn1/patn1).
Redheart Reassurance – Red Varnish Roan Colt (e/e A/a LP/lp patn1/patn1).
Redheart Rhetorical – Leopard Buckskin (E/e A/A CR/cr LP/lp PATN1/patn1).
The Class of 2025 Have Arrived!
Despite their due dates, The Class of 2025 arrived within a few days of each other.
Our three maiden mares did well delivering although a little assistance was required with Rodeo being such a big colt.
With our herd leader “Catori” out of the picture this year, Ru and Evee have been fighting for the position and Indy has lacked social skills when it came to introducing all the mares with their foals in one paddock.
They all spent time bonding with their foals initially but it took a long time to safely introduce them to each other. Eventually, within a safe environment we achieved harmony and we can now enjoy watching the mares release their apron strings as the five foals begin to interact with each other.
Redheart Reasoning
AKA Rodeo
Born 7th April 2025
Mels Moon Riker by DFR Patahas Redheart
Colt
Redheart Reassurance
AKA Riley
Born 3rd April 2025
Talismans Redheart by Eagles Fire Illusion
Colt
Redheart Reneá
AKA Reneá
Born 2nd April 2025
Redheart Pascalius by DFR Patahas Redheart
Filly
Redheart Radiant
AKA Ruby
Born 29th March 2025
Redheart Result by Eagles Fire Illusion
Filly
Redheart Rhetorical
AKA Randy
Born 28th March 2025
Redheart Ru by Eagles Fire Illusion
Colt
The foals have been microchipped and their DNA sent to Animal Genetics, we look forward to announcing their results.
Images credit to Leah Batt
2025 Continues with a visit from the International Equestrian Federation (F.E.I)…
We are extremely grateful to the fei.tv for their time and expertise in creating this document for their RIDE series ❤️
New Episode of RIDE OUT NOW!
https://tv.fei.org/RIDE-Season-5-Ep12
This month, the season finale of Ride from FEI Originals presented by Longines brings you a breed bonanza. We visit Redheart Appaloosas, were Paula Cooper prioritizes quality over quantity .
The horses compete before joining our breeding program, ensuring soundness in mind and body. Judge feedback and show experience helps to assess their versatility, athleticism, and temperament ✨.
Watch the full episode for free on FEI.TV!
What a fabulous start to 2025
Whoever voted for us, THANK YOU!
Happy New Year 2025
The Redheart Snow Appaloosa’s…
We look forward to the safe arrival of 7 foals between Blu & Fire (here in the UK and abroad)
The Redheart Stallions Receive Appaloosa Horse Club UK (ApHC UK) Accomplishments
Our boys…
We have always believed in proving our stallions in hand and under saddle, this gives a great insight of what the professionals believe and having well-handled and well-mannered stallions make breeding so much easier for us.
This year they all received certificates from the Appaloosa Horse Club UK, acknowledge their accomplishments in 2021, thank you ApHC UK.
2023, DFR Patahas Redheart (Blu) will start his show jumping campaign.
DFR PATAHAS REDHEART
PAULA COOPER & DFR PATAHAS REDHEART
Hevans EV Catorrius (Reus) will continue the Western way!
PAULA COOPER & HEVANS EV CATORRIUS
HEVANS EV CATORRIUS
PAULA COOPER & HEVANS EV CATORRIUS
Eagles Fire Illusion (Fire) will finish his 3rd year showing in hand and hopefully pass his vetting to become a licensed stallion.
EAGLES FIRE ILLUSION
PAULA COOPER & EAGLES FIRE ILLUSION
The future is exciting with our next 10 year Breeding plan in place, we shall not take anything for granted but having a plan gives us something to aim for.
Having a plan in place helps us focus on the future and not get wrapped up in the sole destroying winter months!
The Redheart Mares are carrying the 2023 Redheart Foals.
Our four broodmares are in for the winter…
Talisman’s Redheart (Ghost) is confirmed in foal to Hevan’s EV Catorrius (Reus).
We store our stallion’s semen mainly as a backup, we are very realistic knowing anything can happen to horses within a blink of an eye.
It is an expensive way to breed and not always successful but using Hevans EV Catorrius frozen semen with Ghost will hopefully give us our Reus filly, one day!
Admitted to Three Counties Equine Hospital this year with her 2022 foal at foot she was as inseminated under the expert eye of Vicky Savage – BVSc MSc CertAVP DipECEIM MRCVS European Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine.
Ghosts first pregnancy scan was positive but showed a double ovulation had occurred, meaning she had twins, one embryo at 16mm and the other at 19mm. It’s not rare for a mare to double ovulated (we wouldn’t intentionally risk any mare to carry twins) but what is rare is she caught again 3 days after insemination. Frozen semen usually will only remain viable inside the mare for 6-12 (or perhaps even 18) hours.
Vicky “pinched” the smaller embryo and Ghost was re-scanned to ensure the embryo was still there, implanted into the uterus and developing, 
at 34 days another scan ensured a heartbeat was seen. 
We are delighted Ghost has been confirmed with a healthy single pregnancy and carries the full sibling to Really.
We REALLY can’t wait to meet this foal!
Redheart Pascallius (Evee) crossed with DFR Patahas Redheart (Blu) can only produce black or smoky black foals, she is confirmed in foal for 2023.
We are very much looking forward to meeting the UK’s next GAP 6 foal.
Redheart Revelation 
Redheart Ricochet
Redheart Remembrance
Evee x Blu 2023 (Heartbeat Scan)
Peyres Catori Cat (Catori) is confirmed in foal to DFR Patahas Redheart for 2023.
Breeding Appaloosa’s is like choose a Random Revel, you just don’t know what you are going to get (although I can confidently say I can pick out the chocolate buttons and Malteser’s but struggle with the orange cream, coffee cream, caramel and chocolate raisins).
This mare exceeds our expectations every delivery by what she produces, she is our least Foundation mare but her “get” will produce Foundation Appaloosa’s registered with FAHR if crossed to the right FAHR mare/stallion.
One of the most charismatic equines I have ever had the pleasure of owning.
Hevans EV Catorrius
Redheart Cateaster
Redheart Regal
Redheart Regent
Redheart Relentless
Redheart Raven
Redheart Raphiele
Catori x Blu 2023
Caricks Redheart (Myka) is confirmed in foal to DRF Patahas Redheart (Blu) for 2023.
The Appaloosa is a Breed not a colour and the non-Characteristic (lp/lp) horses like our Caricks Redheart is an absolute blessing for producing 100% characteristic Appaloosa foals (LP/lp) when mated with our homozygous (LP/LP) stallion Blu.
Here is Myka with her three foals by Blu, she can only produce spotted bay or buckskin foals.
We look forward to the safe arrival of her fourth full sibling in 2023.
Redheart Reflection 
Redheart River Run
Redheart Romance
2023 Myka x Blu
Everything crossed for the foal’s safe arrival – The Class of 2023.