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| Saturday 16th of January 2010 saw the birth of our much awaited foal out of Lady Tuthaside, by CM Bedford Forrest. This is Forrests FIRST foal conceived and to hit the ground! He has done us proud and we are just thrilled with the result! |
| "Frank" as he is known in the yard, has two beautiful ice blue eyes, a big white face and is a liver chestnut by the look of him! He will grey out like his dear mum in time. |
| Being that mum is an Overo Paint mare, this young bloke is obviously an Overo as well having the big face marking and the blue eyes... He is, I think, the first Cleveland Bay Sporthorse in Australasia with two blue eyes! He is going to be a big boy, just like his dad. He was born at 7:20am, and these shots were taken from 7:40 to 8:30am.... It took him a relatively short time to get control of those long long legs.... |
| Squirt, the mini foxie pup, had to be in on the action and wanted to 'play' with him... Each time Lady looked at her sideways however, she bolted for the gate. The little fella certainly doesnt have an issue with goats or dogs as he has been exposed to both those, and cats - even at less than an hour old!! We have a young goat who wanders around at leisure. |
| With Forrest being 3/4 CB, 1/4 TB, and Lady, while a fully registered Paint, is actually 3/4 TB, this young bloke is 37.5% CB, 50% TB, 6.25% Paint & 6.25% QH when you look at his pedigree. |
| In the photos below, you can see a bay with a stripe looking through the fence at him... this is actually his older half sister, CM Midnight Moonlight, out of Lady Tuthaside by Treena Boom Deck who was one of our 2008 foals. She is here for a week or so as her owners are away and she injured herself, so we went and picked her up and did a 'warranty job' as Craig calls it on her by fixing her up and taking care of her wound til her owners get home! Lady decided to have a sit down and rest, but still licked her clean while seated! |
| You can see by the photo below - even at less than an hour old - he has a huge shoulder and joints, and is going to be big! We take it for granted now with the size of our foals, however visitors, Jess and John arrived today from Wistow and commented on his size! This boy will hopefully have inherited the 'spark' and presence in his movement of both his sire and dam. With that hind end, he should be able to jump the moon as well! Time will tell! |
| After Craig checked his suck reflex - which was nice and strong! We helped him find the milk bar - he went a little too far though and went right through and came out the other side looking a little bewildered. The photo at right really shows the beautiful colour of his eye! |
| At an hour old he wasnt really hungry, so was just playing under there with his mums udder. We left him to his own devices for another hour or so and he had found the teat on his own when we went to help him find it. |
| At about 3 1/2 hours old, we had visitors from Koongawa turn up - the Watsons! Mackenzie and Jo Watson ride Oscar and Beau at Pony Club, and Mackenzie was very excited about seeing a new foal, as were her brothers, Sam, and little Johnno. Sam and Mac were in there right away to give him cuddles and pats! |
| Squirt tried to help again and was quickly caught by Mac and removed from right in front of Franks nose - not that he minded, but Squirt trying to lick his nostrils was not helping matters!! Johnno stood back, a little nervous, and mum, Jo stepped in and reassured him so he could pat Frank. Mackenzie has really taken to all things horsey like a duck to water... and Sam is as keen as mustard as well.... so I think poor Jo and Mark will be ending up as horse owners in the not too distant future! |
| Frank was more than happy to stand there and lap up the attention. He seemed to love getting the pats from Mac, Sam and Johnno. |
| These photos of Mackenzie with her hands on his face are really sweet. He was just not phased by any of the handling at all which was great to see, as Lady can be a little standoffish if she doesnt know you very well. |
| Sam decided he just had to give Frank a hug... only it wasnt just a 'quick hug' - it was quite long and Frank just stood there and took it all in his stride. He is a really friendly fellow! |
| Lady, is as usual, a brilliant mum, and doesnt mind her baby being handled. Chloe the Cow wondered what the fuss was about and stood there looking til Sam and Mac gave her a handfull of hay. |
| Ceilidh was very interested in the new arrival - she just loves babies. At one point, Chloe was looking through the fence into Ladys tail to see what Frank was up to - Craig said she had her nose right in there at Ladys udder! Lady wasnt worried at all. At about 7 hours old, it was cuddle time again - this time with Craig.... Sticking his nose in Craigs armpit probably wasnt a great move! lol Squirt was there to help - again! |
| Frank has lovely legs on him, and we couldnt be happier with him! Lady looks great, she looks much happier now that she has that weight out of her and off her sore hind leg - she degloved her hind leg and severed tendons a while ago and while it may not look fantastic to some - it is 100% better than it was and is responding well to treatment. She will always have a thickened leg, but at least she is healing well and the bone has covered over nicely. She is just a little 'short' in her stride - which is to be expected! Time will tell just how little it will affect her now that she has the weight off and it finishes healing! |