Babies are Here!

With some of the new changes in staffing, we've cut way back on the breeding we've done this season. Only bred two mares while we work with all of our youngstock and determine who will be kept for breeding/showing and who will be sold.

Sundance surprised us nearly a month early with her little bay colt. We could see the little hairs of gray around his eyes and muzzle so we think he will turn gray like his mama. We were very excited for this breeding as we had only one breeding dose left to the late Royal Asset in the tank. Fortunately, Sundance took on the first try and this colt is the result! He has nearly every horse in our hall of champions somewhere in his pedigree. With his amazingly sweet disposition, we hope he'll be the next in a long line of champions from RRF!

"Apollo"

The second and last baby to be born was right on schedule. The filly fairy finally came to visit my mangalargas and we are in desperate need! I only have 3 Mangalarga broodmares and they are all in their late teens and 20's, I will keep any filly I get just to have some youngstock for breeding! We selected our imported mare, Estrela to breed as she is difficult to get in foal and naturally 5 gaits. Her little filly is pretty although not very nice tempered, which is a bit of a surprise considering her sire, Spirit . But we love her little white ankles and we will likely use her in the breeding herd if she doesn't train up nicely for show. We've named her Estrelinha which is Portuguese for "starlet" to reflect her diva attitude.

"Starlet"