Foals of 2014

ThreeMustangs · Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:16 pm

We are just a few days away from the first arrivals. Can't wait. Especially looking forward to seeing Frankel's first babies.

serenassong · Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:39 pm

Yep, not long now. Preparing myself for lack of sleep with the Winstar Foaling cams.

Vandalay · Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:31 am

I'm wondering if there's a foal or 2 that's on the ground and hasn't been reported...yet

serenassong · Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:46 am

Vandalay wrote:I'm wondering if there's a foal or 2 that's on the ground and hasn't been reported...yet

I have heard that this does happen, but no direct evidence that this is the case. Can't control Mother Nature.

halo · Fri Dec 27, 2013 11:58 am

I am BEGGING my mare to hold off just a few more days. I dont know why she does this...she foaled last year January 7, and wasnt due until the end of January. I didnt breed her back until the end of February, and she's trying to do it again.

TBird · Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:50 pm

I like the Australian system much better. There, the breeding dates are regulated, not the foaling dates. If a mare foals a little early (but was bred at the correct time) it's no big deal. That makes so much more sense to me.

halo, I hope your mare hangs on a little longer!

serenassong · Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:19 pm

halo wrote:I am BEGGING my mare to hold off just a few more days. I dont know why she does this...she foaled last year January 7, and wasnt due until the end of January. I didnt breed her back until the end of February, and she's trying to do it again.

Hope she holds off, is she waxing yet?

halo · Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:17 pm

Not yet. Has a good bag on her, tho. She needs to just WAIT.

halo · Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:18 pm

TBird wrote:I like the Australian system much better. There, the breeding dates are regulated, not the foaling dates. If a mare foals a little early (but was bred at the correct time) it's no big deal. That makes so much more sense to me.

halo, I hope your mare hangs on a little longer!

I didnt know they did that down there. Thats does make so much more sense.

serenassong · Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:26 pm

halo wrote:Not yet. Has a good bag on her, tho. She needs to just WAIT.

Yep, at 12:01 on 1/1/14- she can go nuts.

halo · Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:59 pm

Actually Im the one that goes nuts. She just goes about her business like a good girl

Calypso · Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:59 am

TBird wrote:I like the Australian system much better. There, the breeding dates are regulated, not the foaling dates. If a mare foals a little early (but was bred at the correct time) it's no big deal. That makes so much more sense to me.

halo, I hope your mare hangs on a little longer!

I like that system much better, too. Halo, crossing my fingers for you and your mare.

halo · Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:27 am

So far so good....tick....tock....tick....tock....

serenassong · Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:02 am

halo wrote:So far so good....tick....tock....tick....tock....

Is she still holding out Halo?

TBird · Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:35 am

No foals yet for us. This is what things currently look like here.

halo · Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:08 pm

No foal yet, but Im much relieved we made it thru December.

Tbird, that is a gorgeous picture.

serenassong · Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:13 pm

TBird wrote:No foals yet for us. This is what things currently look like here.

Want to rub the belly!

Cant wait to suffer from lack of sleep watching the foaling cams at Winstar again, lol

TBird · Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:35 pm

Thanks halo, and I'm glad your mare is still holding on.

serenassong · Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:36 pm

Winstar should have their first foal on the ground in about a week. They have moved some mares into the foaling barn and are now being watched- how exciting! Kinda looking forward to watching the cams again, at all ungodly hours.

baitandswitch · Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:11 pm

Stonestreets are due in 2 weeks.