Foals of 2016

[Sparrow Castle]

Sunrise Stallions ‏@SunriseStallion
#BigBrown has a new half brother: colt by Temple City at Monticule in Lexington #FutureChamp @ABRLive

[Twingo]

c. Tapit x Betterbetterbetter (IRE) (2/5)

[Sparrow Castle]

Filly by Street Boss x Southern Swing
Darley
Out of a Stakes-producing Dixieland Band mare
Foaled on February 10th at Millennium Farms near Paris, Kentucky, this filly is by multiple G1 winner Street Boss and is a half to Stakes winner Mr. Pee Vee and G1-placed juvenile Erinsouthernman.

The foal's Northern Dancer-line dam, Southern Swing, is out of Stakes winner/G3-placed Lien, dam of G3 winner Jaded Dancer. This is also the extended family of G1 winner Mizdirection, Sultry Song, Solar Splendor, Mass Media, Hooh Why and many others.

[mariasmon]

c. Awesome Again x Lava Girl (2/18) - dam is 1/2 to Lava Man
f. Tapit x My Typhoon (IRE) (2/16)
c. Malibu Moon x Sheza Smoke Show (2/18)
c. Medaglia d'Oro x Speed Succeeds (2/20) - 1/2 to Brilliant Speed

[Summer Bird]

c. Will Take Charge-Authenicat (2/20)

[CoronadosQuest]

Hinkle Farms ‏@Hinkle_Farms 3h3 hours ago
Now that's a blaze!!! Meet our newest foal, a handsome colt by Pioneerof The Nile o/o Accessorize

[Starine]

Colt by Galileo out of Shastye. Shastye is the dam of Gr.2 winner and Epsom Oaks runner up Secret Gesture, and is also a half-sister to Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe winner Sagamix and a half-sister to the dam of Gr.1 Prix d'Ispahan winner Sageburg.

[oldgraymare]

Coronado does your flashy POTN colt have a blue eye to go with that crazy blaze or is it just the camera?

[Sparrow Castle]

Here's a stallion whose name I haven't heard in quite awhile. Scrimshaw's a son of Gulch out of a mare by Sham.

Dallas Keen‏@dallaskeentb
Hello world! 13 time winner Miss Oops gave birth to a healthy Scrimshaw filly this morning!

[Sparrow Castle]

Woodford Tbreds‏@WoodfordTbreds
Don't cry because it's #HumpDay! Oh Boo Hoo had a He's Had Enough colt. Check out that face!!
https://twitter.com/WoodfordTbreds/stat ... fsrc=email

Woodford Tbreds‏@WoodfordTbreds
Gorgeous More Than Ready colt born at the KY farm! @WinStarFarm #DreamBig (out of Crowning Moment, Giant's Causeway - Crowning Touch, by Thunder Gulch)
https://twitter.com/WoodfordTbreds/stat ... 8292153344

[Sparrow Castle]

Craig Bernick ‏@craigb1818
Atrea and Super Saver filly just born. Mare will be bred to War Front.

[Sparrow Castle]

Siena Farm
Queenofperfection and her stout Quality Road colt.

[Sparrow Castle]

Airdrie Stud‏@AirdrieStud
SOUNDWAVE with hers and another mares orphaned foal from last night. @BloodHorse @theTDN #supermum

[BaroqueAgain1]

Love the photos of Soundwave with her "twins," although hate hearing that the second foal lost its mother. Is there any information about which mare passed away?
I know that some mares can be real milk machines when two foals are nursing, although I wonder if these two will get some bottles to supplement Soundwave's milk.

[Izvestia]

Awww, what a nice mare. I wonder which one is her official foal?
Also, that Quality Road colt above her is a beast! He looks awesome.

[Sparrow Castle]

The mare who died might not be owned by Airdrie, not surprised they wouldn't give out the name. I'm a little surprised they tweeted the photos. I like the way the foals sorted out how they can nurse at the same time, one on each side of mom. Amazing the mare accepted a second foal. They are likely and rightly very proud of her. I didn't go looking for more info because I had to get back to work but, if I see more, I'll update the post.

[BaroqueAgain1]

Thanks, SP.
I remember my local Gypsy Horse breeder experienced problems with a surrogate mare (embryo transfer) when the mare rejected her newborn foal...aggressively. Another surrogate (a stout QH rescue) had foaled the day before, and the breeder put the rejected colt in with her.
No problem, she said. It was pretty funny watching that shiny, fine-coated QH mare mothering two chunky little Gypsy fuzzballs. And my lord, that mare was a milk motherload. Produced more than enough for the two colts.
I know that mares who will 1) accept another baby, and 2) produce enough milk for two tummies are rare, so bless Soundwave. She's a keeper.

[Insane Crazy]

They are likely and rightly very proud of her.

Broodmare folks are very sweet and this made me smile. They are and should be proud of her. It's clear that she's a VERY good momma.

BA, that is a great story. I love surrogate mares -- they always look like they misplaced their real kid somewhere else and just decided to go with it.

[Ziggypop]

When I was growing up we had a mare that nursed any and all babies that wanted a drink at any given time. None of the other mommas cared their babies were taking a suckle, either. When people would as us about why she had so many different babies nursing, we would tell them "she has chocolate milk".

Have a nice weekend everyone!

[Treve]

Really sad the foal lost its dam but I'm glad it won't grow up without a mum!

There was a warmblood foal at a barn I used to ride at who lost mama not long after his birth when she colicked... He was bottle fed but in order to teach him manners they found two mares willing to mother him, and rotated between the two... but one of them was a small pony so he towered over her way before it was time to wean... good thing she wasn't feeding him indeed