Foals of 2020

[Mylute]

https://www.facebook.com/CountryLifeFar ... zUzMTIzMQ/
Blisstikus foals a Mosler colt with pasturemate watching.

Horse midwife!

[swale1984]

Hoping Blisstikus was OK. Didn't like that she kept laying down.

[Mylute]

@ Blue Diamond Stud

Roaring Lion cub out of SP Manasarova (More Than Ready). The dam is a descendant of Ballade. I hope he turns gray! I can't really tell.


https://twitter.com/BlueDiamondStd/stat ... 8726676481

[lurkey mclurker]

Hoping Blisstikus was OK. Didn't like that she kept laying down.

They both seem fine this morning/afternoon.

https://www.facebook.com/CountryLifeFar ... 364627255/

[Retrospectiv]

@ Blue Diamond Stud

Roaring Lion cub out of SP Manasarova (More Than Ready). The dam is a descendant of Ballade. I hope he turns gray! I can't really tell.


https://twitter.com/BlueDiamondStd/stat ... 8726676481

Grey all day long. Classic hyper pigmented coat and legs.

[Starine]

I love that they call the Roaring Lion foals 'cubs.' I sure hope there are some real runners among them.

[Ziggypop]

Sure wish we could get an update on New Money Honey and filly.

[Flanders]

Sure wish we could get an update on New Money Honey and filly.

Always go by the no news is good news.

[lurkey mclurker]

via https://twitter.com/fujiko_r_fujiko/sta ... 7593999362

Bay Colt
Foaled March 13, 2020
Maurice(JPN) - Chouchou Brise(JPN) by Fuji Kiseki(JPN)

[MTO]

Vaulcluse on foal patrol just had a War Front filly. Filly still trying to stand.

[Ziggypop]

Vaulcluse on foal patrol just had a War Front filly. Filly still trying to stand.

little girl still not up. She has tried and tried, and now she is tuckered out.

[Mylute]

She's up! Really wobbly.

ETA: Looks like they're trying to give her a bottle.

ETA: Blog says Vaulcuse tested positive for neonatal Isoerythrolysis.

[Ziggypop]

She's up! Really wobbly.

ETA: Looks like they're trying to give her a bottle.

ETA: Blog says Vaulcuse tested positive for neonatal Isoerythrolysis.

Thanks!

[lurkey mclurker]

Wow, that sounds scary.

This potentially deadly disease is easy to prevent, but it can be challenging and expensive to treat
Neonatal isoerythrolysis (NI): This mouthful of a term literally means the destruction of a newborn foal’s red blood cells. The debilitating condition, in which a mare’s antibodies attack her foal’s red blood cells, can be lethal for a foal due to the resulting liver damage and other problems. The pregnancy might appear completely normal, without complication: a happy mare swelling larger with foal each day. But the foal’s blood type could be incompatible with his dam’s antibodies when they mix during the foal’s first meal (colostrum).

The dam’s antibodies do not affect the fetus in utero because they are too large to slip through the placental barrier. However, for the final three weeks of gestation, the mare concentrates antibodies she’s developed via natural exposure to diseases, from vaccination, or by other means, in her colostrum. Consuming this antibody-rich meal generally would provide a foal with good protection against any disease he might encounter, but with NI it can be deadly.

Since the foal’s ability to absorb antibodies into his bloodstream and lymphatic system is greatest during the first few hours of life–then gradually diminishes as the intestinal lining closes–he is most at risk of developing NI the first day. After his intestine can no longer absorb antibodies, and after the mare’s regular milk comes in, it’s safe for him to drink her milk.

https://thehorse.com/120813/neonatal-is ... -in-foals/

[MTO]

Vaulcluse's foal is wearing a muzzle so she doesn't drink milk from her dam until it's safe. I assume the staff will keep coming in to bottle feed.

The poor filly is trying to nurse but cannot, due to the muzzle. She's trying to shake it off.

[Ziggypop]

Contracture on Vaulcluse’s baby right hind?

[Retrospectiv]

Contracture on Vaulcluse’s baby right hind?

Very much so, see she's having a bit of a hard time getting around on that leg. Though, she's getting it under her better than last night.

[Summer Bird]

Wow, that sounds scary.

This potentially deadly disease is easy to prevent, but it can be challenging and expensive to treat
Neonatal isoerythrolysis (NI): This mouthful of a term literally means the destruction of a newborn foal’s red blood cells. The debilitating condition, in which a mare’s antibodies attack her foal’s red blood cells, can be lethal for a foal due to the resulting liver damage and other problems. The pregnancy might appear completely normal, without complication: a happy mare swelling larger with foal each day. But the foal’s blood type could be incompatible with his dam’s antibodies when they mix during the foal’s first meal (colostrum).

The dam’s antibodies do not affect the fetus in utero because they are too large to slip through the placental barrier. However, for the final three weeks of gestation, the mare concentrates antibodies she’s developed via natural exposure to diseases, from vaccination, or by other means, in her colostrum. Consuming this antibody-rich meal generally would provide a foal with good protection against any disease he might encounter, but with NI it can be deadly.

Since the foal’s ability to absorb antibodies into his bloodstream and lymphatic system is greatest during the first few hours of life–then gradually diminishes as the intestinal lining closes–he is most at risk of developing NI the first day. After his intestine can no longer absorb antibodies, and after the mare’s regular milk comes in, it’s safe for him to drink her milk.

https://thehorse.com/120813/neonatal-is ... -in-foals/

It is a scary disease. The farm always tests the mares for it before they foal, but with one mare I guess they tested too early. She came up negative for it, but thank god my boss went to give the mare’s milk to Hagyard for their colostrum bank. Hagyard tested it and saw the mare was NI positive and thankfully the foal was able to be saved. He was starting to turn yellow in the eyes and the poor fella needed a blood transfusion.

[Flanders]

c. by Quality Road - Lady Take Charge (War Front - Take Charge Lady) - March 1st

[Mylute]

Teamgeist (dam of Win the Space) foaled a filly by American Pharoah.

Holiday Music (half to Justify) foaled a colt by American Pharoah.