The youngest Academy super star mascot, Royal Diva, is 6 weeks old and growing by day. She shed her first frogs and her foal coat is slowly shedding too leaving her face slightly moth eaten in appearance 😉 She has learnt to lead for short periods of time, pick her feet up, got acquainted with…
Story by Kelly Hill Quick Video Update from today: Test run of the night foal watch tonight!
Story by Kelly Hill Moving the pregnant mare Looking at Tilly surrounded by poisonous plants in her maternity field was making me more nervous by the minute. We had spent a lot of time (2 months) doing the field up and making it as foal friendly as possible in any spare time we could find.…
Story by Kelly Hill Knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t do it again. Not like I’ve done it with Tilly, anyway. I have a nice Welsh mare that I’d like to breed but would like her to run with a stallion and be covered naturally. For the kind of foal I wanted out of…
Story by Kelly Hill Oakham Veterinary Hospital Stud welcomed us with fields full of mares and foals. Mares that looked much more expensive than Tilly, who I worked for three years to call mine. I had thought about breeding her for years, constantly weighing up the pros and cons. I always thought of the worst…
I came across these two videos this morning and thought they were really worth sharing. Especially the first one speaks volumes…
“In the winter of 2011/12, amid the turmoil of the Egyptian elections, a group of horse breeders by the Pyramids pursue their own rivalries.” Jessica Kelly
