2015/16 Foal Photo's

[Richard prior]

Okay Folks, It would be fantastic to see some new foal photo's.

[Messenger]

I reckon the poster of this thread might like the look of this one
I am sorry that I could not load the big pic Rich but the file was too big (and Silverlight would not play ball to let me compress it)
This size would make a good avatar pic for you :)

[Richard prior]

Bettor's Delight colt from Beach Froi, Just short of 2 weeks old in this photo.

[Smoken]

Beautiful looking Colt.

[Richard prior]

Thanks Evan and Ross, I'm absolutley tickled pink with this young fella, My partner is also ecstatic, This is the first colt born on the property for 5 or 6 years.

[Big Max]

That is a powerful looking little fella! Congratulations!!

[strong persuader]

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Mr Feelgood - Lace And Whiskey colt.

[Richard prior]

Really nice package Phil, Congrats mate, Mr Feelgood leaves really nice types.

[Messenger]

Nice one Rich, he is bound to be quicker than his owner. ;)
Explanation (which may prove useful for others to remember) - Rich had a beautiful HD pic but Harnesslink will only let you attach a file that is <98kb and so he has had to do some refiguring

[strong persuader]

Really nice package Phil, Congrats mate, Mr Feelgood leaves really nice types.
He is. Photo was taken when he would have been 10-12 hours old, and he already is impressing with his looks.

To be clear, he belongs to some others, we just have the fun of watching and looking after them when they arrive.

[gregcattell]

don't know if this worked or not here is a photo of a nice colt by Arwoc Flier out of The Lyon King mare at 11 days old

[Richard prior]

Nice colt Greg, Love the colour, He's the image of mum.

[Jimbob]

Success David - she was worth the effort (and I learnt a new trick LOL)

[Richard prior]

Very nice David, Congrats mate

[Frosty]

Colt by Rock N Roll Heaven out of Nightoffire. Closely related to Flaming Flutter, Mark Dennis and Mister Whittaker. Lovely foal

[Messenger]

Nice looker Terry.

I am thinking this thread could be part of the answer to 'How do we get people to breed/buy more foals?'

[Frosty]

Nothing more rewarding to me than (making a decision on which stallion) seeing a foal born, raising it, handling it (lead, tie up, pick up feet etc), watching it develop its own personality and characteristics (they are all a little bit different) and then seeing them go on to win races (any race but feature and group races are more special). I get far more satisfaction out of this than winning races with yearlings that I have purchased (I do not develop the same connection with these ones) All the better ones Abettorpunt, Amajorjo, Master of Disquise, Frosty Lady, Frosty Bulldog, Lewisienna Jo etc were all great to get along with as foals and were quick learners.

[Richard prior]

Very nice Terry, Congrats mate

[Fan of Jate]

Just thought I would show a new foal of mine -a good looking filly bred at Peppertree farm
The sire is Sportswriter and the mare is Lady Peyton

[Fan of Jate]

and here is the picture

[strong persuader]

Some real nice types appearing here. Will be interesting to come back to this thread in 2-3 years and see how they fared.

[strong persuader]

I am intrigued by Arwoc Flier - The Lyon King colt, a colonial bred by most standards. I really hope he turns out for you guys.

[Richard prior]

Nice filly out of a nice mare, Congrats!!

[Messenger]

I am intrigued by Arwoc Flier - The Lyon King colt, a colonial bred by most standards. I really hope he turns out for you guys.

I was fascinated too. I could not find a descendant in ClassicFamilies but using Ian Daff's Black Book found the 6th dam Aljona
A different arm of Aljona's family produced Tim's Mate NZ (1.56.4 - where?) and Dark Horizon (1.55.6) who HRA has down as winning $241k but his performance history does not add up to $100k so I think they both must have been exported to the US

Greg, here's hoping that your colt out of Arwoc Flier becomes a champ and stallion and resurrects the Big Towner sire line

[Messenger]

Just thought I would show a new foal of mine -a good looking filly bred at Peppertree farm
The sire is Sportswriter and the mare is Lady Peyton

Good luck with her Pat, I notice her dam line has plenty of winning race-mares
It must have been hard to decide on a stallion for her as she matches up so well with many

[Toohard]

"DINO"


Pet Rock x The Perfect Mona colt born this morning

[Richard prior]

Congrats Paul, Nice and Leggy.

[Fan of Jate]

Cheers Kevin, I just took pot luck , I do like Sportswriters breeding though and not a bad price and Pepper tree farm have been very good so I have now put the mare to Roll with Joe and will hope for the best. She was a tough customer to beat in her races so a bit of speed injection should help if things turn out right.

[Big Max]

Congratulations Paul he's a handsome dude.what a great mare she's been for you and Luke.

[Messenger]

Congrats Paul, Nice and Leggy.

Might make a hurdler ;)

[Messenger]

Cheers Kevin, I just took pot luck , I do like Sportswriters breeding though and not a bad price and Pepper tree farm have been very good so I have now put the mare to Roll with Joe and will hope for the best. She was a tough customer to beat in her races so a bit of speed injection should help if things turn out right.

I am definitely no expert but I reckon the ped with Somebeachsomewhere looks interesting too

[Fan of Jate]

I can only wish, I generally draw the line at $5000 for a stallion especially if it is her first foal. It would be a different story if I had a horse that won me some decent money then you can afford to go to the top stallions, especially the star that you mentioned.

[Messenger]

I agree Pat, $12.5k is too much

[Messenger]

Kissmecatie with her Art Major filly.
(from Rich)

[Jimbob]

Congratulations Richard. Looks correct and a nice type. Is the rocknroll Hanover colt coming along nicely?

[Richard prior]

Sorry David, I don't have any interest(Ownership) in this one but the mare is on the same property as my colt, I'll PM you with the other answer mate.

[Richard prior]

I spotted one of Trevor's on the front of last weeks Trotguide, A very nice Art Major colt out of Ima Spicey Lombo, Congrats Trevor, He looks a ball of energy.

[eliteblood]

I spotted one of Trevor's on the front of last weeks Trotguide, A very nice Art Major colt out of Ima Spicey Lombo, Congrats Trevor, He looks a ball of energy.

Thanks, I didn't know that photo was on the Trotguide front page.
This is the photo you refer to.

I only have one other foal this year to date, A RNR Heaven - Localize colt, but don't have any photos of him.

[Fan of Jate]

Great Pic

[eliteblood]

Just received another photo of the colt.
Art Major certainly knows how to pass on his good looks.

[Richard prior]

Not wrong Trevor, He's a cracker!!

[Messenger]

Imagine if their legs grew at the same rate as the rest of them - horse racing would resemble giraffe racing!

[Messenger]

Rich's A Rocknroll Dance filly.

[Richard prior]

Thanks Kev, My mare but a friend bred this filly, She's 2 days old in this photo.

[teecee]

wot does mum get to eat? obviously not the good natural green stuff.lol

[Richard prior]

She has a massive appetite Tony, I don't know the place where she's at but if you have a close look through the fence, It's pretty green, I'll be seeing Mum and the foal in 2 weeks and hopefully get a couple better pictures, A good size mare for a Bettor's at 15.3 hands.

[Messenger]

Mr Feelgood x Miss Marg Shannon (Jet Laag) belonging to Trump Bloodstock

[Messenger]

Another from Trump Bloodstock: Betterthancheddar x Jolie Rouge (Western Terror) only a few hours old

[Messenger]

A great photo of the A Rocknroll Dance filly from Rich's mare (see also post 43)

[LisaB25]

First foal for the season, beautiful carribbean blaster colt out of maid for life born this morning.

[Richard prior]

Hi Lisa, You have to be happy with him, Congrats!!

[LisaB25]

Yes, extremely happy was hoping for a colt, and he's a nice type.

[Messenger]

No shortage of water where you are Lisa

[LisaB25]

yes the dams are all full at the moment, all Man made to irrigate our potatoes throughout the season.

[Messenger]

An update of Richard's Bettors (see post 3)

[Big Max]

That is one powerful lookin "little" fella!
We must have been hit with the "filly stick" we've had 5 mares drop so far for 5 lovely young ladies.1 to go! Colt please!!!!!!!

[Richard prior]

Cheers Ross and thanks for the update Kev, My mate up in QLD is in the same boat Ross, 3 to drop for 3 fillies and 1 to go and apparently 17 fillies from 21 mares at Monarch Farm.

[Big Max]

Ours are part of the 17 at Monarch farm Richard although it's probably 18 fillies now as The Archduchess yesterday morning dropped a lovely Bettors filly.

[Richard prior]

Congrats Ross, Terrific getting a Bettor's filly out of the mare, It's a recipe for a very good horse with Bettor's starting to leave some real nice ones out of CC mares.

[kung fu man]

I wouldn't complain if we had got another filly, cost 1800 for three handling fees and agistment for a twelve month wait and no foal this year ! Needless to say will probably be our last time.

[Greg Hando]

Your not alone in that Warren this is my 4th season trying to get a Shadyshark Hanover just about to say bugger the foals even changed mares last season and still to no avail

[Big Max]

Not complaining Warren,I love every one of them and I know what it's like to be in your situation as we've had this happen a few times and it sucks mate.i hope you can stick with it because the story of the archduchess came from a mare that we struggled to get in foal,her name was la speranza we were only breeding from 3 mares back then,la speranza died and we still had a CC service that we wanted to use but the only mare we had that was empty was Sheez not perfect who was no good,and as you can see if you look up her foals before duchess we went to VERY moderate priced stallions.cut a long story short we said "bugger it" let's use the Cullen service,keep the foal and give the mare away.Foal was duchess! And she came at a time we really were getting out.i suppose you never know where and when your luck will change. I wish you the best mate!

[Richard prior]

Ross(Big Max) How are those foals coming along mate??? Would love to see some photo's.

[Big Max]

Hi Richard, I'm having trouble attach photos using my iPhone. I'm overseas at the moment and I don't have my computer with me. I'm hopeless with this stuff,I'll keep trying because I have some nice photos.
Pretty happy that out last foal to be born is a boy, a nice neat full brother to Duchess.

[jake80]

Filly foal (tr) Yankee Spider - Singing Creek. Born 16th Sept, this photo taken 4th October.

[Richard prior]

Nice foal Jake, Spider is doing a terrific job.

[Messenger]

Here are a couple of pics of Dallas's stunning colt
Somebeachsomewhere x Gee R We There Yet (this dam is a half sis to Party Party and Another Party)

[Messenger]

Here are Big Max's babies

Armida X Art Major filly

[Messenger]

Santuzza X Christian Cullen filly

[Messenger]

and with their mums

Lampedusa X A Rocknroll Dance (just born)

[Messenger]

The Arch Nemesis X A Rocknroll Dance filly

[Messenger]

The Archduchess X Bettors Delight filly

[Messenger]

and finally "It's a Boy!" (full bro to The Archduchess)

Sheez Not Perfect X Christian Cullen

[Richard prior]

Excellent work Kev, Gee you've got to be happy with your foals Ross, Their all cracking types.

[Big Max]

Thanks Richard we are really happy that they were all born healthy and it's one of our best crops so far. A big thank you to Kevin for uploading the photo's,really appreciate it!

[Fan of Jate]

Great looking foals, well done