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August 2009
All mums and foals doing well, despite the ongoing rain. As we are giving all the mares a year off this year the summer has been quite peaceful. No driving aroun d the countryside taking them to stallions.
Annabell, as she is wthout a foal, is back under the saddle and is being ridden by Kate, pictured below. Annabell is slowly shedding some of the weight she picked up and is in great form. We wil be taking her to the Iverk Show in Piltown, Kilkenny at the beginning of September.
July 2009
New Arrival
This week saw one mare leave the farm and another arrive. Ardattin Clasina left us and went to a new home where she hope she and her new owners will be very happy. She has gone to Cuffesgrange Horses to Eamon Sheehan (Senior and Junior) and we wish them well with her. In her place we have welcomed Allison and her filly foal Rosie. Allison is a Registered Clydesdale mare and her foal is by Rose Hall Travis. Both of them lovely peaceful creatures who have settled in well.
Allison and her eight week old foal Rosie (Photo courtesy Finno)
Our AID mare Saoirse na Fodhla gave birth on the 4th July (in the middle of the day, taking us all by surprise) to a lovely filly foal - she is by Cloneen Clover who lives in Old Leighlin.
Saoirse's filly foal born 4th July
Sad news on the 2nd July, one of our old and much beloved ponies, Loco, died. She will be much missed by us and by her faithful companion Milkshake.
June 2009
A crop of fillies so far, so all is well at Laragh.
Penny our Huntingfield Rebel mare gave birth to a strong filly ten days early on June 16th - she is by Sir Stormy Breeze and has enough one on her for two horses!
Here she is
Two days later, on the 18th June, Laragh Chessie our Irish Cob gave birth to a filly that our farrier described as a Rhino. A tough little girl, she is by Llewellyn.
Laragh Chessie and her little filly on Day one of her life
Then, on June 19th, Lisomoses Lady gave birtjh to a filly foal,two weeks early. She is by Gold Link who lives just down the road from us in Kilkenny.
Lismoses Lady and Epona her filly foal (Photo courtesy of Finno)
Sad news during June was the discovery that Annabell had slipped her foal by Gold Link. She is however healthy and happy and being a good aunt to the other foals.
May 16th
Our Danetime thoroughbred, Lilo (252) gave birth in the early hours of the morning to a beautifulflly foal (by Cloneen Clover) No hassles with the birth, in fact she even forgot to call us. Mum and filly well. Possibly the strongest foal she has produced thus far. Annabell still quiet.
May 2009
All mums and foals doing well, despite the ongoing rain. As we are giving all the mares a year off this year the summer has been quite peaceful. No driving aroun d the countryside taking them to stallions.
Annabell, as she is wthout a foal, is back under the saddle and is being ridden by Kate, pictured below. Annabell is slowly shedding some of the weight she picked up and is in great form. We wil be taking her to the Iverk Show in Piltown, Kilkenny at the beginning of September.
July 2009
New Arrival
This week saw one mare leave the farm and another arrive. Ardattin Clasina left us and went to a new home where she hope she and her new owners will be very happy. She has gone to Cuffesgrange Horses to Eamon Sheehan (Senior and Junior) and we wish them well with her. In her place we have welcomed Allison and her filly foal Rosie. Allison is a Registered Clydesdale mare and her foal is by Rose Hall Travis. Both of them lovely peaceful creatures who have settled in well.
Allison and her eight week old foal Rosie (Photo courtesy Finno)
Our AID mare Saoirse na Fodhla gave birth on the 4th July (in the middle of the day, taking us all by surprise) to a lovely filly foal - she is by Cloneen Clover who lives in Old Leighlin.
Saoirse's filly foal born 4th July
Sad news on the 2nd July, one of our old and much beloved ponies, Loco, died. She will be much missed by us and by her faithful companion Milkshake.
June 2009
A crop of fillies so far, so all is well at Laragh.
Penny our Huntingfield Rebel mare gave birth to a strong filly ten days early on June 16th - she is by Sir Stormy Breeze and has enough one on her for two horses!
Here she is
Two days later, on the 18th June, Laragh Chessie our Irish Cob gave birth to a filly that our farrier described as a Rhino. A tough little girl, she is by Llewellyn.
Laragh Chessie and her little filly on Day one of her life
Then, on June 19th, Lisomoses Lady gave birtjh to a filly foal,two weeks early. She is by Gold Link who lives just down the road from us in Kilkenny.
Lismoses Lady and Epona her filly foal (Photo courtesy of Finno)
Sad news during June was the discovery that Annabell had slipped her foal by Gold Link. She is however healthy and happy and being a good aunt to the other foals.
May 16th
Our Danetime thoroughbred, Lilo (252) gave birth in the early hours of the morning to a beautifulflly foal (by Cloneen Clover) No hassles with the birth, in fact she even forgot to call us. Mum and filly well. Possibly the strongest foal she has produced thus far. Annabell still quiet.
May 2009
The mares have been out on the spring grass and are all looking well. The (almost) yearlings are growing fast and in some cases greying out and losing their very thick winter coats.
From left, Loki,Thor (behind), Brenny and Lady
Despite the wind, rain, frost and the muck, all is well. The winter coats are thick and woolly and so far (touch wood) the pregnancies are all in order. All of us looking forward to spring.
Laragh Clover (out of Saoirse na Fodhla and by Cloneen Clover) with his greying out winter coat
November 2008
Clasina doing well now. Back to her old self.
All the other foals growing and thriving which is an enormous relief. We do not wean them early so they are all still with their mothers and happy out.
October 2008
Very sad news, Clasina lost her foal Milly. She had developed Rhodococcus and despite weeks of treatment we were unable to get on top of it so we had to say goodbye to the little creature. She was a pet and we were all very sad to lose her. We left her with Clasina overnight to enable her to get used to the fact of her death and when she was ready to leave her we put the ponies and our miniature stallion into the field with her for company. She is recovering.
August 2008
So far all our mares, with the exception of Laragh Chessie, are back in foal to the stallions described below. Fingers crossed that all goes well! The foals are growing well and despite weeks of rain they seem to be thriving.
July 2008
Stallions .....
This year we have taken Ardattin Annabell and Lismoses Lady to Gold Link, who is owned and stood by Keith Hatton, Killeen House, Johnswell Road Kilkenny.
Gold Link is by Merry Gold and out of Cranny Starlet. Merry Gold is by Lahinch who is by Laughton. He is twenty years old and in fine fettle as he spends most of his free time out in the fields. He is a total outcross to both Ardattin Annabell and Lismoses Lady and we are looking forward to the results of the cross.
Gold Link, standing with Keith Hatton, Liseen House, Johnswell Rd Kilkenny Phone : 0872331734
Both Saorise na Fodhla and Lilo have gone back to Cloneen Clover as we were very pleased with the foals they produced by him.
Cloneen Clover, standing with Ian Smyth on Leighlin Ridge, Phone 0868141809
Barefield Penny was covered by Sir Stormy Breeze who stands with Jackie Corrigan in Ballon, Co. Carlow. Sir Stormy is by Heather Breeze and out of Breezy, and is a lovely traditional type of Irish Draught.
Sir Stormy Breeze, standing with Jackie Corrigan in Ballon, County Carlow.
Ardattin Clasina is now in foal to Huntingfield Heathcliff, who stands in Cappawhite, Tipperary with Jim and Margaret Buckley.
Laragh Chessie, our Irish Cob, is presently up in Meath, being covered by Llewellyn who was the sire of her previous foal Molly.
Llewellyn, standing with Dermot and Flore Ryan in Kells, County Meath. Phone 0879166010
Ardattin Clasina, who has only just foaled, is going to Huntingfield Heathcliff who is standing with Jim and Margaret Buckley at Garryfin Stud, Co. Tipperary.
