The cold has set in at the farm.
The last 2024 foals Oléo VMD and Ojálà VMD are now old enough to be weaned. Indeed, their mothers hardly let them suckle anymore, and need rest before welcoming their next foals (respectively in May 2025 for Deseada VPD, the mother of Oléo VMD, and June 2025 for Quintilla Carthago, the mother of Ojálà VMD.)
After the rains of November and December 2024, it is now the cold that is arriving, and also the return of the sun (a little), to the great delight of our horses (and us!). Breeding is hard, breeding is cruel sometimes, and each winter reminds us of it.
Resisting the rain, resisting the cold, running after time, to finish a day "before nightfall" is complicated, the workload is enormous. Fatigue is felt. But in the evening, knowing our horses are healthy, happy and with full bellies, in front of the fireplace we warm our bones and hearts.
It is a quiet time. The horses are resting, taking advantage of the winter to regenerate. It is the ideal time to trim each horse (the farrier trims the horn of the hooves which grows every month, like our nails.), renew the vaccinations (our herd is vaccinated against Equine Flu, Tetanus and Rhino-Pneumonia, responsible for abortions in pregnant mares for example, it is also fatal in its neurological form), visit the dentist etc.
In 2 months already, the first Pure Spanish Race foals of the 2025 season will arrive.
A season that promises to be rich in quality (we used an outside stallion for our Dressage mares, as well as high-quality stallions with diluted coats for our mares carrying cream and pearl.) So 11 foals are expected this season! A record but one that we do not want to repeat, indeed it is important for us to have the necessary time for the education of each foal, births will therefore be revised downwards for 2026. In the meantime, we will take advantage of 300% of the 2024 babies still present, as well as the 2025 babies that are arriving!
We wish you all a very happy new year 2025, with the horses of Yeguada Los Siete Reinos!
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