March - April 2010.
Duiker foaled on the 16th of April and presented me with a lovely bay filly as yet not the best of presentations as she was head first with her legs tucked back so I got to assist at my first foaling, much like lambing but there is a heck of a lot more room. Glad to say the filly appeared safe and sound within 8 minutes of popping her nose out for the first time and was up and about within 3 0 minutes. Currently unnamed I can only say that she will not have a name starting with a D I get names wrong often enough as it is.
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Lamb numbers are now up to 13, one ewe does not look pregnant but may yet produce in June if mr sheep has done his job this spring. That said she is the ewe that prolapsed about a month before giving birth. More good news in the form of a conditional offer from Bristol Uni to study vet science (AAB) and then the January exam results. I think I must have been in a strange place when sitting my biology exams as I got 100% for the AS paper and 93% for the A2 paper so I have 32.1% of an Alevel in Biology, this puts me on track for an A* and Chemistry is on target for an A.
January - February 2010.
February bought a plesant suprise with the news that Dylan had won the Heart of England Group ER Trophy. Another Warrnes Hill horse and former multiple winner of this trophy was second, Delorte Zaranz. Dee continues to get fatter and the Lambs have started arriving we now have 8, 7 of which were born in the last two days.
With Christmas over it is time to start planning, Ideally Dylan will be aiming to do a couple more ER rides including a 160k. I would like to work towards getting my five 2 and 3* completions so in the long term I would be eligible for team qualification. There is however no rush given Dylans youth so we will probably only enter 2-3 rides this year. For various reasons we are not looking to start competing this year till about June so the long spells of snow we have been experiencing are not too much of a problem.
