Post by kendralongson on Apr 18, 2018 13:56:05 GMT
Hello there and welcome to Shamrock Stables.
A business ran by myself, Kendra Longson alongside my husband Steve and our family and friends. We are based in the heart of the North Yorkshire Dales in England, UK.
Our main breeding focus are Appaloosa Sport Horses, we just love spots! We produce our stunning, versatile and quirky character sport horses with our foundation stock Appaloosa's, Knubstrupper's and Trakehner's. They compete in many English disciplines from 3 day eventing, to individual Dressage, Showjumping and 1 day Cross Country events.
Here you can see Jessica Longson riding one of our 5yo home bred mares, Shamrock Quake, on her debut XC outing at a local event last weekend. She showed lots of scope and promise over the Beginner fences, even when she spooked whilst jumping over the second fence, as she hadn't clocked the judge stood there before hand.
Kendra Longson rode our 6yo home bred ASH stallion, Shamrock Chapoteo at a local XC event last weekend too. He placed 2nd with a refusal costing him 1st place. We were still happy with his performance, especially being his first competition of 2018.
We have thankfully had 4 out of 4 successful foalings this 2018 year.
Shamrock Rustique, our 7yo Silver Dapple Bay ASH mare produced a lovely little Silver Smokey Grulla colt, Shamrock Little Wolf born on the 27.01.18 Due to his rare coat and the many complications that could result in any foals he produced, including night time blindness, we have decided we will be gelding this little guy but we're sure he'll prove popular in the show ring with both his paces and odd yet lovely coat.
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Our small sideline breeding hobby if you like are Tiger horses, we have bred one Soulon approved mare, 5yo Shamrock Lotus whom we are very happy with to use as our main brood mare for our Tiger's and Soulon's. We aim to breed 1 Tiger foal a year and 1 Soulon foal a year, although it's never 100% guaranteed even with invasive genetic testing on both the mare and stallion.
So, our Tiger mare Shamrock Señora moteada (spotted lady in spanish) aka Ada, was highly anticipated to throw a Soulon foal this year using an outside stallion and when the large filly arrived, she was certainly not going to be a Tiger or Soulon foal! Her sire must have some throwback Sabino gene's as our mare had thorough tests to ensure we didn't breed any stallion to her with undesirable genes but his tests came back clear. This is one reason we only breed 1 or 2 foals maximum for this project. Regardless, her little filly Shamrock Tiger Lilly arrived on 06.02.18 and after a tough labour and delivery for Ada, we have decided to not put her in foal again. We will however, give her this year off and gradually bring her back into training Spring 2019.
For the full account of Tiger Lilly's foaling, please head over to our Facebook page:
Our 7yo Friesian stallion, Shamrock Onyx King had his first (unplanned) foal with one of our Appaloosa Sport Horse mares, Shamrock Tainted Gold. She is our resident flirt and houdini who managed to run with Onyx. How on earth could you let a mare get in with a stallion I hear you ask? Ok, well Onyx was away on a year break from training, he needed to mature a bit, so my good friend had him as well as Tint who was recovering from a riding career ending tendon injury. This mare who the vet said "She will be able to carry foals in the future but she won't be able to gallop and leap around much" Hmm, well she jumped a 5 bar gate whilst in season and galloped off 2 miles down the lane and into the field where Onyx was laid down snoozing...It's safe to say it's never a dull moment with our horses, especially when they're away on a "recovery" holiday!
My poor friend said she had all her fences re-done and is popping wire along the top with brand new batteries to prevent any such rare and unexpected incidents from happening again!
Here is Tint proudly showing off her Grullo appaloosa sport horse foal, Shamrock Bronze King born 10.02.18. He was a very leggy foal who is finally starting to grow into his body a bit more. We reckon he's going to be a very tall boy judging by his 2month old size here!
A business ran by myself, Kendra Longson alongside my husband Steve and our family and friends. We are based in the heart of the North Yorkshire Dales in England, UK.
Our main breeding focus are Appaloosa Sport Horses, we just love spots! We produce our stunning, versatile and quirky character sport horses with our foundation stock Appaloosa's, Knubstrupper's and Trakehner's. They compete in many English disciplines from 3 day eventing, to individual Dressage, Showjumping and 1 day Cross Country events.
Here you can see Jessica Longson riding one of our 5yo home bred mares, Shamrock Quake, on her debut XC outing at a local event last weekend. She showed lots of scope and promise over the Beginner fences, even when she spooked whilst jumping over the second fence, as she hadn't clocked the judge stood there before hand.
Kendra Longson rode our 6yo home bred ASH stallion, Shamrock Chapoteo at a local XC event last weekend too. He placed 2nd with a refusal costing him 1st place. We were still happy with his performance, especially being his first competition of 2018.
We have thankfully had 4 out of 4 successful foalings this 2018 year.
Shamrock Rustique, our 7yo Silver Dapple Bay ASH mare produced a lovely little Silver Smokey Grulla colt, Shamrock Little Wolf born on the 27.01.18 Due to his rare coat and the many complications that could result in any foals he produced, including night time blindness, we have decided we will be gelding this little guy but we're sure he'll prove popular in the show ring with both his paces and odd yet lovely coat.
(image pending)
Our small sideline breeding hobby if you like are Tiger horses, we have bred one Soulon approved mare, 5yo Shamrock Lotus whom we are very happy with to use as our main brood mare for our Tiger's and Soulon's. We aim to breed 1 Tiger foal a year and 1 Soulon foal a year, although it's never 100% guaranteed even with invasive genetic testing on both the mare and stallion.
So, our Tiger mare Shamrock Señora moteada (spotted lady in spanish) aka Ada, was highly anticipated to throw a Soulon foal this year using an outside stallion and when the large filly arrived, she was certainly not going to be a Tiger or Soulon foal! Her sire must have some throwback Sabino gene's as our mare had thorough tests to ensure we didn't breed any stallion to her with undesirable genes but his tests came back clear. This is one reason we only breed 1 or 2 foals maximum for this project. Regardless, her little filly Shamrock Tiger Lilly arrived on 06.02.18 and after a tough labour and delivery for Ada, we have decided to not put her in foal again. We will however, give her this year off and gradually bring her back into training Spring 2019.
For the full account of Tiger Lilly's foaling, please head over to our Facebook page:
Our 7yo Friesian stallion, Shamrock Onyx King had his first (unplanned) foal with one of our Appaloosa Sport Horse mares, Shamrock Tainted Gold. She is our resident flirt and houdini who managed to run with Onyx. How on earth could you let a mare get in with a stallion I hear you ask? Ok, well Onyx was away on a year break from training, he needed to mature a bit, so my good friend had him as well as Tint who was recovering from a riding career ending tendon injury. This mare who the vet said "She will be able to carry foals in the future but she won't be able to gallop and leap around much" Hmm, well she jumped a 5 bar gate whilst in season and galloped off 2 miles down the lane and into the field where Onyx was laid down snoozing...It's safe to say it's never a dull moment with our horses, especially when they're away on a "recovery" holiday!
My poor friend said she had all her fences re-done and is popping wire along the top with brand new batteries to prevent any such rare and unexpected incidents from happening again!
Here is Tint proudly showing off her Grullo appaloosa sport horse foal, Shamrock Bronze King born 10.02.18. He was a very leggy foal who is finally starting to grow into his body a bit more. We reckon he's going to be a very tall boy judging by his 2month old size here!
Last but not least, our few spot foundation appaloosa mare Shamrock Ice Pink Lady, has finally had her foal which is our 4th and final one for 2018. We are pleased to say that both mare and foal are doing well. The little colt is a silver buckskin blanket appaloosa born on 08.04.18 His sire is Shamrock Tainted Nez, who is Palomino (ee/AA/ZZ/nCr/LpLp/PATN1), Homozygous silver, meaning he throws spotty foals and his silver dilution gene, means he dilutes black points to this lovely silver buckskin. This pairing with Ice Pink Lady, who is EE/aa/LpLp/PATN1, Homozygous Black also means they could produce a silver bay foal. So we may breed these two again, we shall see how Ice Pink Lady is physically and mentally later this year and decide then.
Introducing little Shamrock Silver Nez
Introducing little Shamrock Silver Nez
