2011 Foals at LWF Sport Horses

Wienna and Presley

Presley - 2011 Colt

The 1st foal of 2011 was born shortly after midnight on May 1.  Some of the boarders and friends of LWF Sport Horses were on hand to welcome the beautiful chestnut colt - Presley.  It was especially exciting for several of the people because it was their 1st time to see a foal being born. His dam, Wienna, did not seem to mind the audience, and was probably relieved to have help foaling out the big colt.  The traits from his sire, Patrick, were already obvious in his sturdy legs, cute head, and grey rings around the eyes.

We had been expecting 3 foals by Patrick this year and 1 grandfoal (by Cor Noir), but sadly we discovered that two of our broodmares had evidently absorbed their fetus sometime in the months prior.  Neither had exhibited any signs of miscarriage and we had previously confirmed heartbeat on both.  Starbound aka "Libby" had recently been diagnosed with Cushings Disease and that probably was the reason for her loss and we were worried about a high risk pregnancy with her anyway, so I think it was nature's way of solving that issue.  Hulane aka "Sasha" is 22 years old and we had not been able to get her in foal since 2004 so it would seem that her body has told us that there will be no more.  We had hoped for one more since we lost the 2005 premium filly, Porsche, a couple of years ago.  Happily, Patina, Patrick's 2006 mare is still in foal and we are expecting to welcome his 2nd grandfoal in late May or early June.

Pictures and information on Patina's foal will be posted shortly after it arrives to be sure to check back then.