September came quickly..

Weaning time is fast approaching! Our first foals, already six months old, must say goodbye to their mothers.

Iluminada COTI et Khal Drogo SR, chevaux Pure Race Espagnole de la Yeguada Los Siete Reinos, France.

We hear everything and its opposite about the different weaning methods.

We have tried almost everything, and our experience also guides us over time.

What emerges from this, at least at our farm, is that trying to do a "progressive" weaning is not easy, it is even more stressful for mothers and their young, because they are separated several times, then put back together, then separated again, etc. We have also tried to separate just by putting them in a paddock next to each other, and this also brings stress. The foal sees its mother, cries as soon as she moves away, the mother continues to produce milk (risk of mastitis) because she always sees her foal, who cannot suckle.

For several years now, we have been weaning by quietly taking the mares to further fields, on foot. No whining, the mares know, understand, that it is this time of year, they are incredible, intelligent, real queens.

Some foals don't even see their mother leave, because yes, they have already gained a lot of independence on their own, and only come to their mothers from time to time for a feed.

So yes, after a while the babies understand that mom is not there, but they are surrounded by their aunts, their rhythm of life does not change, and suddenly, it passes very quickly, and the foals do not suffer from it.

This is an important step in the lives of our foals, and it must not be missed. Seeing a foal pacing in front of a fence all day long because he cannot reach his mother, whom he sees and hears, for us, this is not our vision of respect and comfort for the horse.

So it is in the greatest calm that our mares are separated from their babies, then taken away for a few weeks to spend a beautiful autumn between mothers, peacefully.

In September, four of our babies are already weaned, and we continue quietly, two by two, in order to reduce stress as much as possible and let the young ones, not yet old enough to be weaned, grow.

French Championship

Our first and only daughter of Iluminada COTI (our first mare) MARAVILLA VMD, born in 2022, participated this past June 21st in the French Championship of the Purebred Spanish horse, organized by the AECE, the official French Association affiliated with the Stud Book of the Purebred Spanish horse in Spain (ANCCE).

Maravilla, after being broken in last March, went to join the stables of Cristobal Lopez near Arles for her training and preparation.

Mr Lopez' comments: "I would like to have fillies of this quality every day."

Even though Maravilla was not in the Top 3 (in her section there were 8 fillies, several of which came from Spain, among them a mare who was vice-world champion at SICAB).

For a first competition, Maravilla was extremely kind, presented herself well and even her groom was surprised by her easy-going nature and her predisposition to let herself go in all circumstances.

We won't keep you waiting any longer, here are some pictures of Maravilla VMD, who is still the 4th most beautiful fillies born and bred in France!

Maravilla VMD with her handler Cristobal LOPEZ, we thanks him for his perfect work.

We celebrate the boys!

This year, at our farm, we can say it's what we call a year of colts foals! Out of 9 foals born at the farm at the time of writing, 8 are males!

There is only one more foaling to come, so in any case, the males are winning hands down this year!

Pharao VMD, poulain Pure Race Espagnole noir né à la Yeguada Los Siete Reinos

On this occasion, we wanted to ask you, those of you who practice horse riding or would like to one day make your dream come true, what you think about the male/female differences for your personal project?

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