Meadow Brook Stables

12/18/2024

Finish the song:

On the sixth day of Christmas, my horse gave to me . . .

12/17/2024

Finish the song:

On the fifth day of Christmas, my horse gave to me . . .

Five …
Four ripped hay nets,
Three fairy knots,
Two lost shoes,
And a new vet bill and anxiety.

12/16/2024

Finish the song:

On the fourth day of Christmas, my horse gave to me . . .
Four …
Three fairy knots,
Two lost shoes,
And a new vet bill and anxiety.

12/16/2024

Foal Fetal Development Update

Holly - Due March 14th - 255 Days In Foal
8 Months In Foal - 3rd Trimester (Start)

Chica - Due March 20th - 245 Days In Foal
8 Months In Foal - 3rd Trimester (Start)

Prairie - Due April 1st - 236 Days In Foal
7 Months In Foal - 2nd Trimester (End)

HollyB - Due April 3rd - 234 Days In Foal
7 Months In Foal - 2nd Trimester (End)

Kee - Due April 9th - 228 Days In Foal
7 Months In Foal - 2nd Trimester (Middle)

Jazz - Due April 12th - 225 Days In Foal
7 Months In Foal - 2nd Trimester (Middle)

Emmy - Due May 3rd - 204 Days In Foal
6 Months In Foal - 2nd Trimester (Middle)

Trashy - Due May 11th - 196 Days In Foal
6 Months In Foal - 2nd Trimester (Middle)

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Holly and Chica are all within different parts of their 8th Month Gestation this is considered the start of the 3rd Trimester.

Growth
Size: 50 – 70 cm (20 - 28 inches)
Weight: 8.5 - 15 kg (18.7 – 33.1 lbs)
Size comparison: Beagle

Milestones
The foal starts developing hair on their poll, ears, chin, muzzle and throat.

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Prairie, HollyB, Kee and Jazz are all in the 7th Month of Gestation - the middle to end of the 2nd Trimester.

Growth
Size: 35 – 70 cm (8 – 28 inches)
Weight: 4 – 7.5 kg (8.8 - 16.5 lbs)
Size comparison: Raccoon

Notes: Your foal’s growth rate will become very rapid in the next few months.

Milestones
The foal’s mane and tail are now evident. After moving to the cranial position (head towards the cervix), your foal’s hind limbs become encased by one of your mare’s uterine horns. The limbs begin to enter a horn around this month. This is another important feature of pregnancy in horses. It keeps your foal laying on their back and may also protect your foal’s umbilical cord from their weight and becoming tangled in their long limbs.

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Emmy and Trashy are in their 6th Month of Gestation and towards the middle of the 2nd Trimester.

Growth
Size: 35 – 64 cm (8 – 25 inches)
Weight: 3 - 6 kg (6.6 – 13.2 lbs)
Size comparison: Groundhog

Notes: The foal’s liver is around 5% of their body weight this month.

Milestones
The foal starts to develop their mane and tail.

The foal’s mobility continues to decrease, and there is increasing likelihood that your foal has moved to the cranial position (head towards the cervix) from this point forward.

To check your mares status please visit:
https://www.equineguelph.ca/pregnancywheel/

12/15/2024

Finish the song:

On the third day of Christmas, my horse gave to me . . .
Three ….
Two lost shoes,
And a new vet bill and anxiety.

12/14/2024

This is a great listen. An interview by the Tom McCutcheon’s The SHOW of NRHA Futurity L4 and L3 Winner Kaci O'Rourke. The first woman to win this prestigious title.

We choose Kaci as a trainer for Steele a few years ago because of how she rides, the way she respects the horse and because she is a woman. Yup that played into my choice of a trainer.

History was made last Saturday night in Oklahoma City as Kaci O'Rourke became the first-ever female champion of the NRHA L4 Open Futurity. Her electric run a...

12/14/2024

Finish the song:

On the second day of Christmas, my horse gave to me . . .
Two …
One unpaid vet bill and anxiety

12/14/2024

What are some “Old Wives Tails” you have heard about for predicting foal gender? We’d love to try them out in our mares and keep a “tally” and see how accurate it is come the spring!

12/13/2024

It is National Day of the Horse! Share your favorite photo of your horse or a horse in your life (it can even be your favorite famous horse, like a professional show horse, race horse, or movie or TV horse) below and tell us a bit about them.

12/13/2024

Finish the song:
On the first day of Christmas, my horse gave to me . . .

12/13/2024

Luckily my family is very supportive of my addictive habit 😅

12/13/2024

Foal Friday - Glow Up!

Figured we could feature one of our foals each week as long as I have content. We have over 66 foals now that have been born here so more than a year's worth of content as long as I can get owners to share updated photos of their babies.

If you have an MBS baby, find a baby photo in their foal Album and try to match a current photo with the same pose for comparison. Send it to me via PM and we will feature your baby!

Coco - 2021 Buckskin Tobiano Filly
A Tru QT Cruzn To Win x Diaman H Riskeys Jet

Owned by Angela Trenholm

12/12/2024

Gambit …. Where is your blanket? 🤦🏼‍♀️

12/11/2024

10 more days! We can do it!

12/10/2024

😅🤣🫣

12/09/2024

Holly: You stay on your side and you can hang out in our presence.

Cruz: Yes ma’am.

Holly: don’t look at us. Don’t talk to us. Don’t even breathe the same air as us.

Cruz: Yes ma’am.

12/09/2024

MARE MONDAY

We are going to feature one of our Mares that is expecting for 2025 each Monday for the next few weeks.

Trashy - First Class Trash is a 2014 Sorrel Splash Mare

Trashy is a Homozygous Splash Mare, who is a daughter of Trashedeous (LTE $138,599). Trashy has produced some stunning and athletic foals which are showing in Ranch and Reining Events in Canada and the US. She has also started in our Lesson Program and has been coming along well.

Past Foals:
2018 - Sorrel Splash Filly
2019 - Chili - Sorrel Splash Filly
2020 - Pepsi - Sorrel Splash Filly
2021 - Zeke - Sorrel Splash (all White) C**t
2022 - Oscar - Sorrel Splash C**t
2023 - Eleanor - Bay Splash Filly
2024 - Wilder - Sorrel Splash C**t

This foal is available in utero.

12/08/2024

The ladies decided Cruz was allowed at the “cool” kids table … for now anyways.