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Late foaling no barrier to success 31/03/08

Breeders with mares due to foal in April or later still have time to book in to any of the stallions we have standing here at Overbury Stud.

As you may have noticed, Kayf Tara has had a marvellous season in the jumping division, despite that the fact that members of his first crop are still only six-year-olds. He is the sire of G1 runner-up and G2 winner Venalmar and Stakes winners Mad Max, Carruthers and Give It Time. While we have had plenty of interest in him, both in the UK and in Ireland, he’s  a very fertile horse and we hope to be in a position to consider late additions to his book.

Our two Champion milers have been well supported in their first few seasons at stud. We’re very much looking forward to Zafeen’s first yearlings appearing at the sales this autumn. Standing for £3,000 (Oct 1, Special Live Foal), his first foals made up to £78,000 and averaged almost five times his fee. There’s every reason to believe his yearlings will be equally sought after: don’t forget Zafeen was a G1 class juvenile himself, who was runner-up in the Prix Morny before becoming the Champion miler of his generation at three.

G1 Sussex Stakes winner Proclamation, who finished his three-year-old season with a superior rating to Classic winners Shamardal, Dubawi and Footstepsinthesand, now has his first foals on the ground. His 1 May foaling date didn’t prevent him winning first time out at two!

Indeed, all our stallions are the products of late coverings: Kayf Tara was conceived in late April and Zafeen in late May. And they’re not the only ones. The great Northern Dancer wasn’t foaled until 27 May, while Classic winners Dylan Thomas and Alexandrova share a birthday of 23 April and 1000 Guineas winners Wince, Speciosa and Shahtoush were also all born in the last week of April.

If your mare is yet to foal this season, please don’t hesitate to contact us to book a nomination or to discuss your options.

SIMON’S BLOG

16-8-10
Sadly the Hawk wing yearling filly had to put down 24 hours after her operation. She was in alot of pain which the vets couldn't reduce with drugs so they felt it was best to put her out of her misery. Although we are now left with just a very large bill for her care at least I know that everything that could have been done was done. We are also going to be looking for a new permenant member of staff this autumn as Vikki Chorley is leaving us after 4 years to ride eventers. Vikki was in charge of one of the yards so is a senior member of staff and I expect will be hard to replace.

6-8-10
After reporting some Overbury bred winners last week we are now experiencing the flipside of breeding (or generally looking after livestock). The yearling out of Flying Finsh - a filly by Hawk Wing - showed signs of colic on monday. She was checked by a vet who gave some pain killer and muscle relaxant. There was no sign of a twisted gut and she settled back to normal very quickly. All was well until wednesday morning when she again showed signs of colic, but this time her heart rate and temperature where raised. She went straight into the vets clinic where an infection in her gut - peritonitis - was confirmed. We had hoped that a heavy dose of antibiotisc might cure the problem but this morning she sickened quite rapidly. The vets advice was then there was no choise other than to operate and hope to find a problem. I have just been told that they have found an abscess on the outside of the gut which will have to be removed. Chance of sucess is rated at less than 50% and the operation is an expensive one. The only good thing is that if she survives there shouldn't be any recurring problems as a result of this. In the meantime we just have to wait and hope. (I'm away until the end of next week but will give a follow up on my return).