Savanna was covered this morning but I'm not convinced she was totally in standing heat. She allowed Raven to mount but then squealed, bucked up and moved around. Raven was able to accomplish the job and she did not kick at him like she was doing for the last 2 days.
Bedding needs to be picked up at TSC and the stall prepared, Grace the Andalusian mare is coming tonight with her Raven filly. Beth, Grace's owner emailed that the sonagram showed her in season now and she is afraid that if she waits for Friday it will be too late.
Heather is bringing her bay mare Jackie on Friday but she does not know where Jackie is in her cycle.
Sue from Chillicothe is wanting Sanna brought over in 18 days. Sangria should be checked today, she was not bred yesterday because of the Jubilee trail ride but was still in season so she should be covered today but I know Grace is coming in around 4:30pm and she MUST be covered if she is still in. Sangria will just have to wait, I don't want to use Raven 3 times in one day. We've had to do that last summer and all three mares actually took but I sure don't want to wear the old boy out.
One time we had 5 mares all needing cover on the same day. That time we hired Dr. Hoerr to come out, collect, extend and divide the semen, then inseminate them all. We had 3 outside mares in plus 2 of our own. A Trakehner mare named Opr's Lily was here at that time, Dr. Hoerr went to AI her and mentioned good thing we did, her cervix was wide open. It was so worth the money to have him out that time, all 5 mares were sonagramed in foal 16 days later.
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