FINALLY!!

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:48 am

But worth the wait, about an hour ago, Julie's Gem finally dropped a GORGEOUS colt. Bay with a big star, VERY nice, correct and all the angles are right. Today is the anniversary of her cover so she went a full 365 days.

Maven · Postby **Maven** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:06 am

Congrats, Madelyn!

nferro9925 · Postby **nferro9925** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:22 pm

Very cool! Congratulations Madelyn!

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:26 pm

Yikes. I brought Lady Bomb in a couple of days ago, her due date is 3/7, and she is down and grunting.. might be a twofer day today!

clh · Postby **clh** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:26 pm

Madelyn - congratulations! Sounds like it was well worth the wait! Glad mom and babe are doing well - so when do we see pictures?

geowarrior · Postby **geowarrior** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:55 pm

Julie's Gem, that's the Minardi foal, is it not?

Mood Swings · Postby **Mood Swings** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:53 pm

Congratulations Madelyn! Looking forward to pictures. Did you get a "twofer" today, or was she just teasing?

SymRanch · Postby **SymRanch** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:36 pm

Congratulations!
(Is a 2nd set of congrats in order too???)

Savana Star Dubois · Postby **Savana Star Dubois** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:45 am

congrats on your anniversary :lol:

and having a healthy gorgeous foal..pictures pictures

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:22 pm

Yup, it's the Minardi.. nope, Lady Bomb is still hanging in there, peacecully munching.

Pics maybe this afternoon if I can get my husband to help (unlikely) and no farm help today so I have all the stalls to muck alone.

I'm just tickled to GET the Minardi at all -- I bought Julie's Gem at an auction and you know usually there's something going on "under the hood" with those. No live foal guarantee, and caveat emptor. And I paid something like 10% of the stud fee, mare included. Go figure.

I wish I could keep this one to race, I LOVE his pedigree and also could name him "March Forth"!

henthorn · Postby **henthorn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:14 pm

Why not?! You don't have much equity in him.

Des · Postby **Des** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:26 pm

Great name.... I say Keep him

clh · Postby **clh** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:35 pm

Even if you don't keep him - I'd still name him that! Great name!

Cheryl

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:52 am

henthorn wrote:Why not?! You don't have much equity in him.

Well here is a pisser for you. I bought the mare at the ITOBA sale. So according to the KY Breeder's Incentive Fund rules, this foal is ineligible. Even though the mare was bred to Minardi, who was a KY sire and nominated and all, and she resided in Owensboro KY until the morning of the sale, and then returned to KY in the afternoon, the breeding is disqualified. I talked to them, and wrote a letter as they suggested and have never even had the courtesy of a reply.

Being of very limited resources ($$), I can only realistically send one or two into training. So I think I need to focus on the ones that are KBIF registered that I was the breeder of (and my first loyalty has to be to the Rocky foals).

But yes

I think it's a great name, too. Thanks everyone!

Now if Lady Bomb would ONLY have her foal....

geowarrior · Postby **geowarrior** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:55 pm

Couldn't you sell shares in him and keep in interest to race? Or some other creative arrangement? Seems a shame to have to let him go.