Rollestone Farm Stud & Livery

Hi, I live close to Rollestone at Clyst St Mary, I own Jemima who Sarah had on breeding loan last year (dam of Checkmate) who is in foal to Indy.

I also have a homebred large Riding Horse mare who we have shown successfully but is having time off and is currently at stud, a Tb x shire mare who evented and dressaged and is now a broodmare and a TB mare by Efisio who is also in foal.

Have been meaning to introduce myself for a while but always seem to be too busy!!

Will try to post pics later if I can work it out!!!

Hi Sue, Hope you are well? Welcome to the forum! Hope Jem is ok and all the others.

Would love to see some pics.

Kate X X

Hi Welcome to the forum, if sounds like you have you hands full, when are your foals due?

Ohhh Big Waves at you Sue... I think I know who you are - lol....

Paul xXx

Hi Sue,

I'm a local too - hosses just down the road from you in the Exmouth area.
second that request for piccies please (whispers this very quietly so that no one notices as i have yet to post any!!!)

Perce

Hi all, pics below hopefully they have worked & are not huge!!


Our homebred Melody Maker

Melody Maker

'Bug' TB x Shire

Pleasure Quest

Kate, Jem is fine and looking well, she's not due till June so is currently enjoying the spring grass.

We have about 25 horses here of all shapes & sizes. They are mostly other peoples, a bit like Sarah we have retired, youngstock & broodmares kept with us. Pleasure Quest (QT) was due on the 13th April but is usually 2 weeks late, Jem is due in June and we have three livery broodmares to foal in between. Bug foaled last Sunday but unfortunately although born alive and easily in only 10 mins it refused to breathe, obviously had brain damage & died after 5 minutes, the vets think it was probably starved of oxygen possibly with a twisted cord, sometime in the previous 24 hours. However she has now become a foster mare to a shire colt - very different to the sporthorses we try to breed!!

gosh, this breeding is a tough game!

glad to hear your mare has a new baby to take her mind off the other.

lovely pics.

just out of interest are you the stables alongside the 376? whenever we drive past my little lad Benji and I always look for foals as there are often ones there.

Perce

Hi Perce,

Yes we are the farm just before the Clyst St Mary roundabout, you'll notice this shire foal when he returns with my mare from the vets tomorrow!!! Where in Exmouth are you?

Sue

Hi Sue,

have pm'd you!

we are close enough to ride on Woodbury common! when i feel brave enough! Bloomin marines!!bloomin' bikers! bloomin' walkers! bloomin wide open spaces!

Perce

will look out for shire boy.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your foal, but very pleased that your mare has been able to adopt another foal.

Your horses all look very nice

Sorry to hear about the foal.

Melody Maker is stunning! Is she in foal?

Kate X

Hi really sorry to hear about your foal

Melody Maker is stunning & those are fab photos.

Hi Kate,

Melody Maker is at stud now and has been covered by Sequels Samista (Dutch Warmblood) due to be scanned in about 10 days, so fingers crossed. She is the mare that Sarah liked and was shown up to last year as a Large Riding Horse with multiple wins including Devon County, Royal
Cornwall & Swansea. Unfortunately spoilt & the apple of my eye!!!

Sue
xx

Hello, sorry to hear about Bug's foal, it's great that she can be a foster mare though! I would love to see pics of her with the shire foal (as I won't be driving past anytime soon!).

Glad that Jemima is doing well. I didn't realise she was in foal to Inde. When is her due date? I will add it to my calendar!

Do you have any pics of Wonky (sorry don't know what his proper name was so only know him by his nickname! Jem's 2007 foalie) after he left Rollestone? I was very fond of that little chap! I seem to think he is sold now though; where did he go?

went past 6 ish - think i might have spotted him - all legs!

unless of course it was another foal!
what colour? black? white face? very very quick glimspe as driving and on other side of dual carriageway going towards exmouth...


Perce