At last after days of waiting Belle gave birth to a beautiful colt foal at 12.30 - the only sound in the stable was her deep rhythmic breathing and the sea echoing across the fields to us from the beach below the village. She waited until the wind had turned to bring the warm westerlies to Cornwall and with it the sea swell that heralds spring.
We've been awake through the night to check that all is going well and Charles has just called out that the young man is now feeding on his own ( we can monitor the stable from our bedroom) and so I think we can grab a few hours sleep. Good night or should I say good morning - for more gruesome pictures check out Dani's blog our stud diary!
De Vinci at less than an hour old
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Oh wow! Finally, I have been checking daily! Thank you so much for the photo's.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful...Belle did great!
What a little beauty :-)
Sharon
Obviously a star in the making ! So pleased that all went well ! Sue
ReplyDeleteYes it's been a very long wait and we are having a very early night tonight - and so are the horses - just off to give them their super!The next delivery 15th of May -schedule all sleepless night for then!
ReplyDeleteChristine