Denlore Morgan Horse Farm Newsletter

Looking back at 2010

2010-12-29T19:11:00.000-08:00

The end of 2010 is here and we look forward to the breeding season of 2011. Denlore's Desert Storm is going to be twenty years old this year and we are looking at breeding several mares to him. He's getting up there in age and we love his foals. All of them have been easy to train and work with and when they have gone to new homes their owners have been able to continue on with their training by themselves.
The Morgan Horse is a wonderful animal all on it's own and when you get a stallion that is a special as Storm has been, it is just frosting on the cake.
Besides loving the breed we also love the history. The Morgan is truly America's first breed of horse and as far as I'm concerned, the best. Morgans excel in jumping, endurance, saddleseat, hunt seat, western, driving and make wonderful trail horses. They love people and are great children horses.
If you want a horse that can do it all and be your best friend as well, own a Morgan Horse!

Excellent Summer!

2010-09-16T18:13:00.000-07:00

We had a great summer. It's been sunny and warm most days this summer and it's been one of the best I can remember.
We have collected several out side studs this summer and photographed some wonderful horse shows. We found a wonderful home for our twenty three year old mare and go into winter with only three of our own horses. With this questionable economy at hand, we are in a great position to continue our breeding program when the future looks a little better.
In the mean time we will work with the Morgan horses we have to further their education.

As The Summer Goes On!

2010-06-13T13:01:00.001-07:00

We have collected several outside studs as well as a collection on our stallion Denlore's Desert Storm. We are not sure however if we will end up breeding any mares this year. Our mare is old and she has not been easy to read while in heat. This tells me that at age twenty three, that her days as a baby maker have come to a close. We need to find a nice home for her to serve out the rest of her life.
We have also concluded that with the economy the way it is, that a year away from breeding a mare might be a good decision since holding on to foals does not make you money. We have a very nice yearling to sell and we should get him going well and sell him before any more foals are made.
We will next year however get our four year old started on collecting him on the phantom and maybe get his first foal on the ground at that time. I will keep you informed to whats going on if things change.

Breeding Time Has Come

2010-05-03T17:53:00.000-07:00

Precious is in heat but we will wait one more heat before we breed her. We will collect Storm to keep him cleaned out but living here in Vermont our Aprils can be cold and snowy so we will wait one more heat to breed.
Gaetano is home but I have not had the time to work with him as I should be doing but his rest will be over shortly. Summers in Vermont are not long enough with stalls, turn out, training, breeding, wood and hay but we always manage to get it all done.
The Morgan Horse is a wonderful breed and no where will you find a horse that is more willing and can do it all.

This is the weekend.

2010-03-31T17:40:00.000-07:00

Well Denlores Gaetano has been out for a little training and after six weeks he is going well under saddle and has been driven three or four times. Mostly saddle work is what was done and we will continue working him here at home. We do think that he can become a very nice western pleasure horse and be competitive on the Morgan A circuit.
We are expecting nice weather this weekend so on Friday we bring Gaetano home and we will collect Storm on Saturday. We need to get a couple of ejaculates out of him to start off the season. I will keep you informed on how successful our breeding season will be. Come back and check this blog often.

Breeding Season

2010-03-04T03:33:00.000-08:00

We want to thank you for visiting our web site and we hope you enjoyed our Morgans. If at any time your in Vermont please stop by and see us in person. We always like company and we love to talk horse.

Well the breeding season is here and we'll try this year to get our twenty two year old mare, Bo's Precious Gem in foal for a second time. We feel very lucky to have gotten a fantastic foal out of her last year but she would not show heat well with a foal by her side so we skipped covering her. That's not always good because as long as you keep breeding them, aged mares will get in foal easier breeding them right back. We will keep you informed right here as to how things are working out.

We also take in outside stallions for semen collection and shipping. Contact us at denlore3@denlore.com for fees and information.

Denlores Gaetano is at Meadowmere Farm getting an education. He is doing very well and it looks like he will make a very nice western pleasure show horse or carriage driving horse. We will let Josh make the final decision as to what he is best doing. His is still a stallion however he can be gelded at any time. I have kept him a stallion because of his wonderful disposition, his willingness to work along with the fact that he is very well put together.
He is for sale and you can contact his trainer Josh at Medowmere Farm in Vernon Vermont.

Spring is on it's way but

2010-02-25T19:11:00.000-08:00

We have had several large snow storms the last few days. After a rather easy winter, Mother Nature decided to help us not forget what winter is all about. The mares in the barn however are coming into heat and the horses are beginning to she some hair. Both these signs tell me that winter is winding down and spring is right around the corner.
Last years foal, Denlores Dueler6 is growing like a weed and getting sassy. He is going to require a little more education to understand that he cannot play with me like he would with another colt. I know he loves me but!!!!
Speaking of education, Denlore's Gaetano is in training at Meadowmere Stable. It looks like he will do very well as a western or carriage driving horse. He is still a colt and he is for sale so if you are looking for a nice horse to show at larger shows, this guy will do it. He is a very nice stallion but by removing a couple of items, he could become an outstanding gelding.
Go to http://www.denlore.com/

It's winter 2010!

2010-02-05T20:05:00.000-08:00

With Facebook and Twitter, I have neglected this blog but I am back. The foal we had on the farm last May is doing wonderful. His name is Dueler6 and was named after Major General Robert E. Dueler.

This little guy is gonna be something special and you can follow his growth by checking in here from time to time to hear all about him.

NEW FOAL ALERT

2009-05-07T17:29:00.000-07:00

We have had a beautiful colt born on the farm on May 3, 2009. This is a wonderful colt that is healthy and entertaining to watch. If you want to see more photos, please go to www.denlore.com and click on the our farm link.

Waiting for baby

2009-03-18T09:19:00.000-07:00

Precious is due on April 25th and we are waiting.We took her blanket off yesterday and her big belly is there in all it's glory. Being twenty years old and never having a foal, I think she is wondering what the hell is going on.
We are getting milk replacer and other items we may need just in case she has a hard time of it or does not produce a lot of milk. Being her first foal and of course her age makes this baby birth a big risk.Maybe she will surprise us all! Come back often to see how things turn out!

A New Year!

2008-12-21T09:36:00.000-08:00

We have had a wonderful year at Denlore. The breeding season went well and Storm is enjoying his winter. He will be eighteen years old in 2009 and hopefully we will have many or seasons to make wonderful Morgan foals with this great stallion.
Most people would never understand how you can become so close to a horse let alone a stallion. But we raised him from a foal and went through the training and some wonderful showing moments. He has brought wonderful memories on and off the farm and is not only my best friend but he has become one of the family.
Only a Morgan can do that.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Breeding Season Conclusion

2008-08-08T14:29:00.000-07:00

We have had several other Stallions in on the farm for collection and our breeding season has come to an end.
Tootsie was not as easy to breed as she had been in the past. The live covers just were not getting her in foal and I was beginning to be concerned about her breed ability.
We decided that we would make a last attempt at breeding her the third week of June. The owner did not wish to breed her any later than that date and if we could not get her in foal, then she would have to go home un-bred. We decided to breed her AI instead of live cover. This would give us better control over the time she would get covered.
We had the vet come as soon as she was in heat to ultra sound her and found that she would be dropping a follicle in several days. The vet came back several days later to breed her AI however the vet could not get here to cover her AI the next day so Laura had to breed her first mare by AI. With a quick over the phone tutorial, Laura did a fine job breeding Tootsie AI and we found two weeks later that she was in foal. SUCCESS!

We decided to send Jazzy home. We felt that since the amount of milk that she produced was questionable that we did not want to take a chance breeding her and sent her back to her owner.

Our twenty year old mare, Precious ended up in foal after we did AI at just one heat and she is doing fine. We hope she carries her foal full term and has no problems. Her age is a concern however she is in good condition. Her foal is being offered for sale before it is even born. We will keep you updated.

Den

BREEDING!!!!!

2008-05-26T18:34:00.000-07:00

Sorry that it’s been so long since my last post to this blog but we have been so busy.
Let’s start with Tootsie who has been here since March 2nd. Tootsie came into heat in Early April. We watched her and we felt that her heat was a little to weak. Tootsie is one of the few mares we will live cover with the stallion and it is very important that she is in a strong heat otherwise she may not accept the stallion. Most of the mares we breed we do by AI (Artificial Insemination).
She came back into heat and we covered her twice, on April 25 and 27. She was out of heat on the 29th of April. Now you may be wondering why we covered the mare every other day. Semen will survive for forty eight hours inside the mare so there is no reason to live cover a mare more than every other day during her heat.
To prepare for breeding we wash both the stallion and the mare to make sure both are clean. The Penis and the Vigina both need to be dried and close attention needs to be made to make sure no water is present since water will kill the sperm. We wrap the mare’s tail with vet wrap so that hair does not get pushed into the vigina and the she is brought out to get ready to accept the stallion. The stallion may be brought to the mares stall several times so that he and the mare may be “teased” which gets them both ready for the breeding.
The stallion is lead to the mare, directed to her hip so that he can get a clean mount onto the mare and yet be some what out of the reach of her if she were to kick. Again, if a mare is in a good “standing heat” she will stand and accept the stallion.
Tootsie, even though we got two good covers on her, she came back into heat on May 9th and 11th we got two more good covers on her. She is due to come back into heat on May 30th so we have started to tease her so that we will know if and when she does. If she shows no sign of a heat by June 1st, we will call the vet to have an ultra sound done to confirm her to be “in foal” and bred.

Precious is a twenty year old mare who has some very nice old blood lines that we would like to cross with Desert Storm. She is also very well put together with great type, conformation and nice bone. She was bred on May 13 and 14 by AI and went right out of heat. We did find that her cervix did not open very wide and being an older mare we have some concerns about getting her in foal. Even if we do get her in foal, we will be very lucky if she does not abort. Being a twenty year old virgin along with some of the issues we founds upon breeding her, I will say that she is our long shot.
Precious is due to come back into heat on May 39th also.

Our third mare is named Jezzy and she came in on March second along with Tootsie however she came to us already in foal. Her due date was April 15 and we have her here so that we can breed her in her foal heat right after her foaling.
Most mares foal around 340 days however this mare went 369 days and foaled a very nice filly. We did have some problems however because the mare had very little milk to nurse her foal. After evaluating the foal and checking the mare for several hours we decided to call in a vet. After a transfusion of plasma to the foal and other goodies to get her strength up, we then gave the mare a shot of Oxytosin to make her drop her milk.
We started another oral medication to help the mare produce more milk. After one week the foal is doing fine, eating grain and the mare is producing enough milk to supply the foal.
At this time Jezzy is in her foal heat and we may attempt to breed her in the next day or two.

We will collect Storm and we will breed Jezzy by AI.

When we collect a stallion we start out by washing the stallion and make sure he is completely dry. We prepare the AV (Artificial vigina) by putting a liner which has a plastic bottle which has a filter in it, down the middle of the AV. The AV itself is a round plastic tube about four or five inches in diameter and twenty four inches long. It is lined with a rubber bladder and through a valve on the out side, it can be filled with the correct temperature water at the correct tightness for the stallion. Our AV fits inside of the phantom (the dummy mare the stallion mounts) so a person does not have to hold the AV while the stallion is mounted. It takes time to train the stallion but collecting a stallion is a lot safer than live cover for both animals and handlers.

Wish us luck as we wait for the results of two mares and we get ready to breed the third.

BREEDING SEASON!! But we still have snow!

2008-02-26T15:29:00.000-08:00

Here it is, the end of February, and tonight we are expecting sixteen inches of snow. Can it be spring yet? Well the horses are starting to shed some of their winter coat and the first mare coming in for breeding will be here in two weeks.

Lets call this mare Tootsie. Tootsie is a registered Morgan Mare who has been bred to Storm before. When she comes into the farm, we will start teasing her with the stallion to see when she comes into heat. We will flush her vaginally with antibiotics and other fluids so that if she has any infections or other organisms that might prevent her from conceiving, that they get eliminated and her vigina becomes a pleasant place for semen. The goal is to get this mare in foal as soon as possible so that the customer can take her home. Since we have bred Tootsie before by live cover, we will live cover her again. Live cover is something that we don’t do very often because it puts your stallion and the handlers in danger.

Usually we will collect Storm by having him mount a “Phantom” and then go use the semen on the mare we wish to breed. This keeps everyone safe and makes it so that we have more control in getting a mare to conceive.

Lets hope winter decides to end soon so we don't have to cover Tootsie standing in three feet of snow. I will let you all know when Tootsie arrives. Stay tuned!

Equine Affaire 2007

2007-12-30T12:50:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure I mentioned Equine Affaire in my other posts however November of 2007 was Storms tenth year at this event. Here is a video of him being presented.

Merry Christmas

2007-12-25T10:16:00.000-08:00

We want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We are looking forward to this years breeding season. We have to older mares in the barn who we have been considering breeding but age is a consideration. Both mares will be twenty one years of age and one has had foals with the other not ever having a foal. This is not an ideal situation but we seem to like the breeding however the mare that has not had any foals is the bigger risk.
We will keep you posted on what we decide and if we do breed either of these mares, we will keep you informed of their progress.

Versatile Denlore's Desert Storm

2007-09-23T12:13:00.000-07:00

I know that some of you have been back to this blog several times looking for updates on our farm. I do apologize but let me tell you what we have been up to this summer.
In May we lost a foal. The mare Townshend Call Me A Flirt aborted her foal about sixty days before she was due. The foal never took a breath and would have been a very nice filly. We ended up sending the mare back to her owner and discontinued the lease on her. We had a hard time getting her in foal and decided that we did not want to try her again.

We showed at Morgan Heritage Days the end of June. Denlore’s Desert Storm took a blue ribbon in the Stallion In Hand class and the Stallion Championship.
He also won the Justin Morgan Standard Class with nineteen entries. Storm went on to WOW people as he was ridden by Jordan LaPlaca in the Stallion Parade Demonstration.
There were several Desert Storm off spring that also showed and won at this show. I just goes to prove that Storms babies are wonderful horses that are willing to please their owners, in and out of the show ring.
Bobcats Wonderful Tonight, owned by Catherine LaBarre took several Blue Ribbons In Hand. Catherine has started this filly in harness and expects to do well with her next year.
Denlore’s Stormin Normin owned by Joanne Rose placed high in several saddle classes. Joan also trail rides Norman all over the Green Mountains and just proves that you can show a Morgan today and go out on the trails tomorrow.

We just recently took in a nineteen year old mare for riding and breeding. She is up there in age for breeding however she has some wonderful old blood that I would like to see crossed with Storm. Bo’s Precious Gem who is by Mad River Sailor was brought to the barn in August. She is a very nice mare that has good bone, nice conformation and type. If we can get her in foal, I would expect something very nice.

We received a very nice letter from Paula Rosen who has purchased a Morgan mare who is by Denlore’s Desert Storm. She reports that Promise Promises was ridden by her young daughter saddle seat and took several ribbons. She plans on training her to harness and driving her next summer. We want to that Paula for the nice letter and photos of her daughter riding Promise.

It’s nice to know that Denlore’s Desert Storm is producing foals that become good using horses, at show, for the family and on the trail. Storm lives up to the versatile Morgan

Breeding and Presentation.

2007-03-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

The snow is melting and the horses are shedding winter hair. What a mess Laura was after using the shedding blade on Storm! Hair all over her coat and hands. WOW ya gotta love it!
Breeding season is right around the corner. We plan on collecting and freezing semen from Storm this year. That means that Storm babies will be able to be made anywhere. If the demand warrants, we will collect for Europe by their standards.

Below, you can view a music video by Queen. The song is called “I want it all” by Queen and we have thought about using the song in some of our live presentations with Desert Storm.
Give us your opinion of how you think this song would be in a presentation. We would ride the horse in the ring for the beginning and then loose him for the rest.

Den

We Love The Snow.

2007-02-18T08:25:00.000-08:00

We had thirty inches of snow and the horses loved it! It took me two days to clear things up but the horses spent hours making the snow fly as that ran and played. Our mare who is in foal to Desert Storm, we call her Miss Caisse, ran and played with Concert Master. The poor foal must have had one hell of a ride :) She is due in July.

Last years colt Gaetano had his fun in new snow for the second time this year and he thinks it's the greatest. He runs and played with his ball. I wish they could put their energy into snow removal. Gaetano will ne one year old March 31st.

Winter Has Arrived!

2007-02-10T11:31:00.000-08:00

Winter has finally arrived. This winter has been very nice up until about a month ago. We enjoyed forty and fifty degree weather untill about the 15th of January but the last month has been nothing but COLD! It has been zero and below every night and the days have seldom hit 20 degrees. Most days are in the single digits.
Speaking of cold, we are planning on putting up some frozen semen from Denlore's Desert Storm. Stay tuned as we will keep you informed as to how that will be working out. Hopfully as we collect and test his semen, we will have some ready to sell so that no matter how far you live from us, you too can make a Storm of your own!

Morgan Horse Pictures

2007-01-21T09:26:00.000-08:00

I have a few pictures of our stallion, Denlore's Desert Storm and is colt Gaetano! You can enjoy more Morgan Horse Photos at www.denlore.com

Winter is here.

2007-01-21T09:09:00.000-08:00

After a very warm December and beginning of January, WINTER has arrived. Below zero temps make is difficult to turn out horses.
We are looking at another exciting summer with the breeding and show season coming. As soon as we get a break in the weather, work with the young horses will continue.
We hope to be able to freeze semen from Desert Storm this year. This outstanding stallion produces offsping in his likeness and having his semen around for years to come will ensure more great foals for the future. Visit us at www.denlore.com

Den

Merry Christmas

2006-12-18T19:15:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Winter and More!

2006-12-18T19:06:00.000-08:00

It has been some time since I have posted to this blog, but we have been very busy. Still it is no excuse for not keeping you informed as to what’s going on here at Denlore.
New on the farm this spring was the beautiful colt named Denlore’s Geatano. This smart, fast growing colt looks like he may be a very nice Dressage horse and although at this time, he is not listed for sale on our sales list, we would consider selling him only to a good home. Some one willing to put the work and time into him that he deserves.
Townshend Call Me A Flirt is in foal to Denlores Desert Storm for 2007. This is a wonderful cross and we expect another nice foal.

Winter is coming although I must admit that the weather has been great! It still feels like it is still early November instead of late December. Speaking of November,,,,it was great to see some of you at Equine Affaire. This year marked the ninth year Desert Storm has attended this event and as usual he loved all of the attention. I think he loves doing the breed demo. He really gets excited when he hears everyone cheering as he goes into the Coliseum.

Great news! We expect to freeze semen this spring. We have been and will continue to provide cooled semen from Desert Storm but hopefully we will have frozen semen available for next breeding season. This way anyone can make a little Storm of their own.

Very, Very Busy Spring!

2006-06-04T13:34:00.000-07:00

I should be writing here more that I have but we have been very busy. We have started to collect our stallion, Denlore's Desert Storm here on the farm. We have invested in a breeding phantom and now we can collect on the spot. This has been very successful for us since we now have our mare as well as our first outside mare in foal for 2007. We hope to be shipping more sperm from Storm this week.
We have also had a beautiful colt born here on the farm. Denlore's Gaetano was born March 31st 2006 and he is doing wonderful. Big and beautiful, this guy looks like he might be a keeper. If we do sell him, he won't go cheap. His legs are great and he holds a wonderful length of neck and strong back and motor. I will post his picture here soon.

2006-01-21T22:26:00.000-08:00

Here in Vermont we can have winters that are very difficult, filled with snow and weeks of below zero weather. This year however we have had it real easy with little snow and cold. The horses have enjoyed it as well as myself.
We�re starting to tease the mares getting them ready for the breeding season. We like to get them coming into heat early and be able to keep track of their cycle. It makes it easy when it comes time to getting mares in foal.
The breeding season can be a hectic one. Not only do we need to get our mares in foal but we also need to be ready to collect our stallion in a moments notice. When someone calls for semen, we need to collect and ship as soon as we can.
Denlore�s Desert Storm makes it easy. This stallion is just one big sweetheart and collecting him is very easy. Show Horse, Breeding Stallion and Best Friend. This stallion does it all. Talk to you all again soon.