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29/10/2026

What’s Topaz whispering to Lilly?
Year old besties
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27/09/2026

Interesting x

🐴 In 1938 two Cambridge scientists put a Shire stallion to Shetland mares, and a Shetland stallion to Shire mares, and settled an argument that had run for centuries.

A. Walton and John Hammond used artificial insemination to make the crosses in both directions, and published what happened in Proceedings of the Royal Society B in 1938. Genetically, both sets of foals were exactly the same cross — the same two breeds, the same mix, in the same proportions. The only difference was which mare carried which foal.

The foals carried by the Shire mares were born about three times the size of the foals carried by the Shetland mares.

And it was not a temporary head start that evened out with time. The gap was still there when those foals were three years old.

It remains the classic demonstration that the dam's uterus — not the genes alone — decides how big a foal arrives in the world. A mare doesn't simply deliver what she was given. She sets the size of the room her foal grows in, and that room shapes the horse for years afterwards.

Every breeder who has watched a small mare safely carry a big stallion's foal has that 1938 experiment standing behind them, whether they know it or not.

Does that change how you'd think about choosing a mare?

20/08/2026

This

18/06/2026

Oh my lord!! Would your horse handle this?

16/06/2026

Just do it.

31/05/2026

Interesting

27/05/2026

Our Lilly got editor’s choice!
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Editor's Choice™
GLITTER AND GOLD
This beautiful top quality 7-month-old, 16 hh (Est), filly, by Remi Lion King & out of a Golden Strike mare by Galaxy Pourewa, is a rich palomino with incredible summer dapples. She is purpose bred by an experienced breeder and she embodies exactly what was strived for given her extensive family connections. She possesses the perfect balance and athleticism of a TB, has the great looks and Warmblood movement, together with a solid station bred brain.
With a seriously big future in the discipline of your choice, this outstanding, bold, brave, human-focused and exceptionally pretty, filly is the epitome of the best NZ breeding. With the blood of top shelf breeding running through her veins, she exudes class, is extremely versatile, and has the potential to go up the grades in dressage, while her natural eye for distances and a brilliant jump, means she has a big future in jumping too, which is her favourite thing to do. She regularly pops over a log in a paddock all of her own accord and is keen to be involved in what's going on around the farm. She is extremely sensible and well-handled. Please see more https://ispyhorses.com/ispy_new/horses/24221

27/05/2026

How beautiful is this! 🥰🥰🥰

She Rode Into Becoming

The white horse carried her
through the sleeping canyons
where the spirits of old warriors
still moved with the dust.

Her dark hair flowed behind her
like a river at night,
and the wind wrapped itself around her
as if it knew her name.

“Do not fear the unknown path,”
the horse whispered softly.
“The Earth Mother teaches through wandering.”

So she rode beyond sorrow,
beyond the voices that once made her small.

The mountains watched in silence.
The sky opened like a prayer.

And somewhere between the fading light
and the heartbeat of the land,
she became more than a woman

she became a song
the ancestors would remember.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

25/05/2026

Love these!

Who says it's not called a coffin anymore😂. We love these great cross country decorations with a sense of humour and some apt quotes at Harden Horse Trials Association
Our cross country cameras are in place to capture all the action on course on Sunday - have a good ride and 😀🏇🎬

24/05/2026

Caption this….
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