And now a note of caution about the 'downsides' of this game!
Received a phone call from Simon Sweeting yesterday at around 5.30 - OCEANICO DOT COM (who you will all be relieved to hear we've christened 'Annie' !) came into the maiden/barreners barn for the night and the head man noticed she was quiet. He checked twenty minutes later and she was starting to colic, so he called the vet in and they routinely administered Buscopan. Simon called me at this point as he way his way back from a meeting to tell me this delightful news. The mare has a prid in at the moment and they'd done a rectal exam earlier that day, which, for maiden mares, is always stressful. She's not cycling properly yet, probably due to being clipped out and having been in proper training.
They were going to keep a very close eye on her until midnight and then, depending on whether she had improved or not, a decison about a trip to the vet clinic would be taken. Simon called me at 8pm to say all was well so far, she was nice and quiet and eating but regular checks would be made through the night.
Have just spoken to him and Annie would appear to be A OK - they're removing the prid as it may be an irritant to her and she'll probably go on Regumate now.
I have to say how pleasant, helpful and on the ball they've been so far. It's this type of event that throws up the realities of this business - looking at it coldly, if Annie had had to have colic surgery, the likelihood of her being coverable (let alone getting in foal) would be low this seaosn, which means £14K tied up in her for a much longer period before any return. While she holds mortality insurance of course, that's not the point - replacing her would be just about impossible this season. And this is aprt from the fact I like her!
Received a phone call from Simon Sweeting yesterday at around 5.30 - OCEANICO DOT COM (who you will all be relieved to hear we've christened 'Annie' !) came into the maiden/barreners barn for the night and the head man noticed she was quiet. He checked twenty minutes later and she was starting to colic, so he called the vet in and they routinely administered Buscopan. Simon called me at this point as he way his way back from a meeting to tell me this delightful news. The mare has a prid in at the moment and they'd done a rectal exam earlier that day, which, for maiden mares, is always stressful. She's not cycling properly yet, probably due to being clipped out and having been in proper training.
They were going to keep a very close eye on her until midnight and then, depending on whether she had improved or not, a decison about a trip to the vet clinic would be taken. Simon called me at 8pm to say all was well so far, she was nice and quiet and eating but regular checks would be made through the night.
Have just spoken to him and Annie would appear to be A OK - they're removing the prid as it may be an irritant to her and she'll probably go on Regumate now.
I have to say how pleasant, helpful and on the ball they've been so far. It's this type of event that throws up the realities of this business - looking at it coldly, if Annie had had to have colic surgery, the likelihood of her being coverable (let alone getting in foal) would be low this seaosn, which means £14K tied up in her for a much longer period before any return. While she holds mortality insurance of course, that's not the point - replacing her would be just about impossible this season. And this is aprt from the fact I like her!
, poor thing.
) of hormones that will start the oestrus cycle off in the animal. They're vaginally inserted and have strings attached so that it's easy to remove them on the correct day.
