A New Foal is Born - Colony Lucy

On 17^th May 2025, Colony Dororthy gave birth to a filly foal, Colony Lucy, sired by Shotleyfield Dazzling Duke. Both Dorothy and Lucy are now happy and healthy, and living in our herd of mares and foals. However, Lucy had a tricky start to life.

When Lucy was born her front legs were far from straight, she was walking on her fetlocks as opposed to her hooves. Dorothy and Lucy were on box rest for many weeks with restricted exercise. Lucy’s legs started to improve, however due to her lax tendons, her fetlocks did the opposite. Box rest was not enough to correct Lucy’s legs. Lucy had plastic shoes with heel supports fitted to help correct the issues. After a couple of weeks, Lucy was walking perfectly.

This was not the end of Lucy’s issues, as whilst we were correcting her legs, Lucy came down with colic. A quick trip to Rossdales Equine Hospital was needed. Luckily, Lucy recovered well and was soon home.

Today, Lucy is doing very well, and you could never tell that she has been through so much. She is just the sweetest little filly, and we are relieved that she’s doing so well.