At eMDee Mountain Horses, every year, we eagerly anticipate the births of our new foals.
Each foal's bloodlines reflect careful consideration of the dam's and sire's temperament, conformation and abilities.
Our breeding's are planned to preserve the most desired characteristics of mountain horses.
No two horses are alike, but they share the beauty, willingness, and intelligence of their ancestor's.
Mountain horse breeders have focused for years on developing a companion horse, for sharing the lives of the families who own them. These horses were bred for strength, willingness, gentleness and versatility. Over the years, the beauty of the horse emerged as a valued inheritable trait. Some breeders liked a faster or slower horse, a horse with more or less animation, a horse with certain markings...so they began to breed for those traits. We breed to maintain the companion horse traits, but appreciate the wide variation in athletic abilities of the horses who have emerged from those simple beginnings.
Although our lifestyle is different than that of breeders of years gone by, our horses are bred, just as their's were for strength, willingness, gentleness, and versatility.
We maintain a small herd of mountain horse brood mares, who are kept together throughout their pregnancies.
They are allowed to foal at pasture, unless the weather is too severe for the newborn foal's safety. Foals are handled within hours of their birth and daily until weaning. Their natural curiosity is encouraged, but they are taught respect by their mothers and by us. (Gently by us and sometimes not so gently by their mothers.) Check frequently here to join us in our annual foal watch.
We are only expecting one foal this year. Misty May is in foal to Venture's Black Fury. This will be her first foal. She isn't due until May. She is enjoying the easy life this spring and steadily looking more maternal. Let us know about your Fury babies as they arrive. We will add them
to our Fury port-FOAL-io.
Fury is a lifetime AGMH Breeders' Cup Stallion and a KMSHA Futurity Stallion. Watch for his offspring in conformation classes now and undersaddle classes later this year.
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