At last, my first Dharba foal! Kaysand Dharba has several earlier progeny, including the very successful endurance gelding Kaysand Silver King (K. Dharba x Bint Silver Queen) and the qualified endurance mare Kaysand Silver Serenity (full sister to K. Silver King), but this is his first foal since he came to me in 1999.
It has been a difficult past few years for my breeding programme, with both Nikita bint Kopoola and Zaraband (Arabian Park Saiyid x Nikita bint Kopoola) in foal to Dharba in 2001, but both aborting mid-term. Nikita and Zara were bred back to Dharba, in December 2001 but Zara missed and Nikita returned in heat in March 2002. Nikita was served again and went right through her pregnancy with no further problems. Zara is also back in foal to Dharba, due 5 October 2003.
Nikita foaled early on Friday morning, 31 January 2003, producing a brown colt. At the end of his second day he weighed 41.5 kg.
8 July 2003 Foal is named "Saydor".
Here are the first photos.
| Nikita in her last few pregnant days. | |
| Foal's first steps. | |
| Later in his first day. | |
| Figured out how those legs work... | |
| Saydor in April at nearly 3 months of age. | |
| 7 July 2003. Saydor is just over 5 months old. | |
| 5 October 2003. | |