My purebred Egyptian Arabian, Omofillya or ‘Filly,’ and I have been patiently and carefully moving through an 11 month project. She is soon to present with God’s grace a live foal. Her due date is April 24th. Less than one week away is this date but I have two feelings by observation and experience of the past and present. I am predicting a May foal. I have a strong feeling that this is a colt and will be born on May 1 or 2nd. I may be wrong but that is just my feeling all along. She shows no imminent signs that she will foal tomorrow. I check on her daily to see.
She’s been enjoying the safe confines of a double sized mare foal stall to ensure that she never eats any North Carolina grass which would endanger the fetus. I hope that this pregnancy reaches a normal end, we pray, and if all goes well, we will start her new foal in its training as an Arabian Race horse.
So much hope and excitement here. Filly is doing marvelously well despite some sessions of long periods laying down in her stall to endure braxton hicks cramps. Dr. Tom Redding assures me that this is normal for mares especially those that are confined in the last 3 months. I have walked and trotted Filly in hand for 20 minutes a day religiously, only missing a few sessions due to bad weather. We are so proud of Filly and will be even prouder still of her foal, God willing all goes well. The moments of excitement of birth are rapidly approaching. I can hardly believe it. A year has flown by so quickly. I still remember taking her down to Florida to Rosebrook Farm as if it were last week. We bred Filly to Doran FBFar, a undefeated Arabian Champion Race Horse with many titles and fabulous blood lines. Doran’s brother is Fryvolous who won multiple titles and thousands of dollars in prize money and is now racing in Dubai.
