05/29/2025
Well, we have an interesting situation here… my WONDERFUL 19 year old Thoroughbred foxhunting mare, EMPRESS LISA (also known as ANGEL THE HUNT HORSE), is 14 days in foal today. 🎉 I am so thankful because she was injured while out hunting last season and most likely will not be ridable ever again. 😢
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So far, she has given me my incredible 6yo 🦄 stallion, by Concerto Grosso, and the first ever foal on the ground by named Raven Skywalker, now (a 5yo gelding and) at Green Creek hunting.
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I have always wanted a foal out of her so we started in April by trying to breed her to him. She did not catch, but none of the mares we bred that weekend did.
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She came back into heat and as we had multiple mares to breed that day, we had multiple stallions available to use….
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I can’t believe I am telling the world this, but you all know I don’t keep secrets when it comes to this stuff. We bred Angel with both Snitch and Blue with hopes that the theory of competing swimmers would work.
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Who knows if that was the real reason, and who knows who the daddy is at the time, 😅 but what we do know is that Angel has a 14 day embryo!!! I can’t tell you how ecstatic am about this cross, no matter who is the sire.
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Angel needs to have more babies. She is an incredible hunt horse, a fantastic and careful jumper, a gorgeous mover, and a wonderful momma — an overall phenomenal mare.
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If baby is anything other than chestnut, we will automatically know who is the father — otherwise, it’s off to Jerry Springer!! 😅
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📸 Photos in order—
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#2, #3 — EMPRESS LISA (AKA Angel the Hunt Horse) pictured at age 16 competing in the Virginia Field Hunter Championships.
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#4 — - 16.1hh 8yo Irish Draught stallion
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#5 — BSF Golden Snitch - 14.2hh 8yo Connemara stallion
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#6 — CHINGGIS KHAN - 6yo 16.2hh Oldenburg stallion out of Angel, by Concerto Grosso
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#7 — RAVEN SKYWALKER - 5yo 16.1hh Thoroughbred gelding out of Angel, by Raven Sky
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