DECEMBER 2005

12 December: More sad news from Rollestone. 3 days ago Kossette gave birth at 8 months gestation to stillborn twins which were missed when she was scanned. Both were well grown, and both fillies - they just got too big for mum to carry. Very sad and a tragic reminder of how things can go wrong

NOVEMBER 2005

25 November: 5 new arrivals joined the Rollestone babies as full grass liveries at around midnight in the ice and snow. They'd travelled all the way from Germany and looked a little shell shocked bless them but have all settled in very well - 4 weanling coloured warmbloods and 1 smart little Don Primero mare

24 November: Tragically we lost Kitkat last night to a sudden, severe colic attack, which the vet said would have been inoperable even if we had been able to get her to surgery in time. A hugely sad lost to the Rollestone mares, Kitkat was a lovely mare and will be missed by us all here

We do not currently have a phoneline, let alone a broadband connection at Rollestone - hence the delayed updates drom Denis's house - normal service will resume as soon as we are connected to the 21st century again!

11 November: Another new livery arrives - a young Lusitano x Trakehner mare called Dinage

6 November: A new livery arrives, a 6 month old weanling colt, Tango

OCTOBER 2005

18 October: R'Stone Aramis & Rollestone Inde-Cent are successfully weaned

13 October: The second half of our home arrives...piccies here at the bottom of the page

11 October: The first half of our mobile home arrives - piccies here

4 October - FINALLY! Planning permission for the livery yard has been granted which means we can begin building at any time, although we will probably wait until the weather is in our favour

1 October - 2 more grass liveries arrive for the winter - FP (an injured eventer here for convalescence), & Tally (a 3 year old ex-racehorse here to mature over the winter) travel from the Newforest to Devon

SEPTEMBER 2005

15 Sept - Michael Thorne construction moved in this week to begin the erecting of the agricultural barns. Pictures to follow as soon as there is some obvious progress. Currently the drainage and foundations are being laid. The site for our mobile home has been cleared ready for the base to be laid. Pictures here

AUGUST 2005

26 August - Lozanna is scanned empty - She will be covered early next season for a 2007 foal.

11 August - Arctic Dancing Queen, Kitkat & Holme Park Kossette all scanned in foal to Centyfor.

10 August - Lozanna & Rollestone Lolita picked up from stud where she was AI'd with Centyfor semen. A scan in a couple of weeks will confirm if she is in foal.

4 August - Rollestone Inde-Cent's test results come back - he is confirmed as being homozygous for the tobiano gene, which means that if we decide to keep him entire and breed from him he will always throw colour, even if put to a solid mare.

JULY 2005

31 July - A week after the diggers moved in the area is unrecognisable. See here for pictures

28 July - Rollestone Midnight Break is delivered to his new home on the edge of Exmoor

28 July - Lozanna is taken to stud to be covered by Centyfor

28 July - Sarah and Chris discover they are once again "in foal"...Sarah is due 15 February 2006 - Just over a month before the first foal of 2006 is due!

27 July - Arctic Dancing Queen and Kitkat have both been covered by Centyfor. We now await their scans to confirm whether they are in foal

25 July - The diggers moved in at Rollestone today and began levelling the site. The exisiting house and outbuidings are no more! See here for pictures

23 July - The final Rollestone foal of 2005 is born - Nutmeg foaled just after midnight in the rain! "Saffron" - A strong chestnut filly who was up on her feet within minutes and who arrived in the half hour between Sarah's regular checks on Nutmeg

21 July - Kitkat taken to stud to be covered by Centyfor

21 July - Work begins clearing the site for the redevelopment of Rollestone - See pictures here

20 July - Rollestone Midnight Break sold to Pat Collyer of Exmoor

19 July - A second scan confirms that Marstacre Ballerina II is definitely still in foal to Hamlet Frydenlund

13 July - Arctic Dancing Queen taken to stud to be covered by Centyfor

12 July - Rollestone Inde-Cent's staples removed and he is given the all clear by the vets at last

9 July - Taking us completely by surprise Lozanna foaled a couple of weeks early. We found her in the field with a beautiful black filly in the grass beside her.

9 July - Rollestone Aramis sold to Tamara Keusch of London. He will remain at Rollestone on livery until he is 2 years old

6 July - Planning permission for a temporary dwelling at Rollestone granted

5 July - A new grass livery arrives - Roman, a yearling colt, travels down from Lancashire to grow up with the Rollestone babies

JUNE 2005

30 June - Rollestone Inde-Cent operated on at St Davids Farm & Equine Practice to remove an infected umbilicus

27 June - Planning permission for 2 agricultural barns granted

9 June - Planning permission is slowly moving ahead and it looks like the first development phase at Rollestone will be starting within the next month.

6 June - Holme Park Kossette scanned in foal to Centyfor.

6 June - Marstacre Ballerina scanned in foal to Hamlet Frydenlund, although still early days so a second scan will be done soon

6 June - Kitkat foaled just after midnight - Kylie (so nicknamed because she's petite and perfectly formed like Ms Minogue!) a beautiful black filly. More pics to follow.

1 June - Olympus Eclipse rescanned and is still in foal. Vet is pleased with Rollestone Inde-Cent's progress and he's now off antibiotics but we are continuing with the twice daily bathing of the area. Marstacre Bambi dropped off at Centyfield Stud

MAY 2005

28 May - Holme Park Kossette & Marstacre Ballerina II have both now been covered - Kossette by Centyfor and Ballerina by Hamlet Frydenlund - and have returned to Rollestone

27 May - Rollestone Inde-Cent not improving so is switched on to intramuscular antibiotics and we continue with the twice daily bathing

23 May - Rollestone Inde-Cent diagnosed with an infected umbilicus. Oral antibiotics, and twice daily naval bathing for the poor little fellow.

14 May - Olympus Eclipse scanned in foal to Faust Af Elmelygaard Early days yet and she will be rescanned in 3 weeks to confirm the pregnancy

8 May - At last! Arctic Dancing Queen gives birth to a bay tobiano colt at 7.50am. Mother and baby doing well. Pictures can be seen on our Gallerypage or on the very basic page I have done for him here

2 May - Holme Park Kossette is given the all clear from the vet to go to stud. Her leg is healing well, and although she'll be left with a hefty scar, she is sound. She and Marstacre Ballerina II are dropped off at Centyfield to be covered by their respective stallions, Centyfor & Hamlet Frydenlund

APRIL 2005

26 April - Arctic Dancing Queen is starting to wax up - as she approaches her due date... Hopefully she won't keep us waiting much longer...

20 April - Olympus Eclipse has been inseminated at St Davids Veterinary Centre with Faust Af Elmelygaard chilled semen

19 April - Holme Park Kossette's leg is healing well, and although still on box rest, the exposed tendon is nearly completely covered now. She has been swabbed ready to go to stud.

5 April - Midnight Break is castrated

4 April - Olympus Eclipse, Marstacre Bambi & Marstacre Ballerina II are swabbed ready to be covered

1 April - Unfortunately not an April Fools Day joke - Holme Park Kossette has badly torn her leg on some wire. She will be on box rest for a while although the long term prognosis is good, and she will hopefully return to full soundness.

MARCH 2005

28 March - Unfortunately it appears that Spardante has slipped her foal at some point between her last scan and now as she came into season this week. She will be returning to her owners shortly.

22-March: Olympus Eclipse gives birth to a healthy colt - Pictures now available on his page here

4 Trakehener mares are added to the Rollestone herd - details of Olympus Eclipse, Holme Park Kossette, Marstacre Bambi & Marstacre Ballerina II can be found on our Broodmares page

FEBRUARY 2005:

Rollestone Midnight Break is successfully weaned from Nutmeg

DECEMBER 2004:

21 December - Sarah gives birth to a baby girl, Elyssa Ashlei, weighing in at 7lbs 2oz, 4 weeks early!

SEPTEMBER 2004:

Nutmeg is scanned in foal to Hamlet

Lozanna arrives from Germany and is scanned in foal

AUGUST 2004:

Unfortunately Lozanna slipped her foal while still in Germany. She is covered by Granatnik, a coloured Polish Warmblood.

JULY 2004:

25 July - Nutmeg gives birth to a healthy black colt, Rollestone Midnight Break

Kitkat scanned in foal to Centyfield Czar

A new broodmare bought from Germany, Polish Warmblood Lozanna, in foal to Corelone Z

JUNE 2004:

Spardante scanned in foal to Cutsdean of Centyfield

2 new broodmares bought, the coloured mare Kitkat, and the heavily infoal Fleetwater mare, Nutmeg

MAY 2004:

Sarah discovers she is also 'in foal' - or pregnant at least! Due January 16th 2005

Arctic Dancing Queen scanned in foal to Centyfor