Brisant * 22.5.2010
Brisant * 22.5.2010
Bolero Hann. *75
Beltain Hann. *84
Gänseliesel *73
Belissimo Rheinld. *1999
Romadour II Rheinld. *69
Roxa Rheinld.
* 80
Lady Rheinld. *68
Florestan Rheinl.. *86
Fidermark Westf. *92
Watonga Hann. *85
Fabrice Rheinl. *98
Frühlingsball Westf. *70
Feodora
Rheinl. *92
Rebecca Rheinl.*80
Damline Information Fabrice
Self Performance:
Fabrice was nominated "Premium Foal" at the Heinsberg foal
inspection in July 1998 - Silver Medal
MPT Telgte, June 13th, 2001 - ranked 1st out of 21 mares scoring 8,39 - highest
score ever given that year!
single scores: trott 8,5 canter 8,5 walk 8,0 ridability/judges 9,0
ridability/testrider 8,5 freejumping 8,0
Summer 2003: various show class successes in all three disciplines (dressage, jumping,
eventing), amongst them winning the Telgte young horse combined
dressage&jumping class scoring 8,2
Damline:
Fabrice's
full brother Fair
Play*2002 was Champion of the Rhineland Riding Horses 2005,
her
full sister Fannie Mae is the 5th and last out of 5 full
siblings by Fidermark, all of them were nominated "Premium Foals" , amongst them
auction foals.
single scores: trott 8,0 canter 8,5 walk 7,5 ridability/judges 8,0
ridability/testrider 8,5 freejumping 7,5
Fannie Mae's first foal is the licensed stallion
Sansibar by Sir Donnerhall (standing at stud in the Netherlands)
Brisant is full sibling to Bravo * 2009, half
sibling to QRage II and
QRage III (NewZealand), La Jeanne and
Lan Thao (Netherlands)
Sirline Information - why Belissimo?
Last night, eight o'clock., Fabrice gives birth to her colt. A very
uncomplicated birth process but Ingrid, my mare barn owner, is not happy.
Something is wrong with the foal and she is right:
His blood circuit is instable and keeps vanishing.
Three of us in the stall, we are sitting next to the lying foal, his head is
dangling, falling to the side, the neck feels lifeless.
Ingrid is fully aware of the situation, tells us to take straw and rub him
around his rips, close to the heart, clockwise direction, maintaining a
heartbeat rhythm.
Keep him in an upward position, she tells us, make sure the rips don't press
against the weak lungs while he is lying on his side!
She is raising his head, pulling the tongue out of his mouth, softly shaking the
little boy.
A shiver runs through the little body, a hick up - he is back.
Ingrid chases up Jana to get a bucket of cold water, if we don't get him back
again we will splash the water over him to reactivate the blood circuit.
I am sitting near him, keeping him in an upside position, rubbing him, praying.
Another shiver, another hick up - he is back.
The vet is on his way, how long will it take?
We call the neighbour, the guy is a horse breeder, too, but even more important:
he is a pediatrician!
Meanwhile the vet has arrived and supplies an infusion, however, he tells us to
prepare to take mare and foal to the nearby Telgte Horse Medical Center.
I refuse.
No way the foal will make it through a thirty minutes trailor ride with fading
blood circuit ...
The neighbour has arrived, with him his wife, she is a professional surgery
nurse - how handy!
Both doctors decide for another infusion, glycose and sodium chloride solution,
the neighbour determinds density and volume.
Upon the second infusion I melk my mare again, yet another 200 ml and fill it in
the baby bottle.
The little boy drinks and drinks, still lying apathetic.
Will he fade again after the bottle as he did before?
He seems to remain stable.
The vet injects an antibiosis and upon the needle prick the little colt shows
first time active resistance.
Life spirit!
Human aid has reached it's limits, everything else is nature's care and up to
the boy himself.
Both the doctors are happy, so is Ingrid. They leave me alone in the stall with
my little horse family to take care of the boy and help him stand up whenever he
is ready for it.
I know my mare Fabrice.
She is a reliable patient angel but her usual afterbirth behaviour is nothing to
expose a somewhat handicapped newborn foal to all by itself.
I keep sitting in my corner of straw and watch the two of them carefully.
Whenever the boy resembles to try to stand up I do everything I can to help him.
I know my mare, and after seven foals I am fully confident to be able to foresee
her behaviour. As long as the afterbirth contractions won't bother her too bad I
know I can count on her.
Fabrice and I have a lot in common ...
It takes a lot of attemps for the little colt to finally manage to stand up -
I support him as much as I can, sorting his yet unstable legs and helping him
up.
Finally, he makes it - a common success - I feel so relieved!
Fabrice watches us closly, whinnieing.
Yet another eternity to me it seems until he finally finds the way to her udder,
I hear him smack - the most beautiful noise I have ever heard - tears of relieve.
Fabrice has completely calmed down, satisfied with her active son who finally
does what a newborn foal is supposed to be doing:
relieving his mum's uddder.
The rest is nature's call, my little horse family has come to a mostly deserved
relaxation, I watch the boy laying down again, his chest is moving up and down while he is breathing normally - completely exhausted but accurately
breathing.
This morning an agile colt standing next to Fabrice welcomes me - I have tears
in my eyes while he comes up to me, asking for some cuddling and care.
The sun is out, life is beautiful - and I wouldn't want to change it for no
money in the world:
as these are the moments that make my life so incredibly precious.
Thank you, Fabrice!
*while the english translation of "Brisant" means "explosive"
the german meaning of it also describes a somewhat risky situation - challenging
but promising.
Thus, I guess Fabrice's little boy couldn't have been given any better
name.
22.8.2010
New pictures of Brisant at the age of 3 months:
23.6.2011
Visiting Brisant at the colt's herd!
Seven months have passed by since I took Brisant up north to his new home where
he is being raised as a stallion prospect. Time for a visit to see how Fabrice's
son has developed, time to check out on a most promising yearling colt who
stands out visibly as "a son of Fabrice" amongst a herd of half a dozen other
colts - a very refined and highly noble colt, thus the way Fabrice stamps her
kids...
Fotos: Philipp von Thaden
4. September 2012
Hollenstedt/Wohlebostel
Preselection Hannoverian Licensing 2012
Brisant is accepted for the Hannoverian Licensing!
Fotos: Philipp von Thaden
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27. October 2012
Hannoverian Stallion Licensing
Brisant is sold to Spain at the Hannoverian Stallion sales.
He is not licensed, yet it was an exciting and wonderful experience having been
"part of the game" in Verden!
Fotos: Dr.
Christina Beuke
Foto: LL-Foto.de