The list is now on the schedules page or see below.

ALLOCATED STALLION AREAS 2008
(as at 5th April 2008)
Stallions may be turned out this year from 5th April and must be taken off the Forest by 31st July
(except those wintering out)

Moortown Nobby Whitefield Moor
Brookshill Royal Longslade
Lovelyhill Cranborne Heights Ashurst
Skywalker Bramshaw Golf Course
Furzey Lodge Zennica Sloden
Obershade Skylark East Boldre Green
Lovely Hill Hendrix Blackfield/Hilltop
Warren Playaway Balmer Lawn
Brookshill Brumby Mill Lawn
Buckland Dragonslayer Linford
Oke Dene Red Alert Penn Common
Bransgore Sovereign II Denny
Mallards Wood Gigolo Turfcroft – moved to Linwood 13/4/08
Limekiln Endeavour Cadnam Green
Pilley Prince William Bratley
Lovelyhill High Jack Aldridge Hill
Rushmoor Playwright Ibsley
Brookshill Mustang Wilverley
Buckland Cruiser Allum Green / Holiday Hill
Pondhead Pan Shine Matley
Farriers Rambler Ashley Walk
Ashley Golden Wonder Beaulieu Manor
Portmore Tempest Beaulieu Aerodrome
Bakeburn Jethro Stoney Cross
Longslade Superman Longdown
Hedgehopper Durhill
Portmore Prince Setley
Bakeburn Benny Holmsley
Matley Crusader Pilley
New Copse Fiddler Dibden Bottom
Sandhole Whispering Grass Woodfidley
Blackwell Flashman Culverley
Rowdown Black Bean Acres Down
Sway Mister Moon Sway
Staghill Benny Bramshaw Telegraph
Furzley Marinade Woodgreen
Buckland Dazzler Burley Rocks
Hatchet Sunseeker Cadmans Pool
Rushmoor Crush Broadley
Sway Scrumpy Jack Longcross
Portmore Thundercloud Hale Purlieu
Lovelyhill High Exchange Hightown Common


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ah nice

Hi Steve,the stallions are all over the place.Ashley Golden Wonder went to Balmer Lawn so Warren Playaway went to Lyndhurst Racecourse,there was a bay on The Bench where there is not meant to be a stallion.And so on .

Thanks for putting the list up Steve

Agree with Carole! Theres a roan stallion on Holmsley aerodrome & a plain bay stallion at Turfcroft now.

We shall have fun next year deciding who's the daddy! When the other stallion comes to Woodgreen, he's also bay with a white blaze, so either it will have to be guesswork or DNA!

How would that work for registration details Claire?

Mx

Sadly, same as it always has Mandy, random guesswork based on partially informed opinion

When I bought my now 2yr old forest bred filly as a 6 month old foal at Beaulieu Rd, she came not with a passport but a foal registration form for me to get a passport issued. I was surprised to see the name of the stallion as she looked nothing like him, not even remotely, so I rang the Agister and as soon as I told him her foaling month, and the district, and he could work out when her mum was covered, he immediately told me the name of another stallion who had moved into that area a month after the colts went out, that had driven off her 'nominated' sire. He new my filly and her dam and was positive this other stallion was her sire. That made sense as she was/is the spitting image of this 2nd stallion, more so every day as she grows, temperament as well as looks, so I wrote a letter (with the consent of her breeder) to send off with her passport application explaining all this and the Breed Society agreed to accept the agisters opinion (rightly I am sure). No one can ever be sure without DNA testing and that rarely gets done. Her breeder had just assumed the stallion listed for that district was her sire, and I suspect many other breeders do the same, in all innocence, especially if the district isn't on their doorstep and they aren't aware of the stallions having moved.

wooo every one put your horse at culverly

That's really interesting Tina. Thanks for taking the time to write. I seem to be learning something new about Foresters nearly every day by reading this website!

Pretty sure Warren Playaway is definitely Ozzie's dad as they look similar. Oz also looks very similar to quite a lot of other Playaway siblings from other birth years.

Mx

Speaking as a commoner who sells at B.Road,we take a lot of time and trouble watching at this time of year so as to be sure which stallion certain mares are running with.Random guesswork is not something we do.

I agree Carol that Commoners try their best, but when stallions move it gets tricky. Take our locality, year before last when Red Alert came over from Blackfield to Hill Top and happily shared a herd with Nobby - who could say for sure which sire was which for last years foals on Hill Top? If you got a roan foal from a solid lined mare then its probably Red Alert, but if you got a solid colour from a solid lined mare then which?

And the same year High Jack came over from Pig Bush/Culverly to Dibden Bottom and started mixing it up with Nobby/Red Alert. So its no-ones fault, but it is impossible to be sure. I also know of at least 3 registered Foresters who's sire is not as listed on the reg - but certainly in 2 cases by the time it was obvious from colouring, type etc. it was too late. The 3rd was obvious from day one and I remain baffled to this day as to how/why that reg went through unchallenged.

Stallions move about (as per posts above), not a lot can be done about it. My own stallion was obsessed with one particular region and even when we put him way up north, within a week or two I'd have an exasperated agister on the phone asking me to come get him and take him back 'cos he was chasing off the nominated stud. Its one of the small prices we pay for breeding natural, tough, native stock in the time honoured way, not a failing, just a fact of life.

sorry!

Went to holmsley on friday to find a mare, couldn't find her but both hedgehopper and bakeburn benny were grazing within about 100 yards of each other!!!

thanks steve