Standing beside the mare in stocks while the vet is scanning, willing and hoping to see that highly-respected black dot on the screen is when it all starts.

Everything in nature is about the cycle of life, which is replicated on a smaller scale at a stud farm. At Rivendell we not only breed warmblood horses, but we produce them, too. Planning the next crop of foals is always as exciting as them being born, because it is the anticipation of waiting to see what your thought processes about pedigrees and combinations have produced.