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SUFFOLK HORSE PROJECTS
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The Otter Trust Project Suffolk Horse Breeding Project to save the iconic regional endangered Suffolk Punch horse breed. We had success with the birth of a foal born by artificial insemination of sexed semen.
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our project
Trustee Ben Potterton said: ‘The birth of this filly foal is splendid news and we would like to thank our volunteers, staff, support organisations, veterinarians and farrier who help us maintain our herd of pedigree Suffolk Horses.
The Otter Trust are delighted to announce the birth of a Suffolk Punch filly foal on the 15th June at Dickleburgh, South Norfolk. The Otter Trust have a long history of supporting UK native livestock breeds and through our Earsham Wetland Centre and Dickleburgh Moor Nature Reserve.
The Otter Trust are delighted to announce the birth of a Suffolk Punch filly foal on the 15th June at Dickleburgh, South Norfolk. The Otter Trust have a long history of supporting UK native livestock breeds and through our Earsham Wetland Centre and Dickleburgh Moor Nature Reserve.
Our Suffolk Horse (Punch) Breeding Project
Critically Endangered Suffolk Punch foal born by artificial insemination of sexed semen in bid to help save iconic regional horse breed.
BORN BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
Born by artificial insemination of sexed semen in bid to help save iconic regional horse breed
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BORN JUNE 2022
The Otter Trust are delighted to announce the birth of a Suffolk Punch filly foal on the 15th June at Dickleburgh, South Norfolk
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SUPPORTING HERITAGE BREEDS
The Otter Trust have a long history of supporting UK native livestock breeds
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"Critically Endangered Suffolk Punch foal born by artificial insemination of sexed semen in bid to help save iconic regional horse breed."
USing NEW Technology
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‘Using new technology we believe that the future of the Suffolk Horse can be secured. Genetically selecting the best possible stallions and using artificial insemination and sexed semen, we are able to produce much needed filly foals, that we go on to become the breeding mares of the future.’
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Foal produced via artificial insemination of sexed semen
The foal was produced via artificial insemination of sexed semen, with the aim of creating genetically viable filly foals. This is a new procedure in Suffolk Horses and is potentially one of the ways that the breed can be saved from extinction (producing more females than male horses and ensuring that the rare bloodlines are producing females that can go on to breed). This procedure was completed by Twemlows Stud Farm and Stallion AI of Whitchurch, Shropshire.
The Breeding
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The mare: Nedging Crystal is owned by The Otter Trust and grazed at Dickleburgh Moor Nature Reserve and Earsham Wetland Centre.
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The stallion: Gateridge Kelso, was selected as the best genetic match on the Sparks System. Kelso is current at stud at Bowland Irish Draught Horses, Closes Hall Farm, Bolton by Bowland, Clitheroe, Lancashire.
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"The birth of this filly foal is splendid news and we would like to thank our volunteers, staff, support organisations, veterinarians and the farrier who helps us maintain our herd of pedigree Suffolk Horses.
- Ben Potterton
Heritage breeds Preservation‘Our Suffolk Punch Horses are an integral part of our heritage and instrumental in the management of water meadows along the Waveney Valley. These gentle giants distribute wildflower seed, create opening within the grassland and eat a wider range of plant species, including tree seedings and courser grasses.’
- Ben Potterton
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