As a Broodmare:
​April breeds easily, with live cover she has always taken on the first cycle. She has also taken, first try, with frozen semen, however there are a lot of factors involved with AI breeding. She also ultrasounds with no concerns. She has had two beautiful foals for us, the delivers were without help. She is a wonderful mom, although in my opinion she is a little too attentive with her babies and doesn't allow foals to wander and explore like some other mares do. She has no problem sharing her foals with people but will not allow any other horses near a foal for the first month or so. Since she is older we did put her on an oral progestin during the first 60 days of her most recent pregnancy. A very special thing about her, as a mom, is she adores babies and she maintains a reputation for stealing other mare's foals, if she doesn't have one of her own. This is a wonderful trait if you need a nurse mare but can make it difficult to wean foals as she will try to nurse any foal long term, even when she should be dry. Most recently, her 2022 foal was aborted late in the pregnancy, although the vet says it was due to outside circumstance and not related to either her or the pregnancy, we feel that should be mentioned (I am happy to answer any questions if you would like more information). Z Halcyon April is currently being sold open, although we will breed her if she doesn't find the right home before the season ends.