Spotilas

SPOTILAS in HORSEMAIL.FI

If you live in Finland you are familiar with horse-journalist Margit Ticklen. Along with a lot of other horse people around Europe, we have also been lucky to meet Margit. As we say, Margit is first with the news! Let me explain that, because that is actually a fun story!

Back in 2017 Margit contacted Bjørn. She would like to write an article about Bjørns foalalarm system “SafeMate”. Margit filmed a little video sequence of our mares on the field. It was a bit difficult for Margit to film - because one of our mares kept going in front of the camera and keeping away the other mares, trying to keep all the attention to herself. That mare was Luna – Spotilas´mother. Margit asked about this leading mare, and Bjørn told Margit that we had a plan to get Luna in foal with Totilas. So yes Margit was the very very first who could tell the news about Spotilas 2 years before his birth!

8 years later Bjørn and Margit met once again, this time making an interview about 6 years old Spotilas. Well, a lot has happened since, and if you have a subscription to horsemail.fi you can read a lot about Spotilas´s journey, and Anders Hoeck and our planes for the future.

I know! It is not the first time I have shared this picture with Cecilie and Spotilas, but here it comes again. I guess it is one of my favorit pictures with him🥰

IT IS FOAL SEASON!

On our pastures Hotdance, F***g and Luna are walking around with bellies that looks like bombs to explode anytime. The mares looks somewhat troubled, and when doing their beloved rolling it is extra hard to get ALL the way over. But – horses are horses, so when they are let out on the spring grass they still are going for a flashy trot. Perhaps a bit less elegant than we are used to, and certainly shorter... The appetite has not lessened, it is almost like an old-fashioned typewriter; bite bite bite – new line – bite bite bite, highly concentrated like a JK Rowling we imagine! The grass is magically transformed into milk, filling the milkbar – ready for a demanding foal.
The far majority foals at night, so we have the alarms mounted. The receiver is calmly waiting on the bedside table, ready to wake us anytime (must be a fun job). Will it be tonight?

In 2025 and 2026 we are expecting the following foals:

F***g Boesgaard (Farrell - Willemoes):
2025 – foal out of Spotilas
2026 – foal out of Spotilas

Hotdance (Hotline - Lauries Crusador xx):
2025 - foal out of Quaterhit (3/4 sibling to 2x W.C. Quinn G).
2026 - foal out of Spotilas

Luna of Nyskoven (Bjoernhoejgaards Sleipner - Rasmus af Hallundbaek):
2025 - Foal out of Hesselhoej Double Up
2026 - Luna has returned to breeders Ellen & Karsten Andersen.

Lady Gaga (Zack - Don Schufro):
2026 - foal out of Spotilas

Furthermore our mare Cassidy Boesgaard (Casir - Corlando) has been inseminated with Spotilas, she is borrowed by Ole Iversen, who will welcome a Spotilas foal with strong showjumping bloodlines in 2026.

Please bear with me and my exaggerated use of photo collages – I just love making them!

most of the foals will be up for sale