Allison Sheehan Racing & Breeding Services

11/02/2026

🌟SHCV 🌟 🖤ARDEER🖤 2nd OTT Ridden Rising Star Show Hunter 4th OTT Ridden Show Hunter. Big thanks to for riding him so beautifully.

19/01/2026

Great to get out to our local Lang Lang Show yesterday. Tyson took out the Off The Track Ridden hunter class sponsored by . We had a fun day catching up with friends. Well done to the Show committee and officials. Thank you to for riding him so well 🫶🫶
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12/01/2026

We’ve all seen them do it … 💩🍽️https://www.facebook.com/share/1DPnMyirjM/?mibextid=wwXIfr

You might have known that copraphagy (eating manure) in foals is very common/normal and is essential for kickstarting the gut microbiome before they start eating - their first prebiotic, so to speak!

And it seems that (within reason) the more manure the foals consume, the more fibre and bacteria they consume, the better the gut innoculation. Makes sense.

But the interesting thing I learned this morning reading a PhD dissertation, is that foals that have dams that produce less milk, consume more manure. And milk yield is linked to non-structural carbohydrates in the dam's diet. So mares being fed high starch diets, produce more milk which actually reduces the amount of manure the foal eats, lowering the amount of prebiotics they are getting to start their fibre fermentating lives!

Obviously this is within the realm of a healthy/sufficient amount of milk to meet the foals growth needs...

I think that's very cool 🤓 And it all links up with forage first, low starch feeding even in breeding horses, and slower growth rates for long healthy lives! Nature is neat.

15/11/2025

🌞At 11:30am today we were treated to a daytime foaling for my first Clydesdale. A textbook 📖arrival for this filly, congrats to her owners. 💓

23/08/2025

Eagerly awaiting our first arrivals. ⏰🦄

21/07/2025

Winter dressage series . Great venue, great friends, great day 💁‍♀️

07/07/2025

🌾🌾Foaling paddocks getting prepped for spring arrivals🐴🐴🐴
📲 get in touch if you would like to book your mare in.

18/05/2025

🏅🏅2x Group 1s in 2 weeks for Gatesys Gem 🏆🏆 🙌 congrats to her connections

11/05/2025

Great to see Gatesy’s Gem take out the Group 1 🏆 NSW Oaks for local Breeder Mick Hughes. The last foal out of Gatesy’s Girl. Congrats to all of the filly’s connections 🐴