THE DAM

Name:                 Liosas Whisper

Breed:                 Irish Sport Horse

Sire:                   Unknown

Dam:                  Unknown

Height:               14.1hh

Colour:               Dun

Year foaled:         1997

We bought whisper in 2005 from a little yard near Melton Mowbray. I show jumped her for the following four years with success up to national level. After out-growing her and deciding that she was too talented to waste, we attempted to sell her, but simply couldn't find the right person for her as she can sometimes be crazy tricky to ride. Exams then took over and unfortunately Whisper became a field pony / happy hacker and also had a brief spell on loan. Shortly after we took her back on, Laura, the manager of the livery yard where she is kept, expressed an interest in having her on loan as a broodmare. We gladly accepted as this meant we didn't have to pay for livery for the time being (get in!)

Whisper and I competing UKCR 2006

After choosing a stallion, we firstly tried artificial insemination as Whisper is quite a bit smaller than Chief and we didn't want to put her through any unnecessary discomfort, however this proved unsuccessful. Having tried and failed to put my other mare in foal previously, I'm going to tell you the truth and say I pretty much convinced myself that this wasn't going to happen either. I was pleasantly surprised when I was given the news that Whisper was pregnant from the first attempt at natural cover.

Whisper in the field 2010