For some breeders, the waiting game starts as soon as the mare is inseminated. For others, it starts when she's confirmed in foal. Still for others, it starts when she her belly grows large. Whenever ...

Raising a child takes a village, notes one African proverb; the collective experiences of a community forming the individual person. Similarly, a growing foal takes its cues from his dam, surrounding ...

Nearly as important as a mare having a foal is getting her bred back to have next year’s baby. Breeding on foal heat is an old management strategy aimed at doing just that. It is the first heat cycle ...

MOREAU — Sue Hooper knew that her foaling mare was in trouble. Her baby was birthing upside down and no matter how hard Hooper tried to twist her foal into position, she couldn’t manage it. She called ...

The little guy must have felt like a foundling. He was alone. He was confused. He’d been taken from his birth mother in late February after she kicked at him every time he tried to nurse. Then, a most ...

In horse breeding, stallions are usually used to establish a breeding line. In some cases, however, the maternal lineage plays a more important role. Researchers have looked at the gestation length of ...

With the end of a local wild horse roundup, the focus will eventually shift to finding people to find homes for those removed from the range, but they won’t include a foal that was with a mare that ...

A newborn Chincoteague pony foal was found with a missing hoof and rejected by its mother. The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department rescued the foal and fitted it with a makeshift prosthetic. A mare ...

ARLEE - She's gentle and strong, generous and forgiving, a perfect mom and a gorgeous piece of horseflesh. Her name is Charm, and for the past month she has raised Rico precisely as a good mother ...