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 ...

While most of us know baby horses are adorable, the majority of people don’t realize the process involved in equine reproduction. Many unique and innovative factors are at play in the way horses breed ...

If your mare has made it through 11 months of pregnancy, you're almost home free. Labor and delivery, while momentous, are generally uneventful. In most cases, you will simply need to be a quiet ...

Farms were already eager to place their mares in foal to leading second-crop stallion Justify into sales season after he showed four grade 1 winners on his resume heading into the fall. When Justify's ...

Tender Moment Nurse Mare Adopts Orphaned Foal As Her Own Has Us in Tears originally appeared on PetHelpful. Welcoming a new baby into the world can be one of life's greatest gifts, but sadly, birth ...

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 ...

Season Five of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's popular live webcam series Foal Patrol will debut online at www.foalpatrol.com on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Season Five will feature ...

A mare's first milk, called colostrum, is critical for a newborn foal. Broodmare managers and veterinarians want foals to get the most nutritious colostrum possible, not just for its calorie content, ...