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Post by greatredpine on Jan 22, 2014 7:13:24 GMT -8
As I am a complete newbie to breeding and having a pregnant mare, I have a few questions. I am planning to breed my mare this spring, when should I stop showing her? Should I give her some time off after she's been bred? Should I take it easy on the amount of showing that I plan to do with her? I certainly do not want to stress her out and she abort the foal. She's pretty mellow and handles the shows like pro, she loves to go to the shows, but I want to be careful with the precious cargo she's carrying. This will be the first time that she's been in foal also.
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Post by C.A.P on Jan 22, 2014 9:28:13 GMT -8
I've been told by a few people that using the mare up to 3 of delivering is good for them, keeps them fit and apparently helps with the delivery! I don't know this for a fact, just what I've been told by some trainers & a couple breeders. Who you breeding too?
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Post by kristi on Jan 22, 2014 10:05:07 GMT -8
I have also been told that keeping the mare active and busy (within reason) is good for them. I had Katie out and about last year and she was in foal. I did take it easy fitting her up in the spring after her breeding, but not really any differently than I do every year after a layoff. Be interesting to hear from people like Bibs and Gina who have breeding mares, stallions, and show horses.
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Post by greatredpine on Jan 22, 2014 15:44:41 GMT -8
Thanks guys. I will certainly be picking Bibs' brain, since Tristan is the stallion that I want to breed to. This will probably be the only foal that Dunny will have, and I want to do it right. I am also not going to foal her out here either. I'll ship her more east come fall, with the huge lack of equine vets in the area, it is not worth the risk.
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