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 ...

One of the unique pleasures of living in the Ocala/Marion County area is driving down our country roads and enjoying the fields of mares and foals in the springtime. Foaling season for the ...

A foal with a mare on a summer pasture. A foal with a mare on a summer pasture. Springtime is foaling season, the busiest time of year for equine veterinarians. In any species, births carry risks for ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (KPNX/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — Dramatic video shows a horse struggling to escape a mudhole after the mare and her foal became stuck. A dramatic rescue unfolded Sunday in the Apache Sitgreaves ...

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 ...