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 ...

Transporting a horse is always fraught with potential problems. The potential for trouble increases when a foal, only weeks (or days) of age, is added into the mix, such as at breeding time when a ...

If the fetus is in an abnormal position, such as posterior (hindquarters first) or transverse (sideways), the tail, thighs, or spine may be detected. Although fetal malpresentation is uncommon, it can ...

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 ...