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Post by lashlake on Jul 12, 2016 21:30:22 GMT
Hi - my mare was covered on 7/6/16 and scanned in foal on 29/6/16. I would really like to do a show (inhand) on 1/9/16. The show is 10 miles away and my mare has done loads of County level shows before and doesn't get stressed. The stud (stallion owners) say go for it, but my mares breeder says don't do it. It's the first time I've ever bred a foal and I don't want to jeopardise things. Opinions please!!! Thanks 😊
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Post by gillwales on Jul 12, 2016 21:41:49 GMT
I would advise anyone against travelling a mare in the last month of her pregnacy. There is always a slight risk in the first 3 months, the same has it is with us , but if she is well there should be no problems. Some flat racehorses are raced up to 6 months without any problems. Walk her inhand to get fit for showing... and you!! Have fun and good luck  |
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Post by comanchediva on Jul 13, 2016 4:37:56 GMT
We were at the races a few weeks ago and the commentator was talking about the horses and said one of the runners was in foal. Stupidly I didn't back her and she won by about 8 lengths!! One show in September won't do her any harm. Good luck x
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Post by millwillow on Jul 13, 2016 11:38:30 GMT
I think if they are used to showing go for it, but if they tend to get stress I wouldn't bother its not worth it for a rosette. I show ours when they are in foal but very lightly. It is illegal to travel any pregnant livestock if over 90% of the gestation has passed (unless to the vets) and also for the week after they have given birth. have fun if you do go  |
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Post by lashlake on Jul 13, 2016 19:59:11 GMT
Thanks everyone. It's only the one show and she will be 3 months gone. She's well used to being shown at County level and she is so laid back she is horizontal! I brought her back from stud over 100 miles away at the weekend and she was completely chilled all the way home. I plan to hack her very gently too but she needs her shoes back on first 😀
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Post by sarahp on Jul 13, 2016 21:31:50 GMT
When I had the PBs from the D mare I was riding I took her for a jumping lesson, took the saddle off and covered her with the SJ stallion at the yard and then took her home. I carried on riding her as normal until the point where to carry on I would have had to clip her and turned her out then, at about 6 months pregnant. She was fine.
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Post by specialsparkle3 on Jul 23, 2016 17:01:57 GMT
Personally, having had a maiden mare abort because of my "need to show her in foal " I learned the hard way. She was over 9 weeks so the foetus was attached to the wall of the Placenta , but she still lost it.
In foal mares, rarely beat a mare with a foal at foot. Judges appreciate that it's so much harder to have them looking right when they are feeding a foal so why the need ? Can you not wait until next year to take her out with her foal safely at her side. Is the possibility of a Rosette worth the life of a longed for foal ?
Sorry, but you are asking the question, so deep down, you know it isn't .
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Post by china on Aug 12, 2016 19:47:56 GMT
Personally, having had a maiden mare abort because of my "need to show her in foal " I learned the hard way. She was over 9 weeks so the foetus was attached to the wall of the Placenta , but she still lost it. In foal mares, rarely beat a mare with a foal at foot. Judges appreciate that it's so much harder to have them looking right when they are feeding a foal so why the need ? Can you not wait until next year to take her out with her foal safely at her side. Is the possibility of a Rosette worth the life of a longed for foal ? Sorry, but you are asking the question, so deep down, you know it isn't . We had a very good hunter pony that was in foal and won at County level beating mares with foals at foot on more than one occasion |
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