Take steps to ensure a successful mating and pregnancy, especially in at-risk mares by Dr. Nancy Loving Breeding a mare is rarely as simple as choosing a stallion and setting a date. Some potential broodmares...
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Fellow racing photographer and journalist, Kate Hunter has the rare privilege of seeing some of the best horses, including mares and foals, from around the world. Kate will share her photos with you in...
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By Michele MacDonald There is a timeless sound in the rustling of pines on a breezy rise overlooking fields of mares and foals that stretch to a horizon also dotted by olive trees and the bobbing heads...
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Many breeders hope for a specific outcome -- either filly or colt, depending on the situation -- when they choose a match-up for their mares. Commercial breeders who send royally-bred mares to high-end...
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When possible, I plan for foals to be born in mid-March. It's still fairly early in the season so they'll be good-sized yearlings, but by the middle of March we're usually out of the worst that Winter...
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Cold and wet weather combined with a rather hard-keeping breed of horses means that Thoroughbred caregivers must be especially conscientious about the health of their equine charges during the winter months...
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