Caring for a Pregnant Mare

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It takes a pregnant mare about eleven months to gestate and deliver a foal.
It takes a pregnant mare about eleven months to gestate and deliver a foal.
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A mare cleans her newly delivered foal.
A mare cleans her newly delivered foal.

If Tennyson was right — that “In the spring a young man’s
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love” — well, then,
horses and humans aren’t so far apart. Horses are what are
known as long-day breeders, which means that, with longer
days just around the corner, now’s the time to start

  • Published on Feb 1, 1999
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