Posted 2015-07-14 4:39 PM Subject: hauling mares after foaling?
Elite Veteran
Posts: 731 Location: WNY
I still have a ways to go to get my mare back in shape. but baby will be 2 months old next week. wondering if she is too young to start going to barrel runs with mom? opinions?
Posted 2015-07-14 5:40 PM Subject: RE: hauling mares after foaling?
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Posts: 324
A girl I run with would haul mare and foal to races when the foal was about 2-3 months. She didn't run the mare on barrels (I think that would be way too much stress on both mare and foal) but she tied the mare up and let the foal run around her
Posted 2015-07-16 1:50 PM Subject: RE: hauling mares after foaling?
Good Grief!
Posts: 6343 Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta
Im with racing qh on this....i have seen ppl do it but i never was blessed with a pile of luck so my mares and babies stay home......once my mares are having babies they dont do double duty being a mom is enough....m
Posted 2015-07-16 6:53 PM Subject: RE: hauling mares after foaling?
Elite Veteran
Posts: 731 Location: WNY
Thank you. I am going to air on the side of caution and wait until after weaning. It is a long story and no fault of anyone's she lost the first foal at 8 months. But I wanted to double check my instincts of being over protective. We don't run a breeding operation and never plan to. This filly is my dream horse and will remain such until the sad day I have to bury her. So I will not rush, or cut any corners; at the same time I don't want to wait too long to expose her to new things.
Posted 2015-07-17 12:25 PM Subject: RE: hauling mares after foaling?
The Color Specialist
Posts: 7530 Location: Washington. (The DRY side.)
A good horse is a good horse. It doesn't matter if they are first exposed to things as a 2 month old foal, or a 5yo.
My stallion had never even seen or heard clippers until he was over 2yo, and yet the very first time I was able to clip his bridle path, jawline, and ears with NO HALTER. Because that is just the way he is.
hauling mares after foaling?
