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RE: Hauling mare & 5 day old foal Moderators: luluwhit, gotothewhip, cindyt, crossspur, ForumAdmin Jump to page :	Last activity 2004-03-31 4:34 PM 0 replies, 1612 views View previous thread :: View next thread
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gotothewhip Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2004-03-31 1:02 PM Subject: Hauling mare & 5 day old foal
"Spaz-tacular"!! Posts: 20309 Location: Bennett, CO	Hi all...just some quick questions..Ive never hauled a foal less than 2 weeks old, so thought Id better ask....My mare is slightly infected (no temp, eating & drinking very well, but has yellow discharge) The local vet is busy and cant get to me, and was pretty grumpy because I dont have my stocks up yet (the barn is less than a month old) So Ive decided to haul my mare down to my GOOD vet, about 1 hr away...Id planned on putting the mare in the front slant and letting the colt ride loose ....or am I better off having them both out of the divider, with the mare just tied in?
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Lisantwist Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2004-03-31 1:05 PM Subject: RE: Hauling mare & 5 day old foal
Sexy Bee Yacht Posts: 5849 Location: WA	No experience, but I'll bump it up!
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whose leavin who Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2004-03-31 1:08 PM Subject: RE: Hauling mare & 5 day old foal
Extreme Veteran Posts: 303 Location: where the roosters crow at dawn	We haul several mares a year from Texas to Oklahoma and New Mexico to different stud farms. We always leave the slants open so the colt can get right next to "mamma". We tie the mares. We have never tried dividing them, so I don't know how that would work.
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hwh Reg. Feb 2004	Posted 2004-03-31 1:42 PM Subject: RE: Hauling mare & 5 day old foal
Hero of the Year Posts: 10767 Location: Haslet, Texas	I would tie the mare but leave the dividors opened. I hauled my mare to be bred 1 hr and 15 minutes with a foal at her side. The best way for the foal to learn to haul is besides it's mama!!
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Queen Mum Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2004-03-31 4:34 PM Subject: RE: Hauling mare & 5 day old foal
Deja Vu Queen Posts: 2345 Location: southern Ohio	I always hauled mine in an open trailer (no dividers) with the mare tied, and foal loose, they have always done great! Used to haul on foal heat, so the foals were itty, bitty! Usually went about one hour away, but one time went 4 1/2 hours away.
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