The kids were easy to wake up for school today. We knew that most likely “Cowgirl” our mare would have her foal in the middle of the night.  So the first thing they asked about was what time she had her foal and what was it.   The second thing they asked was if they hurried getting ready for school, could they go down to the barn to see the new colt before we…

  We had a new colt born from our mare “Cowgirl” at 1am this morning! It’s sure hard to stand! Mama giving encouragement… He did it!

Heading out to the arena for a short workout. After all, I still have homework to do…. Don’t forget the ground work or you might end up there.   Working on suppling exercises. Time to exercise and get legged up for the summer events. A short basic horse workout.  Time to get back to my homework.

There are some telltale signs when a mare is getting close to foaling.  Several days before the mare will “bag up”. In other words, they begin lactating and the udder will fill up, the teats will wax over and may even start dripping milk.  Her behavior will often change as she becomes more uncomfortable.  She may become more irritable, pace, break out in a sweat frequently, breathing may change, and they may raise their tail on and…