horseyperson123
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I have had my showjumping pony for about 9 months. She has been bsja registered and is one to watch out for on the circuit and everyone knows her name . My mare has had a foal before (6 years ago) with one of her previous owners and was a great mum and brought up the foal well and she is now following in her mum's footsteps and is proving to have great scope. My mare has always had a foal belly but the last 2 months she has come particularly fat ! She is a greedy ****** and being pregnant would have never come into question until being approached by a breeder and a show last weekend .
i hadnt competed T for a while and decided it was time to go out showjumping. We tried to load her and she would not get on the trailer. This was very odd for T as she would always get on knowing that she is going somewhere new but she did not want to at all . I entered my first class . i normally compete her at 90-1m courses but i entered the 80 and 90 as she hadnt been out in a while. i went in the 80 and got a 3rd but i knew something wasnt right . She was struggling and i was worried . I took her in the 90 and she stopped . This was when i KNEW something was wrong . T never ever stops but then started bucking . I became very upset and worried at this point as i knew there was something very wrong.
After my classes , i was approached by the director asking is she was in foal , my first answer was no of course! She then said ," i have been a breeder for 30 years and i know that pony very well and she is in foal". I was shocked , but when she told me all the signs , it started to click why she was getting so fat in the last 2 months without any hard feed and no goodness in the hay . I cant deny that i was gutted , i was supposed to affiliate in April and attend some very big competitions this summer . I dont know whether my mare is definatley pregnant yet but i will know tomorrow , vet has told me that from what i have told him , she is .
I'm also very excited about experiencing this but I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOALS. this is why i need your help . i know the basics but not things like being halter broken , leading the foal ,rugging, exersise eg can i take it in the arena , can i play with it ? Can it have treats ? i need more knowledge, anything you can think of , i will be so grateful.
i hadnt competed T for a while and decided it was time to go out showjumping. We tried to load her and she would not get on the trailer. This was very odd for T as she would always get on knowing that she is going somewhere new but she did not want to at all . I entered my first class . i normally compete her at 90-1m courses but i entered the 80 and 90 as she hadnt been out in a while. i went in the 80 and got a 3rd but i knew something wasnt right . She was struggling and i was worried . I took her in the 90 and she stopped . This was when i KNEW something was wrong . T never ever stops but then started bucking . I became very upset and worried at this point as i knew there was something very wrong.
After my classes , i was approached by the director asking is she was in foal , my first answer was no of course! She then said ," i have been a breeder for 30 years and i know that pony very well and she is in foal". I was shocked , but when she told me all the signs , it started to click why she was getting so fat in the last 2 months without any hard feed and no goodness in the hay . I cant deny that i was gutted , i was supposed to affiliate in April and attend some very big competitions this summer . I dont know whether my mare is definatley pregnant yet but i will know tomorrow , vet has told me that from what i have told him , she is .
I'm also very excited about experiencing this but I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOALS. this is why i need your help . i know the basics but not things like being halter broken , leading the foal ,rugging, exersise eg can i take it in the arena , can i play with it ? Can it have treats ? i need more knowledge, anything you can think of , i will be so grateful.
