Serenity087
Well-Known Member
And now I have a beautiful pregnant mare... although who knows how long for... damn credit crunch and being student etc...
Anyway
I'm a bit stumped by how things are getting done these days. She's barefoot (they have yet to develop metal stronger than her hooves...) yet they get done by the farrier, and very nicely too, after a lot of cursing and moaning (all the better for thems of us sat back with a coffee watching, horray for the "fit men only" rule at farrier school!). I'm guessing although untrendy, it's the best thing to do with her feet?
Also, I've very worried about her weight. She's a fresh air kinda horse and is very very fat already, but has until march to go. How can I keep her a decent weight without depriving her of what she needs for baby?
That, and is grass enough for her and baby? Like I said, she's a fresh air type of good doer!
And then I need to rebreak her. How soon after foaling would be a good idea to start? I seem to recall that riding mares with colts at foot can encourage all sorts of naughtyness, but a friend rode hers with a colt fine and thinks I'm bonkers!
And, as the rather sad aside, if it comes to it, how likely am I to sell a mare in foal? Daddy is posh enough and she'll come with the covering certs, it's just she's not really an in vogue type and I can just see someone buying her for the foal and banging her back on the market
Anyway
I'm a bit stumped by how things are getting done these days. She's barefoot (they have yet to develop metal stronger than her hooves...) yet they get done by the farrier, and very nicely too, after a lot of cursing and moaning (all the better for thems of us sat back with a coffee watching, horray for the "fit men only" rule at farrier school!). I'm guessing although untrendy, it's the best thing to do with her feet?
Also, I've very worried about her weight. She's a fresh air kinda horse and is very very fat already, but has until march to go. How can I keep her a decent weight without depriving her of what she needs for baby?
That, and is grass enough for her and baby? Like I said, she's a fresh air type of good doer!
And then I need to rebreak her. How soon after foaling would be a good idea to start? I seem to recall that riding mares with colts at foot can encourage all sorts of naughtyness, but a friend rode hers with a colt fine and thinks I'm bonkers!
And, as the rather sad aside, if it comes to it, how likely am I to sell a mare in foal? Daddy is posh enough and she'll come with the covering certs, it's just she's not really an in vogue type and I can just see someone buying her for the foal and banging her back on the market
