We bought a Spotted Draft Mare named Valentine. She was (what they said) green broke to drive, and broke to ride, and we did want a dual purpose horse. She is 11 years old. So we took her to the Amish to get her broke to drive, and that didn't work out, but the guy said that she had never come in heat, and this was the spring. We were thinking about selling her, and then we got her checked by a vet, and she was more than 2 months pregnant. Now she was approximately bred in February, so this is going to be a January baby.
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That's the bad part. We're not exactly sure what to do. This is our first baby, and we have no clue how to foal a horse. We're thinking about foaling the baby and then selling them as two.
Help here please?
*UPDATED 8/2/08*
We decided to ditch the idea of trying to re-train her. She most likely doesn't like the back messed with for a reason. So, I'm going to ride her at the local fair this year, Walk-Trot Western Pleasure, and we just went to a local fair and got 4th.
Now, we are going to wait until the foal is born and then we will decide what to do with Valentine. We (well I) still want to keep her. I could show her under saddle and for showmanship. But my mom wants a horse good for trails. We worked with her the other day and she did good in the woods (and the lady that owned them had stuff in the woods from Halloween from last year, and that didn't spook her).
If anyone has any advice or links that tell advice on how to foal a horse, that would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you so much you guys!
Here's Valentine:
