After posting her arrival on our FB page, several people shared that this recently happened to them as well. We bred our older mare late in the season as a last ditch effort to settle her in foal. When we were told she was open, my husband and I decided at 18 that maybe she would just retire to life as the “Auntie” mare on the farm to everyone else’s foals.
Imagine my surprise at the end of June when suddenly my mare literally tripled in size and developed a bag. I scrambled to get the nursery paddock and foaling stall ready. Then on the 4th of July, she graced us with the most beautiful filly. I am still a little in shock to be honest and after beating my self up for not knowing, not taking her off the fescue and all the other precautions the pregnant broodies get, I feel very blessed to have a healthy baby on the ground.
How many have been told your mare in not pregnant only to be surprised the following year?
So without further ado…
Here is Rhythm & Balous by Bliss MF out of our mare Ms. Ritmo Latino.
Ritmo means Rhythm in Spanish and Bliss MF is by Balou du Rouet.
Short clip of her at 2 weeks old.
http://youtu.be/GdePlmf4Zmc
