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Mares carry their young (called foals) for approximately 11 months from conception to birth. (Average range 320–370 days.) [2] Usually just one young is born; twins are rare. When a domesticated mare foals, she nurses the foal for at least four to six months before it is weaned, though mares in the wild may allow a foal to nurse for up to a year.
According to Pliny the Elder, [7] the Hippomanes, which are said to be found as tough bodies on the forehead of the newborn foal, are eaten by the mare immediately after birth. If the mare was prevented from doing so, she would feel no affection for the foal and refuse to feed it, which is why it was believed that the power of love was ...
Into Mischief's first crop reached racing age in 2012. His first winner was Avalon Rose, who won a five-furlong maiden race on July 5. [19] His first stakes winner was Goldencents, who won the Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes. From a small crop that contained just 21 starters, Into Mischief finished third on the North American first-crop sire list.
Rachel's Valentina gave birth to her first foal on February 18, 2018, a bay colt by Curlin with a star and two socks on his hind legs. He was named Alejandro in 2020. [ 10 ] Rachel's Valentina then visited Pioneerof the Nile , and on April 4, 2019, she gave birth to a bay filly with a star an snip. [ 11 ]
Mage was retired at Airdrie Stud for his first breeding season in 2024, having bred 171 mares. In 2025 seasonal breeding, he will continue to serve thereat for a fee of $25,000. The first foal by Mage, a bay colt out of multiple stakes-placed winner, a City of Light mare Lil Miss Moonlight, was born on January 9 at Machmer Hall in Paris ...
Mares who have produced multiple graded stakes winners may also be given the informal title of "blue hen". Toussaud , the 2002 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, is often referred to as a blue hen for producing four grade 1 winners (Chester House, Honest Lady, Chiselling and Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker ) from her first six foals.
Once the foal is born, the mare will lick the newborn foal to clean it and help blood circulation. In a very short time, the foal will attempt to stand and get milk from its mother. A foal should stand and nurse within the first hour of life. To create a bond with her foal, the mare licks and nuzzles the foal, enabling her to distinguish the ...
Beholder is a bay mare with no white markings, other than two small specks of white on her forehead. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was bred by Fred Mitchell's Clarkland Farm in Lexington, Kentucky . [ 1 ] She was sired by Henny Hughes , a sprinter whose biggest wins came in the King's Bishop Stakes and Vosburgh Stakes in 2006. [ 5 ]