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Neonatal maladjustment syndrome (NMS) is a syndrome where newborn foals exhibit uncommon behaviors, occurring in three to five percent of live births. These behaviors can include aimless wandering, hypersensitivity to loud sounds and brightness, weakness or coordination issues, and the incapability to nurse.
Abel Tasman was bred in Kentucky by Clearsky Farms, established in 2008 by Eamon Cleary and now owned by his sons, Bernard and Eamonn.A relatively small breeding operation with about 30 broodmares, Clearsky Farms was an Eclipse Award finalist for outstanding breeder of 2016 thanks to several noteworthy wins by horses they bred, including champion three-year-old Arrogate's victories in the ...
That year, she was bred to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, but she did not get in foal, so she was bred to Uncle Mo instead and produced a colt in 2017. After not being bred for 2022, she was covered by Munnings for 2023 and then Uncle Mo for 2024. Rags to Riches progeny: Opulence (foaled March 9, 2009), chestnut mare sired by Giant's ...
A healthy, well-managed mare can produce a foal every year into her twenties, though not all breeders will breed a mare every year. In addition, many mares are kept for riding and so are not bred annually, as a mare in late pregnancy or nursing a foal is not able to perform at as athletic a standard as one who is neither pregnant nor lactating.
A foal at about weaning age. A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. When the foal is nursing from its dam (mother), it may also be called a "suckling".
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 concentrated in the hippomanes. The vulval discharge from the mare in oestrus was also referred to as Hippomanes in antiquity and was used equally for love potions and love spells. [8] [9]
Songbird (foaled April 30, 2013) is a retired US Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was a two-time Eclipse Award winner. She won thirteen times, nine of them in Grade I races, and had career earnings of almost $4.7 million.
Littleprincessemma (foaled Feb 27, 2006) is a Thoroughbred mare who raced twice but is notable as the dam of the American Triple Crown-winning racehorse American Pharoah.Bred by Brereton C. Jones, she sold in 2006 as a weanling filly for $135,000 ($204,000 adjusted for inflation) and then the following year, as a yearling, she was purchased by Zayat Stables for $250,000 ($367,000 adjusted for ...