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Original Post 2010-Aug-12, 11:51 AM

Just wondering what the thoughts and experiences of more experienced horse breeders/handlers out there in regard to the dangers (or not)
of bringing my mares back home not long after serving and assuming 14 day ultrasound confirms in foal etc.
On a limited budget and hence would like to limit time they are away, out of my care, and getting charged $15-20 per day etc each.
I have lost a foal when travelling a mare (held up at tick gates for hours in a hot truck due to censored s not having spray on hand) at 50 days
so have been burnt before, but  I'm trying not be paranoid about it, and keep getting told many mares travel after service.
I would use professional horse transport , trip would be about 9 hours.
What do ya reckon?
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2010-Aug-12, 12:30 PM

Case by case shogun. If the cost is the concern you take the risk if any. Transport company you use will be important on 9 hr trip.
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2010-Aug-12, 02:00 PM

I guess the dilemma is that you travel mare 9 hours & find out later she's not really in foal. What would you do then? Send her back? 
Another option for next year is to bargain a discount on service fee so you get a couple months 'free' agistment rolled into the deal. That way the daily agistment rate doesn't become a factor. This is what I've done with my mare & it takes the worry out of rushing them home.    
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2010-Aug-12, 02:05 PM

shouldn't be much risk depends how good a traveller the mare is, and if you have to go through tick gates make sure your booked in before leaving the stud and make sure the tickie doesn't drown them and limited spray around the head most tickies are good but you get the occasional one thats ordinary.
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2010-Aug-12, 02:54 PM

Agree with Richo mate, if the mare is a relaxed type, and a good traveller, that risk would be minimal  Thumb Up
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2010-Aug-12, 10:09 PM

thanks fellas for advice.....
now I just need to ponder accuracy of 14 day ultrasound vs 45 day ultrasound, and how many mares just 'lose em' tween those dates.
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2010-Aug-12, 10:33 PM

I've heard that the 14 day test is enough but many do take the 45 day test as the benchmark. Wouldn't know the stats but if I was going to travel a mare 9 hours trip, I'd want to be fairly certain she was in foal.  unsure 
   
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