MARE owners spend months agonising over which stallion to cross their mare with, followed by, weeks and months preparing their mare for insemination and willing the mare to conceive, and finally, one day, have an embryo! Then starts the 11-month or so waiting and watching game.

Your mare’s entire pregnancy is a series of hurdles: The 14 day scan, 18 day, 28, 35, 45, sexing scan and any other follow up foetal assessment scans that may be necessary. Eventually, your mare’s due date draws closer and it is so important to avoid falling at the last hurdle.