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Do you think she's sound enough to be a broodmare?
I have a 13 year old TB mare who, until labor day, was incredibly healthy and talented, jumped 3'6" courses and free jumped almost 5 feet. I was about to sell her, but on Labor Day she got really sick. We found out she had colitis and the vets gave her a 5% chance of living, at the most. Both me and my horse fought, and she managed to pull through. The vets were worried she would founder, but after wearing raised boots and being on stall rest for over 3 months, she was checked out and she hadn't foundered. We are currently unsure if she will ever be rideable again (she had a fever of 102+ for over 2 weeks as well as being on banamine for quite a long time) but I really can't afford to keep her any longer. I know theres no way to know for sure until I get a full vet check, but I was wondering if y'all thought she might be sound enough to be a broodmare. She was for sale for $10,000 before she got sick, so I'd rather not just give her away as a pasture pet if I could get maybe $1,500 for her to be a broodmare. Just wanting opinions, thanks! I attached a picture of her taken a week before she got sick.
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- Starlight 1Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
This is a question for your vet to answer, Julie. Your mare is beautiful, though- and from the sound of it, she's very lucky to be alive. Colitis ( also called Colitis X) is a major killer. I don't know what impact a continued severe fever and such a severely debilitating illness as this might have on your mare's fertility. I do know that she's nearly at the age where she will soon be too old to breed, especially if she's a maiden mare that has never foaled before. But who knows, someone might be willing to take her on and try to get a foal out of her.
I'd ask your vet about the breeding issue. You may want to consider having a breeding soundness exam done, too.
Source(s): I used to work on a breeding farm and have seen a lot of foals born. I also knew a horse with Colitis. That horse eventually recovered, but he was never the same.
