“Foal dead. Mare Nearly Dead”

My beloved Wadha nearly died while foaling, and her foal by Monologue died too. A large bay colt, both hindlegs white, so large that he was stuck at the level of his hips for two and a half hours and died before he could come out.

Wadha’s vagina was teared up pretty bad and she did not pass her placenta until several hours after she was rushed to the vet hospital of the U. of Pennsylvania. She remains there, but is doing better now. It was traumatic.

It reminds of me of the note Lady Anne Blunt put in her herdbook about her Jallabiyah mare Makbula: “Foal dead, mare nearly dead”.

 

16 Replies to ““Foal dead. Mare Nearly Dead””

  1. Those of us who also love her, join you in our gratitude that Wadha appears to be making a good recovery.

  2. Tears for this terrible news! Thank goodness Wadha survived, but what a trauma. Best wishes on her full recovery.

  3. I am really glad she made it back home safely. That’s always the scary part about breeding mares we love – breeding can be so dangerous. It’s that less than 4% chance that something will go horrifically wrong.

    My heart still breaks for you, Edouard. Losing a foal is awful.

  4. My apology for being 2 months behind, but I do understand the pain and sorrow and hope time has been kind. I also hope the mare is fully well and may make new attempts in the future.
    It is so sad to lose any of them. Of the 7 foalings thus far this year here (one to go), I have assisted in pulling the foal past shoulders or hips in more than half of them, wondering each time how it would end. It is such a fragile and vulnerable time of which we have such little control but at times only to pray ferociously and to hope we make the correct choice for the moment! Horses!

  5. Nearly three months later, I hope Wadha is still doing well. Makbula’s foal was also a very large colt, but Makbula recovered and the very next year produced her lovely daughter Kibla. Here’s hoping Wadha is able to do the same.

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