Taking care of a foal is not an easy job: you need to pay attention to its health and monitor its growth every day until its first ride and the first competition, which will mark the beginning of its career in the world of equestrian events. Raising a winning foal is not a child’s play, but following some advice everything will be fine!
From birth onwards
Even before foals are born, breeders already know what type of competitions they could take part in when the time is right. They also know they could sell them, but, generally, if a foal is healthy and strong, it will grow into a healthy and strong adult horse. With this in mind, it becomes clear that the first thing to do is monitoring the foaling.
In this way, you will able to prevent possible complications and make sure that a vet is present to monitor the process. We know that it’s not easy to be present during the birth of a foal, also because foaling generally takes place at night and it’s not easy to stay awake for many nights waiting for the happy event.
For these reasons, many breeds don’t manage to witness their mares giving birth, and, as a consequence, they often risk not being able to raise a successful and healthy foal because of the complications that might have arisen during foaling: they weren’t there and they couldn’t intervene.
The solution to be present during foaling
Based on this, our company offers you our efficient Foaling Alarm with its C6 EVO device that contacts the breeder at the time of foaling, sparing him/her sleepless nights waiting. Thanks to this, our clients don’t run the risk of missing the foaling of their mares.
With this device, you can start off on the right foot: raising a foal in the right way means following it since birth. Afterwards you will need to think about its nutrition.
How to raise a successful foal: Nutrition
It’s important to feed the foal carefully from birth. This is essential, especially if you want to raise a horse that will become strong and take part in competitions.
Foals have different food requirements than adult horses, which will, obviously, change with time and will allow them to become very valuable. Feeding a foal means providing it with the right food based on its build and the tasks it will have to perform.
For this reason, it’s always recommended to seek the help of a vet, who will, first of all, make sure that the mare is capable of feeding its baby correctly, and then will give the breeder useful advice based on the conformation of the foal in question.
Its health and how to monitor it
The vet will also help you monitor its health, which concerns not only the foal itself, but also its future, its possible sale and the competitions that it will take part in. A professional will be of great help also when the horse will be older and will start getting trained.
In short, raising a winning foal is not easy: you need a specific and personalized plan based on its needs, which will also allow you to identify its main abilities and to make maximum use of them. With a little care from birth to adulthood, you will be able to raise a very valuable horse.
