Pregnant mares staying at MDF for year-round care are kept in pastures in small groups according to gestation periods or some mares make “friends” and they are kept together. Mares are monitored and can be moved if domination occurs. We have a 100 stall mare motel where mares are brought within one month of foaling. As their foaling day approaches they are moved to foaling paddocks or foaling barn, where they can be monitored 24 hours a day. Once the mare foals, mare and foal are moved to pens which are specifically built for them.

Open mares are also kept in large pastures and brought into the mare motel for light therapy treatment beginning in December to bring them into season for an early breeding date.

The breeding barn is complete with laboratory for collection, embryo transfers and evaluation of semen. Breeding and reproduction is overseen by ESMS Veterinary Service.