It was 10 degrees and snowing fiercely when the recipient mare started showing signs of distress. She was a week from full term and carrying a much anticipated foal by Dominic M (Da Vinci FM x Rosa La Valentina) out of Orrion Farms’ two-time National Champion mare, Lulu Marajj (Marajj x Silhouette FF). Lucas Sobral, Orrion’s reproductive vet, called in Dr. Paula Thompson for a second opinion.
They agreed that it looked like the mare had a uterine torsion. This happens when a pregnant mare’s uterus, weighted by the unborn foal, flips over. It is
