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Patricia Bell
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Username: Boomer
Post Number: 17
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 23, 2006 - 12:58 pm: |   |
Ok, I'm stupid. What does the term "open mare" mean? |
Marti Bartlett
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Username: Traveler
Post Number: 25
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 23, 2006 - 1:04 pm: | |
Not pregnant. Not stupid at all. |
Patricia Bell
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Username: Boomer
Post Number: 18
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 23, 2006 - 1:06 pm: | |
Oh, thanks. I just keep seeing it in ads..I thought it meant barren or something. |
S. T. Bruce
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Username: Kari
Post Number: 220
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 23, 2006 - 6:32 pm: | |
It is commonly used for cattle butI have never heard it used for horses in my area. |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 1189
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 23, 2006 - 7:44 pm: | |
S.T. Out of curiosity, what other terms have you heard to describe this status in horses? |
S. T. Bruce
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Username: Kari
Post Number: 221
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 23, 2006 - 10:34 pm: | |
Sara: Frankly I can't recall hearing any term for a non-pregnant mare. Pregnant mares are usually referred to as "being in foal" but unless the question is specifically asked, it is just assumed the mare is not pregnant. Some of the old timers will label any female under five as a filly unless she has had a foal and then she is called a mare regardless of her age. At the sales and in the classified ads in my area I have never seen the "open" designation used. |
Little King Ranch
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Username: Eoeo
Post Number: 254
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 23, 2006 - 11:53 pm: | |
I have heard the term "barren" mare to imply the mare was bred but was not carrying a foal at the time of sale. EO |
Shawna
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Username: Qh4me
Post Number: 100
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Friday, Feb 24, 2006 - 9:17 am: | |
I found "open" is heard often when referring to broodmares.
For example....Left open for early 2007 breeding....which means they were not bred this year.
You will see where breeders leave a mare open for a year because of a late foaling the year before. |
