I'm going to sound like a wally, come and enjoy yourselves

[vimto92]

Right, first of all (this isnt the wally question by the way) but what do is it mean by:
Section A
Section B
Section C
etc.

WALLY QUESTION
Can horses give birth to twins?:o

Vic

[Crazyhorse]

Yep horses can give birth to twins. Where I ride had two Shire twins. Section A etc are breeds of horse.

[vimto92]

Thanks:)

[L34NN3]

It is very rare and dangerous for the mare. Vets usually recommend abortion as complications often result in mare and foals dying.

[iloveshearer]

section a, b , c , d are types of welsh pony. a and b are finer bred ponies wereas cs and ds are cobs and can be quite chunky.
heres an a i used to ride(a long time ago!!!)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/luxford/ponies/bonnie.jpg
heres my old c pony
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/luxford/ponies/belindajumping.jpg
sorry i think they might be quite big??!!

[vimto92]

Cross posted hng on....
Shame about l34n3's post.

[vimto92]

Lovely pictures

[horseygal90]

Check out horsequest, they have a sale section for all four types. Scroll right to the bottom of the bar at the side, and then you can have a peruse! They also have a profile of the breed before you get to the ads. :)

[iloveshearer]

www.horsequest.co.uk

[L34NN3]

I prefer www.horsemart.co.uk

[Lotje]

Awww alice you look so sweet in that first piccy!

[iloveshearer]

it was a long time ago i was about 8 or 9 lol the ponys called bonnie!!! im 14 now

[love4horses]

I know of someone whose mare successfully had twins that both lived...

Here's their site and a pic...
http://www.freewebs.com/quarterturnranch

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.48b68fd610.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/48b68fd610.jpg)

[Daffy Dilly]

http://www.wpcs.uk.com/ponies/sectionab.html

http://www.wpcs.uk.com/ponies/sectioncd.html

;)

[LouHarvey]

Most mares who twin abort either one or both of the foals. Usually when twins are conceived one of the follicles is 'crushed' against the pelvis by the vet, this breaks it up and the twin is absorbed back into the mare's body.

Sounds cruel but if you think about it it is probably better than letting the mare go for almost a full term and then aborting both foals! And trust me, getting dead foals out of a mare is not pretty nor nice for anyone involved.

The four 'sections' divide the Welsh Stud Book. There is also a Section E, which is the geldings and non-breeding stock of the other four sections. As has been mentioned before, look on HorseQuest at the four different Welsh pages, at the bottom they have a very informative half-page about each one.

[~*sugarlump*~]

http://www.newrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67301

[Pinto mad!]

of course they can give bit=rth to twins, but it normallt doesnt work out. one time i was on the way to my drive way to catch the bus, and my neighbor was their with a tractor and pulling out twins! saddly enough i found out all 3 died. :( :( :( :( :( so depressing

[Miska]

In racing TB's it is some insane ratio like 1/3 mares have twins. With racing you don't want twins - the vet has to pinch out one of the embryo type things. i went to a stud once and there they had a mare that had had twins but only one foal survived. It can never really be raced. Poor thing was six months old and was the same size as one of the new borns.

[Maddison's girl]

oooooooo (jumps up and down at computer waving hands in the air) I can answer this one in pics

Snowy is my Section A

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/maddison07/Horses/snowystickinghistoungeout.jpg

and Maddison is a Section D

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/maddison07/tashnmoose.jpg