With the world watching, the Stark Ridge mare My Special Girl gave birth to a colt at 9:22 p.m. EDT March 29 at Penn Vet's New Bolton Center. The gray foal weighed 104 pounds and measured 39.5 inches ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. >> A foal’s birth is the most exciting part of racing because it could turn out to be a Kentucky Derby winner, said Marylou Whitney, one of the sport’s most prominent stable ...

A foal with a mare on a summer pasture. A foal with a mare on a summer pasture. Springtime is foaling season, the busiest time of year for equine veterinarians. In any species, births carry risks for ...

Foaling in horses is extremely fast. Labor and the active part of foaling, resulting in delivery of the foal, take 10 to 20 minutes and are considerably shorter than giving birth in humans or in cows.