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What is a nurse mare and have any great race horses ever had to use one after birth?

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1. Occasionally a nurse mare will be needed, which is a lactating mare that will raise the foal as her own. Also, nurse mare foal is a foal who was born so that its mother might come into milk. The milk that the nurse mare is producing is used to nourish the foal of another mare, a more “expensive” foal. Primarily these are thoroughbred foals, though certainly not limited to the thoroughbred industry. More info at.. http://onthebit.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/whats-a-nurse-mare-foal/ Off hand I don't recall any greats that have used one, but I'm sure there is..seems this stuff remains private in the Thoroughbred Industry.. :)
2. she is brought in if the mother of the foal has died or cannot bring on milk