Nurse Mares/Colostrum

Nurse Mare Bulletin Board

As this list of available nurse mares develops the CTBA will add that information here.

Nurse Mare Needed

ANNAPOLIS, Calif. (Apr. 2, 2013) -- Rancho De Los Aviadores in Annapolis is in need of a nurse mare.  We have a Capsized colt born on April 1st, who's mother died (on April 2nd).  Right now the colt is getting goat milk, but we would like to find a nurse mare asap. Sacha Campbell 707-483-8781, or Nancy Probert 707-886-5175.  Thank you for your help.

Nurse Mare Available

Galt, CA (March 14, 2013) – TB mare, still has milk, call Mike Stires (209) 712-5414.

Nurse Mare Needed

STAMPING GROUND, Ky. (Feb. 11, 2013) – A nurse mare is needed in Kentucky. For more information, contact Jessica at 240-277-1997 or email brede [dot] jessica [at] gmail [dot] com.

CTBA at Work for You

ARCADIA, Calif. (May 22, 2012) -- The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, through its CTBA.com website, assisted in locating nurse mares for these foals:

A 3-day-old foal at Woodbridge Farm in Oakdale. Ellen Jackson from Victory Rose Thoroughbreds provided the mare Mary Poppins.

A 3-day-old foal at RustRidge in St. Helena. Ellen Jackson from Victory Rose Thoroughbreds provided the mare Enduring Flight.

A foal at Daehling Ranch.

Cyberfoal.com Aids At-Risk Horses

ARCADIA, Calif. Jan. 5, 2004 -- Cyberfoal.com is a free service run by two Canadians devoted to horses that offers breeders the opportunity to submit and request colostrum and nurse mares having lost their own foals. Cyberfoal also has an equine evac page, allowing horse owners to view and submit temporary accommodation in the future event of a disaster. Since the fires of British Columbia, California and Europe in 2003 many horses faced homeless situations. Cyberfoal asks for no financial assistance, only that we help each other by offering a mare to an orphan foal, colostrum to a foal deprived and a home to a horse evacuated. Visit www.cyberfoal.com.

This is a half TB half Belgian filly who at some point will be needing a sports horse home. In order to have functional nurse mares and extra colostrum, the mares have to have foals!