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Originally Posted by Bucking mad
Umm this wasn't intended as smaller vs bigger qh, just what I experienced with my own maiden mare. And by smaller stallion, it could have been a paint or a arab or any breed in fact, i was talking about body type and overall size.
Another maiden mare of mine did similar in that the foal became stuck at the shoulders but she did not have any problems maintaining weight. i put this to the fact that she was a 6 yo and finished growing herself. She was also in foal to a large qh stallion.
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BM
the conversation was about western breeds, quarter horses in particular (not arabs or any other breed).
There is no correlation between the size/height of a stallion and a lactating mare maintaining weight. I'd rather have a brood mare that gives herself to a foal than the opposit.
Cheers, Lena