What you see here is the very first time this new foal has gotten up by himself. Born at 2:30 AM he is big, healthy and strong! Mama is a young thoroughbred mare that came from the Seattle area. A lot of people ask me why mares have their babies in the middle of the night? Mares prefer privacy when they are foaling and the majority of mares foal at night. This could be a survival trait that ensured the mare and foal would be less susceptible to predators during the birthing process when horses w