Horse gives birth to foals twice in the span of 18 months

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 About 18 months ago, Tania Mackee was shocked to find that her mare named Destiny gave birth to identical twin foals. Named GFS Shockwave and GFS Aftershock, those colts have since grown into beautiful yearlings.

The chances of Destiny having that original set of twins was 10,000 to 1, but the Irish Sport Horse wasn’t finished defying incredible odds. On February 26, she gave birth to yet another pair of twins.

Tania said in a Facebook post that scans showed only one ovulating follicle and only one fetus after conception. There were no signs that Destiny was once again carrying twins.

Typically, twin horses do not have a high survival rate. Horses are simply not designed to carry two babies at once. Twin embryos are usually aborted within the first few weeks of pregnancy. And if they’re not, they run the very real risk of dying either during or shortly after birth. Many mares have also been lost giving birth to twins. 

But despite these devastating odds, Tania told iHeartHorses that Destiny and her newest set of twins are thriving. 

So far, the new twin foals are lively and athletic. Tania expects they’ll take after Shockwave and Aftershock and grow to be strong and beautiful. 

 

(The second, most recent set of foals)

 

(The first set of foals - identical twins)

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8089425/Horse-gave-birth-identical-twins-defies-1million-1-odds-giving-birth-second-set.html

https://ihearthorses.com/mare-defies-incredible-odds-to-give-birth-to-healthy-twin-foals-for-the-second-time/

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1 hour ago, Mustang said:

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2 lil @Mustangs

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