What if my mare doesnt show that she is in season?
Some mares are helpful in showing clear signs that they are in heat (nuzzling geldings, squealing, raising the tail and urinating whenever a male horse or unknown horse is around). Other mares are more shy or perhaps they are young and their hormone levels arent as strong. Your vet can help you assess the mares cycle and perhaps give the mare a hormone shot to help bring her into a stronger heat cycle. Some mares simply do not show much. Daily exposure to a stallion for teasing can help to bring the hormone levels up and get the mare to show a little more. Rarely a mare will show most strongly right at or slightly after she ovulates her follicle. Your vet can tell most readily by ultrasound the point of follicular development in the mares cycle.
