WHY PMU FOALS & FOOTHILLS??
What is PMU? PMU stands for “pregnant mare urine” which is used in the production of Premarin. Premarin is prescribed to menopausal women for hormone replacement therapy and is manufactured from the urine of pregnant mares. Really! PMU foals are produced as a byproduct since each pregnant mare produces a foal. Most of these foals are produced at ranches in the Canadian prairie provinces and North Dakota where the market is saturated. With the growth and popularity of the internet new opportunities have been created for ranchers so fewer will have to resort to selling at auction. The demand for horses of this type and quality has prompted Foothills Equestrian Center to make contact directly with a PMU rancher (MJ Millar Ranch of Manitoba Canada) and to contract foals shipped directly to Foothills Equestrian Center in Hickory, NC. The rancher chosen produces very high quality quarter horse, paints, appaloosas, drafts and draft crosses suitable to many purposes including western and engli
