Posted August 22, 2017 Recently began breeding, curious as to whether or not there're any ill effects if you continue to use a horse to pull carts/wagons while it is pregnant. Is it possible to cause a miscarriage or is there nothing known regarding a correlation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2017 off deed animals have a higher risk of miscarriage but other than that pulling wagons and carts wont increase the risk. Stay on deed and the horse should be fine 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 23, 2017 Be aware a miscarriage can lead to the death of the mother horse, I recently lost a horse by using it as a (off-deed) cart horse this way. Also, you may of course lose the foal if it delivered while you are not paying attention. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 23, 2017 I typically put my preggo horses in a stall until they give birth, just to be safe. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites