Mare beats the odds to give birth to second successive set of twins

The second successive set of twins born to the same mare at a sport horse stud are doing “amazingly well”, having defied huge odds to be born.

Twins in horses are rare, and not desirable as if carried to term, it is not likely that both will thrive. But, as was the case with Irish sport horse mare Destiny’s previous, identical, twins born in 2018, the mare was scanned by a vet and only one foetus was visible.

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Article written by: Eleanor Jones