Report of Deformed Foal on Kit Hill

Our welfare officer received an anonymous call regarding what they thought was a deformed foal, she was in the area so went straight out to investigate. She checked all the mares with foals in the area and came across a very large new born foal that she thought could be the foal in question.

She watched the foal for some considerable time waiting for it to get up and walk, when it did she could see it had very long, gangly legs with big joints.  Because of the sheer size of it's legs and being new born the foal was walking very strangely, it could easily be thought that the foals legs were not properly developed or walking correctly.

Our welfare officer watched the foal walking for some time and filmed it so it could be assessed by other members of staff. The foal was keeping up with mum and suckling happily. We are confident this youngster will be fine, however we will monitor it over the coming months to be sure. The ponies owner has been informed, he said his ponies come down to the farm every evening so he will keep an eye on the foal also.