Services

BROODMARE CARE

Mares are checked multiple time daily for their overall health.  Mares have daily access to pasture turnout during the day and would be brought in at night to comfortable stalls under staff monitored cameras if needed.

MARE CARE – LONG TERM
A limited number of spaces are available for year-round broodmare care. With our highly skilled equine reproductive veterinarian, we offer a variety of breeding options for your mare.

MARE CARE – SHORT TERM
We offer a short-term mare care option for those wanting to participate in the Pennsylvania Breeding Program and have the breeding work done at Bonner Hill Farms.  Once pronounced in foal 30 days and domicile requirements are met owners can then take their mare home. A longer stay may be arranged if space is available. We offer quality feed, hay, and Alfalfa. Grain concentrates and vitamin/mineral supplements are also available or can be supplied by the mare owner.

FOALING

FOALING SERVICES

We offer foaling services for mares managed under our long-term mare care program and short term care with advanced notice.  Our experienced staff attends the foalings, and mares are assisted during delivery if needed. Foals are handled daily from birth, haltering, leading, grooming and allowing feet to be picked up are skills the foal will learn. Mares and foals are under intensive monitoring during and after delivery. If all is good after the first few days, the mare and foal will be turned out in individual grass pastures, then go out in grouped pastures based on compatibility. 

FOALING FACILITIES

Dedicated to providing the highest quality care possible for your pregnant mare. 

During foaling season mares are booked on a first come, first serve basis and on our ability to schedule them into the foaling calendar. For this reason we recommend booking as early as possible.

In most cases, it is recommended for the pregnant mares to arrive on the farm with a minimum of 30-45 days prior to foaling so the mare can form important anti-bodies prior to delivery. Permanent year-around board for your mare and foal is also available.

Bonner Hill Farms offers the following services and amenities:

  • 16 stalls
  • all necessary paperwork
  • turnout
  • large, clean stalls with Peek Out windows
  • careful attention to changes in nutritional needs
  • 12 x 24 foaling stalls
  • straw bedding
  • 24 hr. monitoring w/ in-stall cameras
  • experienced foaling attendants
  • routine newborn care
  • critical care of newborns with special needs
  • on-call emergency veterinary service as needed
  • newborn foal pictures
  • pasture or paddock turnout for mares & newborns

Our entire barn is completely stripped, power-washed and disinfected prior to each foaling season and stalls are disinfected each time a new mare is brought in for foaling. Every precaution is taken to insure a clean, dry, safe and healthy environment for the birth of each foal. 

MEDICAL CARE

MEDICAL CARE
At Bonner Hill Farms, we inspect every horse daily. Any issue–whether it’s nutrition, breeding, shoeing, disease prevention, or just the emotional well-being of the animal—receives the immediate attention of our farm manager and staff.

COGGINS TEST
A negative Coggins Test for Equine Infectious Anemia, EIA within twelve months is required before arrival.

DENTIST
An Equine Dentist checks the horses at least once a year. Bonner Hill Farms will schedule dental services for our clients upon request.

WORMING AND MEDICATION
Mares are wormed every eight weeks. Foals, weanlings, and yearlings are wormed monthly.

Daily medications that the farm owner can administer will be given at no charge. 

Owners are responsible for the cost of medications and veterinary services. 

BLACKSMITH/FERRIER SERVICES
Trimming is scheduled every six to eight weeks or as necessary. 

VACCINATIONS
Vaccinations required before arrival and boostered yearly or every 6 months as necessary include:

· EEE/WEE; 
· Potomac Horse Fever, PHF; 
· Rhino/Flu; 
· Tetanus; 
· Rabies 
· West Nile 
· Botulism if requested by owner.

VETERINARIAN SERVICES
Quality veterinary service is always available within minutes of the farm provided by Dr. Kabala.  

All boarded thoroughbreds are placed on our veterinary maintenance plan that ensures routine medical needs – shots, worming, tooth care – are all automatically scheduled and addressed.

FACILITIES

STABLES
Bonner Hill Farms stables are of solid wood construction with peek out ports in every stall. The main stable has side aisles with large sliding doors on each end for good ventilation. The auxiliary stable is a center aisle design with sliding doors at each end providing excellent ventilation.

STALLS
Front and rear stall doors and fans in each stall provides maximum ventilation for all horses. All stalls are designed with the highest level of safety and health for your horse.

FENCING
Fences are built of oak; four-board and solid treated post construction. All pasture gates on the farm are kept chain locked for additional safety.

RUN-IN SHEDS
The run-in sheds located in the pastures are of vary sizes based on the size and capacity of the pasture.

PASTURES AND PADDOCKS
Finally, there are large, grassy “turn-out” pastures for mares and their foals, mares in foal, weanlings, yearlings, horses on a slow mend. We offer large turnout paddocks, each equipped with automatic watering systems, smaller group paddocks, single horse paddocks and multiple round pens.

Yearly samples taken from the fields are tested in order to maintain balanced levels of vitamins and minerals. Nutritional consultants are utilized year round to promote healthy, balanced, individualized feed programs for every horse.

The pastures are mowed, fertilized and limed on a regular schedule.

Rates

Broodmare Boarding Fee (Short Term and Long Term) – $30/Day

Stallion Standing & Boarding Fee – $45/Day

Yearling Boarding Fee – $20/Day

Weanling Boarding Fee – $15/Day

Retired Broodmare Boarding Fee – $20/Day

Medical Layup Fee – $30/Day

Layup Fee – $25/Day

Foaling Fee – $400

Veterinarian, Dental, Shots, Deworming, and Farrier services charged separately. Prices will vary based on the services provided, contact for any questions. 

For additional information on charges not listed, please contact:

Cristina Holmes, Owner/Breeder

Call – 443-854-4404

Email – cristina@bonnerhillfarms.com

Website – www.bonnerhillfarms.com