Star's Colt

At 2:22 am Mark woke me to say he thought a horse was having a baby. By checking the monitor, he was correct, she was in labor and in the process of delivering.  Since I didn't have straw down (did not think she was going to deliver today) I ran out with towels and dried off his head, then put the towel under him until I could get down straw. Earlier I had put a bale right outside her stall.

 She waited to get up until I had straw all around him. Below Star is just starting to stand. 

 The sack was so strong that when she stood it pulled him along a bit. 

 Below the sack is tearing. 

 Star went right over to start cleaning up her brand new colt. 

 All cleaned up!

 He is strong and was standing at 2:50 am. While I was waiting for him to stand the mares inside were all given water and hay. 

 I made sure he could balance and was taking steps toward her before leaving the barn. 

I can see on the monitor he is rooting around in the right place so feel free to head to bed. I'm praying by real morning he is nursing well.