Pedigree Query

Recently my six year old mare foaled for the second time and during the process developed a hematoma the size of a large grapefruit. She was quite uncomfortable until the vet provided some pain killers. He palped her yesterday and the size had reduced by about one third. I told vet I do not want to breed back this year unless she is 100%. He feels pretty confident that within a week or two she will have absorbed the entire clot.

1. Anyone with a similar experience?
2. Any advice?

The vet said that this occurs more often with older mares and that there is nothing preventative that can be done. She foaled last year without a problem. This year's baby was huge..

Yep ; been there ! Don't know about this happening more often with older mares as I don't believe it's a function of mare age. Hoof might have got hung up during delivery or any number of other things might have caused it but mare age ... nah I don't think so. The grapefruit size is about what we had as well and it sounds as thought your vet is handling it properly. It should disappear in a few weeks on its own.