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So yesterday me and my family started unloading our horses at home after a rather long day branding. I went and put my 3yr old mare away in her pen, she was a little hot and excited/worried since nobody was in the pen with her. I wasn’t worried about it since she’s been in there for over 2 weeks and never had a problem. I went in the house to say goodbye. A few minutes later my husband came in to tell me my horse was out. What? Because I knew I locked the gate.

Anyway out I go to see what’s going on. I figured she probably pulled a panel down and got out that way. But I walked up to a pristine pen. The gate was locked, every planel was in place to boards were broken nothing was wrong with it. So I went and caught my mare. There wasn’t a mark on her. Then walked the fence just to be sure. Not a thing, there wasn’t even a mark like she’d climbed out. (Her half sister had done it once when she was scared to death) I let her loose and she starts racing around again and kinda acts like she might try jumping.

So all I can think she did was jumped her fence. My disbelief is she’s never offered to jump anything besides ditches, and caution cones. I tried lunging her over a low jump and she refused, or would brake to a walk step over it and continue. This fence I think should cleared is close to 6ft tall! Last time I measured her she was 13hh 3inches...

So what do you think? I’m kinda freaking out. She doesn’t have a brand either so if I loose her there’s no way to get her back to me. There’s endless things she could get herself into. There’s also a family that has a herd of inbred horses around, (they throw all the stallions and mares together and don’t geld anything). Well that family’s horses are always getting out because they don’t have decent fences. I’d rather she not be bred by one of those studs.