Stud welcomes ‘miraculous’ identical twin blanket-spot buckskin colts

A Devon stud has been shocked by the arrival of rare identical twin foals.

The matching buckskin, blanket-spot colts have defied the odds and are reported to be happy and healthy at three weeks old.

“The vet couldn’t really believe it,” said Gassons Farm Stud proprietor Tania Mackee. “They are quite a curiosity to everybody.

“We kept the news quiet for a while as I was half expecting them not to make it. Twins are every breeder’s nightmare and you have a certain feeling you’ve failed that they weren’t spotted at the time of conception — one would have been pinched if they were.

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Article written by Sarah Radford