New Mexico's $400 Million Dollar Industry

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ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) - Horse racing brings in more than $400-million into New Mexico's economy every year a nd now the champions of tomorrow are being born today, sometimes as many as seven a day. From the point these horses take their first breath, to the point when they're ready to take on the track, Susan Hunter is there. She's what some call a mid-wife for race horses.
"It's a really cool thing to get to be that much in their life when they're growing up," said Hunter. Her place in Roswell, Hunter Creek Farms, has about 140 horses, with 95-percent being race horses, bred for the track.
Up to 150 horses are delivered at Hunter's farm each year from January until June, when up to seven are born in one day.

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"It is so amazing, I've done over 13-hundred and it's still the coolest thing I've ever, every baby is still just like the very first time," explained Hunter.

Pregnancy for horses can last around 11 months, and Hunter said each one of these mares on her farm are ready to have their baby any minute, which is why she keeps a close eye on them.

"I have 24 cameras around in the barn, in the pens outside the barn, so I can watch the mares constantly, even if I'm not out there with them," Hunter said. Read full story here: News New Mexico

New Mexico's $400 Million Dollar Industry