Sammy the shire horse had to adjust to her energetic adopted foals 'zooming around her'.
BBC Radio DevonSammy the shire horse had recently lost her own foal when the thoroughbreds, whose own mothers had died, were brought into her care.
On being introduced to the one-month olds in Chulmleigh, Sammy's owners said she was "ecstatic" and quick to feed them from her own milk supply."We are very very lucky to have her and we are very happy to say that they are all going on nicely."Sammy looks after these foals as though they are her own.
"The moment she saw the first foal her eyes lit up, she was ecstatic, she had a foal and then all of a sudden she had two she was even happier."Sammy was brought to Molland Ridge Stud in Chulmleigh from Leicestershire to foster Mouse and Tracey.Ms Westwood was looking for a foster mare as she had been bottle feeding them every two hours.She said: "Sammy the shire was very willing to take on two thoroughbreds which is amazing.
"Shire horses are fantastic brood mares and foster mares because they have lots of milk and our two thoroughbred foals basically counteract a shire foal.Image caption,Ms Westwood said Sammy is "very careful" when the foals are sprawled beneath her, and has had to adjust to life with two energetic offspring.
"It was a bit of a shock for Sammy the shire when she went out in the field and the two thoroughbreds whizzed around the field like two racehorses," she added.Follow BBC News South West on
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