The pregnant mare Ylva in Oviken was frightened by New Year's rockets - the foal died

As an experienced trotting trainer, Malin Löfgren is well aware that some horses can be badly cut by rockets and firecrackers.

- When it started to bang, I took Ylva into the stable, put cotton in her ears and tried to distract her with the radio.

I was by her side the whole time.

When the banging calmed down, Ylva had to come out into the pasture again.

Ylva gets worried about being in the stable.

- When I come out into the pasture in the morning, I see the blood in the snow, It was a shock.

I saw the fetus and the placenta.

And it seemed that Ylva had been there and struggled to bring it to life.

A valuable foal

- Financially it is a loss, it was a valuable foal.

But the most important thing is that Ylva feels well again, says Malin Löfgren.

Are you convinced that it was the firecrackers that caused this?

- Absolutely.

I have eight horses and several of them don't care, but Ylva was clearly affected.

Malin Löfgren cannot understand that people still fire rockets and firecrackers.

- You know that animals suffer.

It's selfish.

Hear Malin Löfgren about what happened to her on New Year's morning in the clip

Veterinarian: "Doesn't sound good"

Gittan Gröndahl, ex-state veterinarian at the State Veterinary Institute, SVA, tells SVT Nyheter Jämtland that every year she hears about different animals being injured or even dying in connection with the New Year's celebrations.

- But it is difficult to say whether it is the fireworks that cause a mare to throw her foal.

Castings, when a mare loses her fetus, occur quite often during the winter and it can be due to congenital defects, infections, malpositions or other things, says Gittan Gröndahl.

- But it doesn't sound good that this horse has been cut.