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Maternal progesterone secretion is necessary for some 100 days of gestation. Afterwards, pregnancy can be maintained by progesterons produced by the fetal-placental unit.

If the mare is NOT pregnant, prostaglandin F2 will be secreted by the uterus to lyse the CLs, and the mare will return to estrus.