Our dedicated stud vets have a wealth of experience and knowledge in sport horse breeding and can offer a range of artificial breeding options for your mare. These include insemination with fresh, chilled, or frozen semen and embryo transfer.
We are here to guide you through the process and understand that it can be an exciting but daunting time if you’re new to breeding. Our aim is to maximise your mare’s breeding potential with as little stress to you as possible. We can offer advice on everything from which breeding method is best suited to your mare to possible stallion choices and how to go about ordering semen. These services can be provided at your own premises or at one of our partner studs (please ask for details). The latter option allows us to tailor our breeding programme to suit your individual mare and situation.
Artificial Insemination (AI)
Insemination with chilled semen is easily carried out on your own yard. Scanning of mares being inseminated with chilled semen is required less frequently than for those being bred using frozen semen, and the semen can be delivered direct. Insemination with frozen semen involves more intensive monitoring of the mare in the final 48 hours prior to insemination.
Embryo Transfer (ET)
Embryo transfer is a great option if you have a mare you wish to continue competing, or an older mare who can no longer carry her own pregnancy. It can also allow you to maximise the genetic potential of your mare by making multiple crosses with different stallions in the same breeding season. The donor mare is bred, the embryo is retrieved at 7-8 days post-ovulation and transferred into a recipient mare who carries the foal to term.
AI and ET facilities
We offer comprehensive sport horse breeding packages for all AI and ET services and can introduce you to local partner studs that may be able to assist with boarding/managing your mare through the breeding process. All prices, as well as more detailed information about the various processes involved in artificial breeding and the options available to you, are published in our annual AI and ET Brochure. This is available on this page and may also be downloaded (see above). If you have any further questions regarding breeding your mare please do not hesitate to get in touch.