Horse Breeding Archives

Fetus Sexing in Horses

Determining the Sex of the Mare’s Foal By: Melissa Sykes – The mare, heavy in foal, enters the sales ring. [...]

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(Some) Trouble With White Paint Horses

By: Melissa Sykes – Paint horse breeders will be the first to tell you that color sells. The more white, [...]

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Managing the Breeding Stallion

By: Melissa Sykes – Most farms open their breeding sheds on or around February 15, then close them the first [...]

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Standardbreds: Your Ticket to an Amazing Ride

Every barn has at least a few Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, something half Arabian and the token Appy. But lately I’m [...]

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Horses of Sable Island

Sable Island is by no means a great place to live. It’s composed mostly of sand, rocks and salty marsh [...]

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Development of a Healthy Foal: Part 3

By: Nicole Salo Part 3 or 3 – In the third part of this series on Development of a Healthy [...]

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Development of a Healthy Foal: Part 2

By: Nicole Salo Part 2 of 3 – In the second part of this series on Development of a Healthy [...]

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Development of a Healthy Foal: Part 1

By: Nicole Salo Part 1 of 3 – In the first part of this series on Development of a Healthy [...]

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A Viable Pregnancy: Part 2

By: Nicole Salo Part 2 of 2 – Second part follow up to A Viable Pregnancy; where we looked at [...]

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A Viable Pregnancy: Part 1

By: Nicole Salo Part 1 of 2 – Producing a healthy, lively foal is a task for the non-faint of [...]

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