Stallion Breeding Contract Forms In Maryland
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“You may have to introduce the stallion to multiple mares. He may have been disciplined enough in his life that it takes him a long time to figure out that it's ok to have an or be loud around a mare. It's okay for him to just be a stallion.” You also need a mare that is in a good heat.
The number of mares a stallion can be bred to during a season in North America is limited to 140. (This is a recent rule for North American breeding and exists to protect the breed.
Stallions will typically remain fertile beyond their 20th year of age. The age that stallions stop producing spermatozoa will vary between stallions. It is important that semen is routinely evaluated on all stallions, especially when using older stallions because of the expected decrease of semen production with age.
A stallion used for breeding is known as a stud.
Sire and dam: A sire is a horse's father, a dam its mother. To produce and to sire: A mare produces foals; stallions sire foals; stallions do not produce foals.
DAMSIRE Also known as the broodmare sire – the sire of the dam of a horse, or maternal grandsire. DISTAFF The female or dam's side of the pedigree. ENTIRE Male horse over three years old which has not been castrated, also known as a stallion.
A broodmare is a mare used for breeding.
