NEW LIFE – FOAL DEVELOPMENT
With so much to look forward to as the New Year begins, and foals taking their first wobbly steps all […]
horse breeding
ANTICIPATING THE NEW ARRIVAL
Mares have a long gestation period, with the average pregnancy lasting between 335 to 350 days or roughly 11 months.
DAY ONE OF THE KPC LEAGUE – TOP SHOWJUMPERS OUT WITH THEIR YOUNGSTERS
Text: Amelia Campbell-Horne Photography: @kayeanp Day 1 of the first leg of the KPC league saw a myriad of SA’s
FRAGILE FOAL SYNDROME
By Amelia Campbell-Horne With breeding, so many things can go wrong, so any risk that can be eliminated should be!
PEDIGREES – AN OVERVIEW
To understand breeding decisions, you need to learn how to examine the ancestry of a horse. Knowing bloodlines can help
ASKHQ: STALLION FERTILITY
Q: When is a stallion most fertile? A: Fertility in stallions is highest from six years of age until they
THE MAJESTIC KNABSTRUPPER
Dr Marna Smith, an animal scientist specialising in genetics and the owner of The Majestic Knabstrupper Stud, is obsessed with
CONSUELO TRIBUTE – A GIFT FOR BREEDING AND THE SPORT
By Claus Koch In 1998, Sitta Voigts of Zonjati Stud asked Cord Wassmann, the chief judge of Hanoverian breeding, to