What if the Jockey Club allowed AI?

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

it's not impossible to collect them from the ground though...we used to collect an older morgan without him mounting the phantom...he just came into the shed took a sniff of the mare and voila.

but he is obviously the exception to the rule...in fact he is still fertile and breeding a few mares a year at 32

Yeah, I know they could have (forgive me for the lack of better words) jacked him off, but it would have been tough in his case, because he'd never bred a mare to begin with. We had to train most of the younger stallions to learn how to mount the phantom. Once they got the hang of it, it was "love" at first sight. HAHA

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Yeah, I know they could have (forgive me for the lack of better words) jacked him off, but it would have been tough in his case, because he'd never bred a mare to begin with. We had to train most of the younger stallions to learn how to mount the phantom. Once they got the hang of it, it was "love" at first sight. HAHA

yeah like I said this was an older horse...he knew the drill...when he saw his breeding 'bridle' come out of the tack room that was usually all it took.

[slotdirt]

Warm bloods are mostly done by AI these days as well.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Warm bloods are mostly done by AI these days as well.

Yep... they definitely are. Stud fees on warmbloods are what I'd consider "cheap" compared to thoroughbred stud fees. My sister interned at this place: http://www.highlifefarms.com/

They still have frozen semen available on a stallion that passed away a year or two ago (Highlife.) He was a nice horse, too...

[Pedigree Ann]

All TB breeding countries would have to sign on to approving AI or USA-bred AI-produced TBs wouldn't be registerable as TBs overseas. The overseas market is quite lucrative for upper level Kentucky breeders, so I don't see them going this way any time soon.

The Russians bred some horses, even some local champions, from the frozen semen of their hero Anilin (won Germany's Preis von Europa three times, 2nd and 3rd [to Kelso and Gun Bow] in the Washington DC International in two tries). These horses couldn't race anywhere else in Europe because they weren't acceptable as TBs and none of their offspring could be either. Everybody has to accept AI or it's a no go.