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    Posted: 02 Jan 2019 at 8:30am
Non commercial mare and stallion. Breeding to race
Would you folks give her one more serve this coming week or is it way too late now
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Give her another serve for sure and certain imo. 
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Agree with SC, breeding to race for sure, we did one of ours Yesterday, progeny is not going to make a two year old.
Plenty more feed in the paddocks (around Here) at this time of year too.
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If you’re breeding to race and not commercial, then go for it.
Doesn’t make much difference
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So you think was born in November by memory , so a December service most probably. He went alright .
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Originally posted by goldey goldey wrote:

So you think was born in November by memory , so a December service most probably. He went alright .


And Lonhro was born in December. 10 December to be precise.
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And he was a little black perfection colt who turned out alright as well.  Different rules for home breeders to breeding for the sales ring.  Good luck.
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Exactly. If you don’t plan on selling, then you can breed whenever you want. Completely your decision.
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Not to mention the benefits of mares generally being more fertile at this time of year AND you don't have the problems of the mare foaling in winter when it is cold and there is no feed in the paddocks.
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Originally posted by Mumtaz Mumtaz wrote:

Not to mention the benefits of mares generally being more fertile at this time of year AND you don't have the problems of the mare foaling in winter when it is cold and there is no feed in the paddocks.


Complete novice question, if foaling at the tail of winter is a problem, why can't the atart of the new season be brought forward to allow breeders to get foaling in closer to the spring?
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Thanks heaps folks. Going ahead after your encouragementClap
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It's been asked before. 

 From memory, the main reason given is that changing the breeding season would affect the racing and sales seasons and that transition period is seen as too much of a bother.  Especially as studs/vets make good money from their specialist skills in getting mares pregnant at a time earlier than their natural cycles (eg September covers).
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Might affect the dual hemisphere roosters also.
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Now is just fine Shrunk, and as others have said if you're not breeding for the sales there's a lot of upside to breeding later in the season.  LOL  but thenb I would say that cos that's what I do.

We don't have any grass worth speaking of or decent weather until October so I don't even start thinking about covering my girls until end October but due to some 'unforeseeables' late last year   I can't even start thinking about it until next week !! 

Also if you're not planning on  racing any as 2 yo's the later foals will have pretty well caught up to the earlier foals by the time the mid 3 yo races come around.
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suck it up ... Life isn't run at w.f.a. :)
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Originally posted by Mumtaz Mumtaz wrote:

It's been asked before. 

 From memory, the main reason given is that changing the breeding season would affect the racing and sales seasons and that transition period is seen as too much of a bother.  Especially as studs/vets make good money from their specialist skills in getting mares pregnant at a time earlier than their natural cycles (eg September covers).


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