Artificial insemination (AI) is becoming an increasingly popular method for breeding horses, and with that comes advances in the timing methods used to inseminate mares. “Breeders have embraced the use of transported cooled semen for all the benefits associated with shipping semen to mares as opposed to shipping valuable mares and foals to stallions for live cover or on-farm AI,” said Paul R. Loomis, MS, CEO of Select Breeders Services in Colora, Md., at the Hagyard Bluegrass Equine Symposium held Oct. 21-23, 2004.

“One of the main benefits of using frozen semen is the fact that it can be shipped to the veterinarian or mare owner in advance, thus eliminating the anxiety and logistical headaches associated with cooled semen breeding,” said Loomis. However, intense management of mares being inseminated is required in order to ensure the mare is inseminated at the crucial time during ovulation

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