Bloodline Magazine - November/December 2019 by Bloodline Magazine

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COVER STORY

MAKIN ME WILLY WILD

Inducing Lactation In the Non-Parturient Mare

The future of the nurse mare industry?

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Blue Hen Mare Series

Lights, Culture, ACTION!

Nutrition Series: Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation and Reproduction

A Matter of Numbers

Get To Know:

Meet the dams of the great ones

An introduction to breeding for new breeders

How birth month affects yearling sale prices

ONE AND ONLY ASSET

A Letter From The Editor I’m actually finishing this issue while I write this note, and the feeling is really amazing. Earlier this year, I had an idea - a publication that would focus entirely on breeding, as there aren’t any other publications that do so, and the horse breeding business is vast in size and breadth. There are great people in this business, and we all want each other to succeed. BLOODLINE MAGAZINE is the fruit from the same kind of love and dedication it takes to get healthy foals here, to market a stallion, or to manage a band of broodmares in the hectic breeding season. Our writers are neck-deep in the business, with industry experience and a never-ceasing affection and fascination with the breeding process. We hope to give every breeder something, whether it be new knowledge, tips and tricks, or a voice.

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“He had all the parts and the first time I saw him lope off even as a baby, that was it.”

COVER STORY

MAKIN ME WILLY WILD The black horse has a long history in mysticism and lore. They were poetic symbols who carried esoteric understanding, widely used across fiction to represent darkness and feral spirit. From Alastor in Greek mythology to Walter Farley’s The Black Stallion, Black Beauty, Bucephalus, the list goes on. The fascination with black horses seems innately human, so when Makin Me Willy Wild strides into an arena with a sweeping hock and graceful front leg, spectators are keen to observe him. Though his demeanor is a far cry from the wild and untamed black equines of fiction, the striking young stallion upholds an undeniable allure within the context of modern Quarter Horse breeding.

SOLID ROOTS Wildly Available is one of the industry’s most prolific producers today. An AQHA and NSBA Leading Dam with progeny earnings exceeding $109,000, “Georgia” has carved out a name for herself in the industry through the multiple World and Congress Champions she has produced. Names like Only Rave Reviews, AVALABLEBYINVITATION, She Had Me At Hello, Midknight Invitation, and now Makin Me Willy Wild, are all synonymous with her incredible production record. Her history of producing great show horses with All Time Leading Sire, 10

Invitation Only, is largely what led celebrated breeders Debbi Trubee and Roger Landis, to cross her with Winnies Willy. “Wildly Available had crossed exceptionally well with Invitation Only. We decided to try her with Winnies Willy after seeing how uniform and correct Willy’s first few crops were and he had earned the right to have some of the better mares. Willy was so prolific in siring beautiful heads and short backs with his babies all being very upright and wither high,” Debbi recalls. This decision would ultimately lead to the birth of a stunning black stud colt they would call “Geoffrey.”

EARLY PROMISE Born at North Farm in 2015, Geoffrey hit the ground with that little something extra. “We knew from the minute he was born that Geoffrey was special. I always say that babies should be square made. Geoffrey fit that description to a T the minute he stood up. He had all the parts and the first time I saw him lope off even as a baby, that was it,” Debbi said. A look at his weanling pictures will leave anyone regarding them in complete agreement, and that balance translated beautifully into his yearling year as well. Debbi reminiscences, when it was time to fit him up as a yearling, that Roger called her from the barn and told her “you have to come see this. Geoffrey just hung his neck out in front of him and loped around like they are supposed to.” However, it wasn’t only his physicality that set him apart from the others. Geoffrey’s quiet demeanor made him a barn favorite. “Geoffrey always was the kindest horse. As a baby, he would stand at the back of the pack and didn’t want any trouble with the other colts he was raised with. He’s just always been a very good soldier and never wanted to be in trouble.”

As it goes, yearling Geoffrey soon became Two Year Old Geoffrey, and with that, came time for training, and there was no better fit than Kenny and Ashley Lakins to get the job done. Kenny and Geoffrey were third in the Southerne Belle in their debut at the 2017 Congress and fourth in the Two Year Old Open Western Pleasure Futurity, a prelude to the whirlwind year to come. 11

FOR THE RECORD In 2018, the team hit the show circuit full force. Their performances at the NSBA World Show earned Makin Me Willy Wild a World Champion title in Performance Halter Stallions, and that same week, the young stallion cinched a Reserve World Champion title in the Three Year Old Western Pleasure with Kenny. Debbi recalls these performances were two of her favorite highlights of his show career. “Winning the Performance Halter Stallions at the NSBA World Show in 2018 then turning around and being named Reserve World Champion in the 3yr. old Open Western Pleasure was a pretty good week! It just shows that conformation matters in all disciplines.” Makin Me Willy Wild also earned the bronze trophy in the BCF Three Year Old Open Western Pleasure, and sights were set on the Congress. There, he was named Congress Champion in the Limited Open Performance Halter Stallions with Jeffrey Pait and went 7th in the Three Year Old Open Western Pleasure with Kenny. In 2019, Geoffrey returned to the pen to cinch another NSBA Reserve World Champion title, this time with Roger leading him in the Performance Halter Stallions. He earned 5th place 12

honors at the Congress this year with Kenny in the Junior Western Pleasure in a deep pen of outstanding pleasure horses. Ashley told us of Geoffrey, “He’s been an amazing horse to be around and train on. He has so much try to him. He’s great minded and great made.”

IN THE GENES Team Geoffrey already had a promising breeding year ahead of them after announcing that he would be standing in 2019, and the momentum only built from there. His success in the pen coupled with his impeccable pedigree and striking looks were looking to make him the freshman stallion to breed to. “Roger and

I were overwhelmed at the enthusiastic reception Geoffrey got for his first year standing at stud! It is going to be so much fun seeing his first full crop of babies arriving in 2020,” Debbi said. One thing in particular that makes Makin Me Willy Wild a great choice for breeding is in his DNA. “Geoffrey is such a good outcross for so many lines that have been heavily bred in our pleasure horses.” A look at his pedigree on paper will confirm this testament – Makin Me Willy Wild is three generations removed from the direct influence of Invitation Only, and four generations from Zippos Mr

Goodbar – two of the most prolific sires in the industry and who are known far and wide for their broodmare siring capabilities. This makes Geoffrey a prime candidate to cross beautifully with a variety of pedigrees. He presents breeders a unique opportunity to breed for exceptional quality without the fear of close linebreeding. The future looks bright for his siring capability as well. Debbi said, “We’re pretty lucky in the semen category for Geoffrey. Genetically, his sire Winnies Willy had the craziest semen you could ever ask for and that does get passed down. Geoffrey also didn’t need to

be on any anti-stallion like drugs while he was out showing and that makes a big difference in the formative years for stallions.” There are currently two test foals sired by Geoffrey, and Debbi shared with us her excitement about them. “Both babies are amazing! The one baby we have here is board straight across his back and literally never picks his neck up past level. That’s exactly how Geoffrey was as a baby so we’re thinking he’s is going to pass that along!”

MIND MATTERS One of the integral components of becoming a powerhouse sire in our industry is a great brain. Here, Geoffrey is has proven himself to be above par. “Even in the breeding shed he is a perfect gentleman. We sent Geoffrey back to Kenny Lakins after breeding season this year and Kenny had him out showing a week later! Geoffrey picked right back up where he left off which honestly amazed me since he hadn’t been ridden in 6 months!” Owning and promoting a stallion into a sire is not a journey suitable for the faint of heart. It takes a talented

and knowledgeable team who are purely dedicated to the animal and to the breed in order to see true success. Successful stallion owners often talk about having a long-term plan, and Debbi echoes this sentiment, “It does take a minimum of 5 years to really know what a stallion is going to do. The most important thing an owner can do is protect that first crop and get them in the right places to start their show careers,” she said. “We live in an instant gratification world so if that first crop doesn’t have some winners come riding time, it’s going to be a longer haul to make it work.” Debbi and Roger have presented Geoffrey with every opportunity to garner support from the industry in all facets – their efforts have not gone unnoticed by breeders and Debbi shared her thankfulness to the mare owners, “We know it’s a huge leap of faith to try a young stallion the first year. Regardless of how successful that stallion was in the show arena, it’s soon going to only be about his babies. We’re so appreciative to the mare owners for joining us in our vision for the future with Geoffrey’s foals.” It won’t be long before Makin Me Willy Wild’s first full foal crop begins arriving in 2020, and the anticipation and excitement from breeders is infectious. With many mares of excellent quality expecting Geoffrey babies, it will be an exciting time for the industry to see what this beautiful black stallion will produce in force. Geoffrey will stand at North Farm in 2020 for a fee of $1,500. Visit NorthFarmQH.com for more information. 15

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INDUCING LACTATION

IN THE NON-PARTURIENT MARE The future of the nurse mare industry?

She’s been restless all afternoon. You’ve been checking pH and calcium diligently – no, religiously, and everything looks ready to go. Tonight is the night, you just know it. You bring yourself to leave her stall, to give her some solitude, and you steal away to your living room to begin the nightly watch. Hours go by, and you’re thanking yourself at 3:00 a.m. for buying those wireless cameras. Labor intensifies, and you’re on. It’s a textbook birth, a stunning colt from your prized mare. Everything is right with the world, until you realize that your mare is off. The excitement with your new foal is tossed out the window. She’s acting colicky, and you immediately get your veterinarian on the phone. By the time help arrives, your mare’s deadly uterine hemorrhage has already filled her abdomen with blood and there you are, suddenly and without warning, hurled into a whirlwind emergency situation with a brand new motherless foal whose life is now hanging 24

ever-so-delicately in the balance, and his future completely depends on your decisions.

IN DIRE STRAITS Most foalings occur without a hitch – mare and foal meet each other for the first time after a long year of waiting, and those sweet, soft nickers from your beloved broodmare are music to your ears. They meet their post-partum milestones and everyone goes about their merry way. That’s how it should go. Every once in a while though, and especially if you breed enough horses, things go horribly wrong – leaving you with hard decisions in the wake of a traumatic wave of events you hoped you’d never have to experience, just like this real-life experience described. Maybe you lose a mare, maybe your mare violently rejects her foal, maybe she can’t provide enough milk for her baby – these are all scenarios that unfortunately

can cause a foal to be motherless. Without human intervention, these foals will not make it. There are a few options in this case, one of them being hand-rearing via bottle or bucket-feeding. This is a time-consuming, round-the-clock labor of love that can be a sufficient remedy to an orphan-foal situation. While it is absolutely possible for foals to thrive in this scenario with excellent handling and dedication on part of an owner, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not ideal for several reasons. Unfortunately, even with the advances we possess in modern science and our ability to very closely mimic mareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s milk, formulafed foals can oftentimes suffer from upset tummies and struggle with constipation or

diarrhea caused by the subtle differences in macro and micronutrients in formula versus those in mareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s milk1. Quality foal formula is also expensive, anywhere from $89 to $150 for a 40lb bag online, and particularly if you live in an area without a great number of breeding operations and shipping is necessary. Foals eat a lot and frequently too. Mares produce an average of 24 pounds (3 gallons) of milk daily during a 5-month lactation. This represents 450 gallons or 1 3/4 tons of milk over a 150-day period2. When hand-rearing, you are responsible for all those calories yourself via formula. It all adds up quickly in time and labor. Potential behavioral issues can also play a factor in

the decision to hand-rear or not to handrear these foals, as they rely purely on their human caretakers for providing socialization in addition to nutrition. Overall, handrearing has a very unique set of challenges, which, though not insurmountable, can make it pretty well impossible to vacation or take a day off for months on end. Possibly the ideal option would be to secure the orphan foal a nurse mare. Nurse mares are the heroes of breeding operations across the planet. They have saved many an orphaned foal and made the lives of many an orphaned foal owner vastly easier, but can, quite often, be impossibly difficult to find at a given time during the hectic breeding season or if you’re living in the middle of nowhere. The nurse mare industry has also been under fire from animal rights groups in the last few years for breeding mares only for their milk, and even in areas like central Kentucky, with massive breeding operations all around, there are shortages of these gems. However, if you have a spare mare with a good maternal drive, you may be in luck with the help of a good reproductive vet. Inducing lactation in non-pregnant mares may sound like science fiction, but it’s as real as it gets.

THE SCIENCE & PROCESS Pascale Chavatte-Palmer of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research led what was one of the initial studies on inducing lactation in non-parturient mares, published in 20023. The two year study’s 27

goal was prompted by the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need for nurse mares, but also to ascertain if mares potentially brought into milk via hormone therapies could produce colostrum for orphan foals and to test the quality and quantity of any milk the mares produced3. The protocol was a two week affair in the first breeding season: the first week involved administering a vaginal pessary infused with altrenogest and estradiol benzoate, and during the second week, a second sponge infused with estradiol benzoate was used along with an injection of sulpiride oil3. In the second year of the study, sulpiride and domperidone were used as well as oxytocin injections to increase milk letdown3. The study concluded that mares could indeed be manipulated via hormone therapy to induce lactation, and would do so 7-12 days after the initiation of treatment3. In this study, milk production was low in comparison to normal post-partum lactation, and while a few mares did produce colostrum, it was only in limited quantities. Another important study, headed by Peter F. Daels, DVM, PhD, yielded fantastic results in not only the success of inducing lactation, but also of the rate at which these mares were accepting the orphan foals as their own after a protocol of hormonal treatment and controlled exposure to the foal. The study experimented with 24 Welsh ponies, all non-pregnant, with three different hormonal therapies, the first of which was that used in the Chavatte-Palmer study4. In the first treatment, mares were first milked on day 9. In the second treatment, the same 28

protocol was followed, but with the addition of prostaglandin on day 13, with milking first taking place on day 14. The researchers completed a shorter treatment for their third experiment: the mares received only the Week 2 treatment from the ChavattePalmer study, were given prostaglandin on day 6 of sulpiride treatment, and were milked on day 74. More experiments in the study yielded no differences in the quantity or quality of milk produced, and the researchers concluded that a mare can be successfully brought into milk within one week4.

GROWTH RATES Growth rates in foals were another source of intrigue in these studies. In the Chavatte-Palmer study, it was concluded that the milk produced by the mares observed would not be enough to successfully raise a foal to weaning3. However, the Daels study cites a mare observed in 2000 that did just that after induction and receiving sulpiride treatments for six weeks following the start of lactation4. Foals adopted by these mares were weighed alongside their naturalfed counterparts at birth, day 14, 30, 60, 90, 120, and at the time of weaning4. The conclusion? By weaning, adopted foals weighed the same as foals left with their birth mothers, despite having lower daily weight gain in the first few weeks4. Another study in Japan, led by the Hidaka Training and Research Center and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and

Technology, which used a Thoroughbred mare in their research, yielded the same results: lower initial weight gain and normal foal weight at 35 weeks old and beyond5. It is important to note that while inducing lacation in the surrogate mare, it is recommended to supplement the orphan foal with a milk replacer to curb lower initial weight gain as the milk comes in, and this supplementation should be continued until the foal has grafted onto the nurse mare and refuses formula1.

MISSION SUCCESS In his study, Daels followed through to the adoption of foals, where two protocols were used for introducing orphaned foals to their potential adoptive mothers. The first protocol placed foals behind a padded bar close to the mares head while she received vaginal-cervical stimulation4. The second introduced the mare to the foal behind a padded bar, minus the vaginal cervical stimulation, and mares were disciplined when they displayed aggressive behavior towards the foal4. Of the sixteen mares used in this study, 100% successfully accepted and adopted their newborn foals, but the study noted differences in the amount of time this process took for mares that did receive vaginal-cervical stimulation and those that did not. Those that did not took considerably longer to adopt the foal, but eventually adopted effectively4. It also appears that a high percentage of mares are capable of being brought into milk by these hormone therapies, as suggested by John Steiner, DVM, of the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky. In his 2003-2005 study, approximately 80% of the 20-25 mares per year to which his 7 day protocol of progesterone and estradiol injections, Lutalyse, Sulpiride, and oxytocin was applied were able to produce milk and adopt orphan foals, raising them successfully to weaning6. He concluded that inducing lactation in non-parturient nurse mares may

be a practical and even economical way to rear orphan foals6. According to literature published by Colorado State University, mares that are cycling and have had at least one foal previously are more likely to respond to treatment regimens designed to induce lactation7. It is also recommended to use a mild-mannered mare with strong maternal drive, that has a low risk of rejecting a foal, and who produces a moderate amount of milk5.

WHAT IT ALL MEANS So what does this all mean for the breeding industry? Orphan foals are not immensely common, but when tragedy does strike, it strikes hard. Foals demand intensive, round-the-clock care if the decision is made to bottle or bucket feed them. They typically develop gastrointestinal hardships, as nothing truly can replace mare’s milk, and there is a whole subset of behaviors to prevent or curb when hand-rearing. Nurse mares are invaluable, but mares whose own foals have died for one reason or another are not always available. The implications

of current research on this topic could have profound impacts on breeding farms across the world, potentially giving mares who can no longer carry their own foals a second career option, and giving the nurse mare industry a more ethical and economical method of caring for the needs of orphans. There is research readily available and different treatment options for breeders and reproductive veterinarians to consult in order to further investigate the application of hormone therapies to induce lactation in non-parturient mares.

REFERENCES 1. Paradis, M. R. (2012). Feeding The Orphan Foal. Feeding The Orphan Foal. Retrieved from https://aaep.org/sites/default/ files/issues/proceedings-12proceedings-In-depth_Orphan_Foals_-_Getting_a_Good_Start_in_Life-Paradis_-_Feeding_the_ Orphan_Foal.pdf 2. Gibbs, P. G., Potter, G. D., & Vogelsang, M. M. (n.d.). Nutrition and Feeding Man age ment of Broodmares. AgriLife Extension. Retrieved from https://agrilifecdn.tamu.edu/victoriacountyagnr/files/2010/07/Nutrition-Feeding-Mgmnt-of-Broodmares.pdf 3. Chavatte-Palmer, P., Arnaud, G., Duvaux-Ponter, C., Brosse, L., Bougel, S., Daels, P., … Palmer, E. (2002). Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Milk Production after Pharmaceutical Induction of Lactation in the Mare. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 16(4), 472–477. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb01267.x 4. Daels, P., Duchamp, G., & Porter, D. (2002). Induction of Lactation and Adoption of Foals byNon-Parturient Mares. AAEP. Retrieved from http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/aaep/2002/910102000068.PDF 5. Korosue, K., Murase, H., Sato, F., Ishimaru, M., Harada, T., Watanabe, G., … Nambo, Y. (2012). Successful Induction of Lactation in a Barren Thoroughbred Mare: Growth of a Foal Raised on Induced Lactation and the Corresponding Maternal Hormone Profiles. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 74(8), 995–1002. doi: 10.1292/jvms.12-003 6. Steiner, J. V. (2006). How to Induce Lactation in Non-Pregnant Mares. AAEP. Retrieved from http://www.ivis.org/ proceedings/aaep/2006/pdf/z9100106000259.pdf?origin=publication_detail 7. McCue, P. M. (n.d.). DOMPERIDONE. Retrieved from http://csu-cvmbs.colostate.edu/Documents/Learnmares15-hormtherdomperidone-apr09.pdf 32

A CERTAIN ILLUSION

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SERIES:

BLUE HEN MARES The mares are the bedrock of all great breeding programs – they carry with them each year the promise of new life and the excitement of another generation of show horses. Throughout the ages, the broodmares have quietly been the driving force behind all equine industry, and their continued service maintains helps largely to keep those industries in orbit. However, among dams, there is an elite group of producers who have, throughout their breeding careers, made champion after champion, oftentimes with disregard to which stallion they were bred to. They are powerhouses all their own, and in this series, we hope to shine some light on their contributions to their breeds.

title for the Two Year Old Western Pleasure. The 2006 sorrel mare by Certain Potential came to Jay and Kristy Starnes in her four year old year when Mike Hershberger, who owned her at the time, sent her home with them after the Congress. He rode and showed the mare under their guidance for several years, and exceptionally well. The team won at the AQHA Select World in both Performance Halter Mares and Western Pleasure, and Kristy was Top 10 with her in the Western Pleasure at the Congress prior to Gavin and Rebecca Rawlings’ purchase of “Molly.” Their daughter, Abbey, showed her to two top 5

The Lopin Illusion and Kelby Hutchinson, by The Lopin Machine

A CERTAIN ILLUSION In her two year old year, A Certain Illusion had already made a name for herself as a show horse, winning the NSBA BCF Two Year Old Non Pro Western Pleasure and earning the NSBA Hi Point Champion 43

finishes at the AQHYA World Show prior to her retirement. When the Rawlings decided to sell their horses, Jay and Kristy jumped at the opportunity to own her. “Molly was a great mare herself in the show pen. She had an incredible front leg with a tremendous amount of self carriage. Her exceptional build and correct conformation really separate her from a lot of mares as she down not have conformational defects that are passed on the her offspring,” Kristy said. As a broodmare, A Certain Illusion has become a force. Her progeny have

“Molly’s foals all super trainable like herself and make excellent non pro horses as well as being high caliber open horses.”

Lazy Illusion and Jay Starnes

accumulated more than $120,000 in lifetime earnings and an abundance of World and Congress Champion titles. Her offspring include Never Have I Ever, Certainly Flatlined, Lazy Illusion, Million To 1, Not Just An Illusion, Do I Look Lazy, and Hot Illusion. All of her foals were raised at Starnes Quarter Horses, and have shown that they are all of outstanding quality. “Molly’s foals all super trainable like herself and make excellent non pro horses as well as being high caliber open horses. A horse that can be shown by a non pro and then go back in the open and compete can be hard to find and it seems all of Molly’s offspring can do this like she did. In addition, many of her offspring make excellent Novice level horses that are capable of teaching someone how to ride and show while still

possessing the high quality of movement that is required in today’s top Western Pleasure horses,” Kristy said. A Certain Illusion has proven to cross well with Lazy Loper as well as his sons, “Really she has crossed great on so many stallions but it seems that Lazy Loper and the sons of Lazy Loper are her best crosses thus far [VS Flatline and No Doubt I’m Lazy]. We do have several foals not yet of show age by The Lopin Machine that appear to be extra special!” KRISTY’S ADVICE TO BREEDERS “Breed your mare to stallions you feel will complement her and make sure to get those foals into a good program to be promoted as young horses to help your mare have offspring in the show arena.”

MEMOFOREMMA Thoroughbreds have been an integral component of Hunter Under Saddle breeding programs for years, and Nicole Dalton’s program echoes this, in her great mare, MemoForEmma. “Emma” is a 2003 thoroughbred mare, whose parents have both earned over $1 million on the racetrack. As it happens, Emma ended up off the track with a friend of Nicole’s as a dressage prospect and subsequently lost interest in horses, and asked if Nicole would be interested. “She was so big, kind and an

incredible mover we took her home on the spot,” she said. “She was so big and strong even as a 2yr old! Her legs were soft and slow with so much cadence and loft! She had big kind eyes and just the sweetest disposition!”

MemoForEmma

It became clear very early in her breeding career that Emma had a knack for making world class Hunter Under Saddle horses. Nicole has raised all nine of her foals herself. “All have been extremely kind and a joy to have around. She consistently throws flat soft movers with lots of size! They have all been extremely trainable and easy to show,” she said. “All Time Fancy has been her most notable cross with 4 full siblings going on to win World/ Res World titles!” MemoForEmma is the dam of one of the hottest young sires on the APHA market: multiple World Champion and multiple World Champion sire, The Wow Factor, also owned and shown by Nicole. Her 45

other noteable progeny include Fancy N My Stilettos (a Multiple World Champion and Quarter Horse Congress Reserve Champion), Fancy Lil Black Dress (a Multiple World Champion), Lopin Like A Lady (World Show Champion), Time To Be Formal (Reserve World Champion), Its All Natural (Reserve World Champion), and Im Naturally Charming (Reserve World Champion). NICOLE’S ADVICE TO BREEDERS “I kept most of them myself to show before only selling a few of them! They are all such incredible individuals and what my program is built upon. So we saved every 46

The Wow Factor

year to make sure we could get them all shown to their full potentials and the few we couldn’t continue showing ourselves we made sure went to homes that went on to show them!” She also advises breeders to “try to show the foals or get them shown yourself. Everyone always has the best intentions of showing the prospects they buy but many never make it to the show pen. Getting your own prospects in the show ring winning before selling them is the best way, in my opinion, to ensure great show homes for their futures!”

ESTEE BE FIRST Another thoroughbred mare of note is World and Congress champion dam, Estee Be First. She is sired by Defrere and out of the great mare, Sammy Ammy. Her track career was cut short due to an eye injury and Christine Parr bought her in November of her three year old year from Julia Householder, and as she says, “My husband and I went and looked at her and quickly saw potential for Hunter Under Saddle and Hunter prospects.” They have had her ever since. Estee Be First is the dam of a Reserve Super Horse, NSBA World

Above: Estee Be First

Champion, Congress Champion, AQHA L2 Reserve World Champion, APHA Top Ten 2 YO HUS and a Congress Top Ten Limited 2 YO. Her offspring include Metallic Iron, HOO Spotted The Diva, and VS D Coded. Christine and her husband have raised all of “Estee’s” foals themselves. “They are have had the brains, beauty, personality, trainability and structurally correct.” According to Christine, her best matches have been VS Code Red and Iron Age. CHRISTINE’S ADVICE TO BREEDERS “Try and match your mare to the best stallion possible and to have keep the faith! So much can go wrong and yet so much can go right! Don’t be afraid to go outside the box. This year we really went outside the box and bred her to Jason Martin’s and Charlie Cole’s Barrel horse SLICK BY DESIGN! We are super excited for this cross. Would also like to thank the owner’s and trainers that have believed in our program.” HOO Spotted The Diva & Metallic Iron

Below: Metallic Iron

GRACEFUL PRINCIPLES Jane Backes bought Graceful Principles from Steve Heckaman. She only showed once, winning the Heart Of America open twos, before sustaining a career-ending injury in her hock. Jane said, “Fate had it ‘Gracie’ became one of the all time leading dams.” And Leading Dam she is. Graceful Principles has proven herself a force in the industry, producing multiple World and Congress Champions, AQHA Level 1 Champions, NSBA and AQHA Hi Point Champions, and Futurity Champions. Jane raised all of Gracie’s foals, and though this great mare was laid to rest earlier this year, her legacy lives on. “I have one daughter back in the broodmare band and two coming in 2020 by RL Best Of Sudden. I am praying for one to be a filly to keep as a broodmare as well,” Jane said. One of the things that made Graceful Principles such a phenomenal producer was her ability to cross brilliantly with different sires, “That is what made Graceful Principles one of the best there ever was. She crossed on SEVERAL stallions, proving the magic is in the mare. She produced AQHA Champions with 3 DIFFERENT sires!” A few of her winning offspring include A Movin Machine, Invitation To Ride, No Chip Sherlock, and Hes Just Outrageous. 48

JANE’S ADVICE TO BREEDERS “Breed her the best you can afford, put the foal in as many programs as they are eligible for, market them to the right people and say a prayer. You breed them correct, raise them right and hopefully sell them to great show homes.”

SERIES: BREEDING FOR NEWBIES

LIGHTS, CULTURE, ACTION! Pre-breeding season stragegy, written by Lydia Weaver

As the 2020 breeding season looms on the horizon, experienced mare owners are checking off familiar items on their equine reproduction to-do lists. Annual mare management routines are firmly established and faithfully adhered to, giving the process a casual, been there, done that feel. Owners new to the use of cooled or frozen semen for breeding, however, are often uncertain about what steps are necessary to nudge the odds for success in their favor for the coming year. In this series, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll delve into some simple strategies that can help make the entire breeding process go more smoothly with fewer frayed nerves.

care. A good starting point is often the veterinarian you already know and use for your mare’s routine health care. You can simply ask if they do equine repro work and what their experience level is. Not every veterinarian is comfortable with or experienced in breeding, and if they’re not, they usually are perfectly willing to refer you to someone who is. This can be as simple as calling across town to another office, or if you’re in a more rural area may mean traveling a bit to get to that veterinarian, but it’s well worth the effort. A bit of inconvenience and fuel expense is far less expensive than an open mare at the end of the breeding season. The stallion breeding manager, as the name suggests, manages the stallion’s breeding book and will usually be your primary contact when making breeding or shipping inquiries. They may handle anywhere from a handful of shipments a year for a single stallion, on up to hundreds or more THE TEAM at a larger stallion station. The breeding manager can also be the actual stallion When all goes well, teamwork really owner, or can be a person employed by does make the dream work. When difficulties the stallion owner or stallion station. arise, they can be instrumental in making necessary corrections or even in salvaging an START LATE... THE YEAR BEFORE entire breeding season, so selection of the key players you’ll be working with is vital to success. It’s been said that nothing good The veterinarian you choose will happens in a hurry with horses and manage much of the reproductive career of nowhere does that old adage hold more your mare, so should be chosen with great truth than in horse breeding. 53

All mares can benefit from a thorough physical and reproductive exam prior to breeding. This is where you begin to dig your well of actionable information so you have the greatest amount of time to influence the final outcome. How is her overall health? Has she had her five panel testing and color testing if sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in a color registry? Do her teeth need attention? Is she too thin or too heavy? Are her vaccines and deworming up to date? What is her reproductive status? A younger maiden mare may not need a uterine culture or biopsy, but a more seasoned veteran that has had a few years off very possibly may need both.

The bigger question then is when do you start? 54

To determine the answer we need to understand a bit about the breeding cycle. Horses are seasonal breeders. They are hard wired to time the birth of their foals for spring and summer, when weather is favorable and food is more plentiful. Because of this they usually stop cycling, or go into anestrous, during the winter months if left to their own

devices. They will then start cycling again the following spring. If we wait until that happens to do our exam and any necessary testing, we lose a large chunk of time that we could have been using to our advantage to make important changes. If a uterine culture comes back positive, and the mare needs treatment, that can take multiple heat cycles to complete, which would devour a large portion of your breeding season. Even if you start very early in the season, this can have a detrimental effect on your efforts. If we start the process late in the

year prior to breeding season, however, we can maximize our window of opportunity. Autumn presents not only a colorful landscape, but also a beautiful opportunity to begin next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breeding program. If anything is found amiss during a November exam, we still have time before the mare closes shop for winter to make adjustments or enact treatment plans. By starting late you are using time to your advantage rather than scrambling early in the actual breeding season.

SHINING LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT Another important decision to consider is your preference for the birth month of any foal you produce. Mares carry their foals for eleven months, give or take some time they pencil in their own schedule. If you want a January foal, then February is the month you breed in. Keeping their seasonal breeding traits in mind we have to manipulate mother nature a bit to encourage this to happen. Heat cycles and coat shedding in horses is largely controlled by light. The shorter daylight hours are what trigger a mare to shut down her cycling in winter, and also tells all horses to grow winter coats. When spring ushers in longer daylight hours again, everything slowly reverses. Mares begin to cycle and all horses start shedding their winter woolies. 56

If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a preference for birth month, or if we actually want a later foal then we need do nothing but stick to her normal routine. Our mares will follow their biological clock and we can resume the breeding plan in spring when she tells us sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready. If we do want that January or February foal, however, we need to intervene. Light will be our tool of choice. If we mimic daylight hours with artificial light, we can trick the mare into believing summer has arrived and she should be cycling in earnest. Sixteen hours of light per day for approximately 60-90 days will trigger her to begin cycling. Each mare is an individual, so some will lean toward one end or the other of that

timeline, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good rule of thumb. Once again, November is the month of action. When we put her under lights from November onward, she should be cycling for us in plenty of time for February breeding. The amount of light she needs can vary a bit depending on your situation. There is no rule that she needs a specific measure of light. It needs to be bright enough that you can easily read a newspaper in all four corners of her stall for those sixteen hours. If you have a barn with a good deal of natural light you may only need to add light from late afternoon until 11pm. If the barn isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that consistently bright, you may need to run lights for the entire 16 hours. A timer is a valuable tool in this situation, but remember to check it if your power flashes for any reason, as a few days of wrong lighting can set your progress back significantly. Remember also that when a mare is under lights, not only will she start cycling by about February, she will start shedding her winter coat as well if she already had one, so blanketing may be necessary to keep her warm.

PLAYING MATCHMAKER The choice of stallion for a particular mare is often made long before any other breeding decision is 57

considered. Even if you know exactly which stallion you want to breed to, it can still pay well to shop around for the best deal on his services. Many stallion management teams offer breedings to various futurity programs, which are then sold at significant savings. There can be other fees associated that bump the cost back up some, but you can still find substantial savings on some quality stallions there. Also, some stallions especially younger ones, will offer discounted or free breedings to world champion mares or producers of world champions. If your mare doesn’t qualify for those, it never hurts to place a polite inquiry to the stallion management and

ask what discounts may be available. Breeding is a business, and like most retail giants, a sizable portion of stallions will have Black Friday or other holiday deals offered. Some offer World Show or Congress specials. Stallion social media pages and websites will usually have current offers posted.

THE CONTRACT It’s sometimes easy to get caught up in the idea of something we’re passionate about, and if horses are good at one thing above most others, it’s stirring our emotions. We can’t forget, however, that when we sign a breeding contract, we are

Many stallion management teams offer breedings to various futurity programs, which are then sold at significant savings.

entering into a legally binding agreement. We need to take this seriously, even if we consider the other party in the contract a friend. It is absolutely imperative that you actually read the contract of the stallion you choose to breed to before signing and returning it. Yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably boring, sometimes confusing, and certainly not the most riveting read youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had your hands on. That contract carries weight, though, it tells you what you are agreeing to do, what fees you will pay and when you will pay them. It should give you dates and times you need to be aware of for breeding season parameters and shipping schedules. It tells you what the stallion team is agreeing to do.

Read the contract. Read it again. If you have questions, ask the management. If you need a change have it noted in writing. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still unsure you can always have an attorney take a look and advise before you sign.

Though not without hurdles, breeding is a fun and exciting venture to undertake. A great team and a solid plan can, without a doubt, improve your first experiences.

NUTRITION

OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS AND YOUR BREEDING PROGRAM It seems that, in today’s market, there’s a fatty acid supplement (or five) in every single feed store across the country and beyond vying for consumer attention, claiming hair-coat wonders, immense hoof growth, enhanced performance among equine athletes, and quite remarkably, talk of improved fertility in both stallions and mares. They come in powders, oils, treats, concentrates – you name the medium, there’s a fatty acid product produced that way and for every budget under the sun.

Does fatty acid supplementation actually work? How? Horse husbandry has often called for the addition of fat to equine diets for a few hundred years or more1 – quite regularly in the form of corn oil or boiled linseed over their grain. Modern science tells us that fatty acid supplementation is neither gimmick nor marketing trick, but rather an integral part of the way we should feed horses in order to maximize their reproductive ability.

The two primary families of fatty acids that have been the principal focus of research in horses are omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids, and they cannot, under any circumstances, be physically synthesized by the horse itself. Omega-3 fatty acids are derived from alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and omega-6 fatty acids are derived from linoleic acid (LA). They play important roles throughout bodily processes by producing and distributing prostaglandins, hormones that regulate inflammation. Horses absolutely must obtain these crucial fats from their diets due to their inability to manufacture 62

them themselves. Both families of fatty acids are necessary for proper biological function throughout the life of the animal, but balance between to two is fundamental in order for both types to be effective, as having too many omega-6 fatty acids and a shortage of omega-3s can increase inflammation throughout the horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body. Prior to domestication, the wild horse made use of naturally available food resources â&#x20AC;&#x201C; primarily grass, browse, and other vegitation2. For a horse, fresh grass is the nutritional holy grail, providing important vitamins and an abundance of omega-3 fatty acids. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that this diet, that set the foundation for the nutritional needs of modern horses, contained up to five times more omega-3s

than omega-6s2. Now, we have, for the most part, removed horses from this natural way of eating through domestication, and we have essentially reversed the amounts of these fats in the equine diet, through the methods by which we keep and contain them. The diets of the majority of horses today are made up of, at minimum, 70% hay/forage by weight, and the remaining 20-30% of grain or commercial feed, and they will consume between 1.75 and 2.5% their total body weight3 per day. Modern science allows us the benefit of knowing quite precisely what vitamins and minerals are required to maintain proper body condition, and commercial feeds have made an art form of meeting those needs. Most commercial feeds, however, are corn or grain based. Corn and grains are rich

in pro-inflammatory omega-6s, and when coupled with stored hay, whose omega-3 content is adequate at cutting but greatly diminishes over time when stored and exposed to light or moisture, can create an imbalance between the two types of fatty acids in the body. In fact, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s believed that our modern way of feeding horses actually contains up to 18 times more omega-6 than omega-3 fatty acids2. The imbalance creates an inflammatory environment that affects reproductive processes, in addition to a plethora of other bodily functions. This is where the benefits of supplementing your horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diet with a quality source of omega-3 fatty acids comes into play. 63

BENEFITS FOR STALLIONS Stay in the breeding business long enough, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll inevitably encounter a stallion who suffers from subfertility. Supplementing stallions with Omega-3 fatty acids to balance the intrinsically high omega-6 fatty acid content in modern equine diets has numerous reproductive benefits. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which are often referred to as long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and are significant members of the Omega-3 fatty acid family4, are essential components in the cellular structure of sperm cells. Sperm require a high fatty acid content to provide the cell membrane with the fluidity essential at fertilization5 and protect cells from the damage that often occurs during cooling or cryopreservation6. Studies at Colorado State University, Texas A&M, and Arizona found that there were significant improvements in the progressive motility of sperm in stallions supplemented with omega-3 fatty acids7, as well as improvements in sperm output, overall semen quality, morphology, and responses to cooling and freezing processes. Additional studies have found that DHA, when fed at high intakes, increased quality of semen by up to 40% in stallions with what is considered normal fertility4. 64

Even stallions with normal fertility can see great results with omega-3 supplementation.

BENEFITS FOR MARES Mares can enjoy a myriad of benefits from supplementing their diets with omega-3 fatty acids as well. Researchers have found a possibility of the placenta being responsible for transferring EPA and DHA to the fetal nervous system4, which suggests that supplementing a mare with these fatty acids could aid in the development of foals in-utero. Omega-3 fatty acids are known to improve the quality of colostrum, thereby aiding in passive transfer of anti-bodies from mare to foal after birth4. Though more research is needed to make definitive

statements regarding improved oocyte quality and increased ovulation in mares specifically, in rodent models, supplementing with omega-3 fatty acids did improve egg quality and even increased the fertility lifespan in the rats tested7. When Colorado State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Equine Reproduction Lab performed a study to examine potential effects of this kind of supplementation on oocyte quality and conception rates, they found that pregnancy rates via embryo transfer increased by 129%, from a 23% success rate in mares fed only hay and 65

commercial feed, to a 51% success rate in mares fed an omega-3 fatty acid and micronutrient supplement7 in addition to their normal feeding program. Another study conducted on Marwari mares found that embryonic vesicles as well as the embryo proper were both considerably larger in mares supplemented with marine derived omega-3 fatty acids than those that were not10.

IMPLEMENTING THE SCIENCE

Not all fatty acid supplements are the same. When looking for a product to support reproductive health in horses, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to note that the particular omega-3 fatty acid that is thought to most support stallions and mares reproductively on a cellular level is DHA, which is derived from ALA. When a horse consumes a source of ALA, such as flaxseed, his body can break that fat down into both DHA and EPA, so long as there is plenty of ALA supplied and the enzymes elongase and desaturase9, which are used to metabolize it, are in good supply4. Naturally occurring DHA and EPA are almost exclusively found in fish4 and do not need to be broken down in the horsesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; body, therefore making it more bioavailable and easier for the horse to absorb. For this reason, marine derived omega-3 fatty acids are possibly the ideal when looking for a supplement that can best benefit fertility. Flaxseed is another incredibly rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, as it contains the highest amount of omega-3s

of any plant based source at a 4:1 O3:O6 ratio8. It is also quite cost effective. While further research is necessary to determine exactly how much fatty acid supplementation and in what ratio is ideal for horses, it’s clear that the nutritional value of fatty acids goes far beyond a shiny hair coat, and can enhance productivity on a cellular level for numerous functions and activities, including reproduction.

REFERENCES 1. Warren PhD, PAS, Lori K. The Skinny on Feeding Fat to Horses. Department of Animal Sciences,Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences,University of Florida, Sept. 2011, http://training.ifas.ufl.edu/Equine2011/Equine11_Warren_FeedingFat/Warren Feeding Fat to Horses.pdf. 2. Phelps, Merri Stratton. “The Natural Diet - Feeding For Health.” Platinum Performance, www.platinumperformance.com/resources/natural_ diet_whitepaper.pdf. 3. Potter, G. D., & Gibbs, P. G. (n.d.). Feeding The Performance Horses. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYDEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCEEQUINE SCIENCES PROGRAM. Retrieved from http://agrilifecdn.tamu.edu/animalscience/files/2012/04/nutrition-feeding-performance-horse.pdf 4. Articles provided by O3 Animal Health 5. Hembrook, T. (n.d.). Feeding for Fertility and Reproduction. Platinum Performance Equine Health Series. Retrieved from http://www. equineservices.com/images/files/Feeding for Fertility & Reproduction.pdf 6. Hembrook, T. (n.d.). Feeding the Mare for Fertility and Reproduction. Retrieved from https://www.platinumperformance.com/media/ wysiwyg/VRC/protocols/whitepapers/Mare_Fertility.pdf 7. Kentucky Equine Research Staff. (2017, December 8). Camelina Oil for Horses. Retrieved from https://ker.com/equinews/camelina-oilhorses/. 8. Geor, R. J. (2013). Equine applied and clinical nutrition: health, welfare and performance. Oxford: Saunders. 9. Ravi, S. K., Kumar, H., Vyas, S., Narayanan, K., Jan, M. H., Singh, G., … Tripathi, B. N. (2018). Dietary fish oil supplementation improved ovarian function, conceptus growth and certain reproductive variables in Marwari mares. Veterinarski Arhiv, 88(5), 593–605. doi: 10.24099vet.arhiv.0056

YEARLING SALE PRICES & CORRELATION WITH BIRTH MONTH

INTERPRETING THE NUMBERS written by Emma Walker

Breeding season is drawing near, and some people are already getting their prep work started. Whether it is putting your mares under lights, or increasing those ever-growing broodmaresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feed, this is the time of year we wait on pins and needles for. We have spent months, even years, planning the perfect cross to Emma & her World & National Champion mare, U BETCHUR ASSETS

make the perfect baby, but how do we know it will pay off. Well, you can’t. A lot of it boils down to random genetics and luck, but after reviewing a lot of yearling sale data, we can quantify some of the finer points that stay true sale through sale for the making a profitable yearling. In this issue, I would like to discuss the impact that birth month has on the yearlings that go through sales. We all grew up knowing that the earlier your foal hits the ground the more advantageous it is for showing purposes in the younger age groups. However, we seem to have gotten away from this, whether intentional or not. I know, a lot of us don’t want those early babies. We don’t want to be at the barn in freezing temperatures checking those mares night after night. Later in life, their birth month may not matter, but when putting babies through yearling sales, it makes a BIG difference. If your goal is to profit, then the month they are born is important with yearlings. Things happen, I get that, mares don’t take on the first try and they carry late. There is a litany of obstacles we must overcome when breeding. No matter how hard we may try, sometimes and early baby isn’t in the cards. Let’s look at the data for NSBA 2018 NSBA Sale

Yearling Sale in 2018 and 2019, and the Congress Super Sale this year (just the yearling portions), as shown below. Barring the general closeness in March and April babies, aside from the 2018 NSBA sale, we can see the steady decline through the months. There is a ten thousand dollar and up gap between January and June babies. I don’t know about you, but ten thousand dollars will make me try for earlier foals. When looking at the number of yearlings we can see on average the concentration is in March, which sometimes, as I stated, we have no control over. Between January and March there is, on average, a $6,693.27 difference. Some people have no intention of making January babies, many times because of the climate they live in. However, there are many other influential factors you have some control of. We asked several breeders what birth months they try for, why, and when do they stop trying during the current year, along with what their thoughts are on the effects of birth month. None of these people saw this data for the sake of unbiased answers.

2019 NSBA Sale

2019 Congress Super Sale

Amy Gumz, of Gumz Farms had this to say on the subject, “I don’t see a huge impact on sales in regard to public auction proceeds, with the exception of extremely late babies. A quality animal is a quality animal no matter where it falls on the calendar. Size and maturity matter and that does not always correlate with birth month. I personally try for early babies because if I don’t get my mares bred early, then often they are very late as we prioritize the client mares.” She certainly has a point that extremely late babies show the largest impact price wise. The maturity and size also do have a very large effect on yearling sale prices, and while these do not always correlate with birth month, January babies certainly have a higher chance of meeting that criterion. As a small breeder, I do not have to worry about prioritizing client mares, this however is another aspect that many people must factor in when breeding their horses along with outside mares, one I imagine comes with much added stress. Meagan Dean of Dean Quarter Horses shared her thoughts on the subject, “I like foals as early in the year as I can get for a couple of reasons: 1) by the time they’re yearlings and the sales come around, I feel like they’re a little more mature both physically and mentally than those born later in the season. 2) I think there may also

be a correlation to marketability. I’ve had a lot of potential buyers contact me looking specifically for those foals born earlier in the year whether they’re looking at them as weanlings or yearlings. I feel this may go back to the same reason as in #1: more mentally and physically mature to compete in the LL as yearlings or earlier in the year as 2 y/o’s. 3) The earlier they are born, the more time I have to breed the mare the same year should we run into any issues such as the mare just not bouncing back as quickly post-foaling, not taking the first breeding for various reasons or even should she slip the foal early during pregnancy. When they’re born later in the year, I feel like we’re on a time crunch getting the mare bred again and I worry about whether we will run out of time to get her in foal before the breeding season is over. As for the latest I’ll breed a mare, I try not to breed past about May 20th. That would put my later foals born the following year due in April. I live in Central Texas where it gets terribly hot and CRAZY humid come late April and into May, and there are some days we have 100% humidity that pushes the heat index to well over 100 degrees. I feel like foaling is already a strenuous enough task without our added heat indexes and I have noticed both our mares and foals born earlier tend to do better once the heat does arrive.” 73

Many people acknowledge that breeders in the more northern regions have a hard time with the temperatures associated with early regions, few people discuss the possible detriment of late babies in southern climates, I found this to be a variable many don’t consider. She also reiterated my main concern with regard to the mare, in that the later the baby the less time you have to get the mare bred for the following year. Lisa Novacek of Hat Trick Farm, due to geography has the flip side of those issues. “I am in the Midwest, the state of WI where winters are brutal and spring comes slowly. I do not have a heated barn, nor an indoor arena. Our ground freezes up solid over the winter and we can see snow and ice into April. I have overhead heaters in my foaling stalls, foal blankets ready to go and cameras to keep an eye on ready to foal mares at all times. While I do think early babies would be nice and do have some advantages, given my particular situation, it’s just not worth the risk to me to have my mares foal too early. It’s too scary to think of a mare deciding to go early or in the middle of the day in potentially below freezing temps, or on ground with snow and ice. I also want my moms and new foals to be able to get out and stretch their legs, get some fresh air and enjoy some sunshine within a few days old. I want warm(ish!) days and safe dry ground for them do so. My mares are not put under 74

lights, and I start breeding when they cycle naturally. The earliest babies I breed for are mid to late March and ideally April. I raise huntseaters, so typically, the first mine would see of the show ring are as yearlings in the fall in the longe line or in hand trail classes. I’ve had some that were younger than their competition, still won titles at some of the biggest shows in the nation. I believe the older babies may have an advantage, but good ones, even if younger, will still sell and can do just as well.While I prefer April babies, my rule of thumb is to go no later than foals being born late May. That being said, I did acquire a new mare quite late this year and I actually shipped on her on the 4th of July. So sometimes a late baby is better than no baby!”

Q&A WITH AMBER DUCKETT

GET TO KNOW ONE AND ONLY ASSET When a gorgeous homozygous tobiano strolls into the pen, he’s likely to command attention, and One And Only Asset accomplishes just that. The 2016 stallion has had a knockout year, and is gearing up for a great breeding season in 2020. We asked his owner, Amber Duckett, who also trains and shows him, some questions to get to know “Marshall:” Q: How did you come to own Marshall? A: As a trainer, I always try to have a project that I’m training on to turn around and sell. I had sold mine in early spring and was kind of on the look out for a new one. I had also had a run of bad breeding luck (Aborting and Solid babies). So when I ran across the cutest little video clip of a colt, probably 2-3 months old, it stopped me in my tracks! I inquired about him and was told his bloodlines, which I love, that he is 6 panel NN and that he was tobiano Homozygous. I was not on the lookout for a stallion prospect, or a weanling, but he was sure

tempting. After chatting with his owner and her always commenting on how he was the sweetest stud colt she had ever raised, I watched his video over and over again and decided to purchase him! Shortly after weaning, he made the long trip from Michigan to Idaho. When He came off the trailer I was in awe! All the videos and pictures did not compare to him in real life. I new I had found something special. Q: Can you run me through all his wins - from yearling year up until now? A: Marshall really hasn’t had a big show career, he has just really done well the handful of times he’s been out! After being out with all the pasture horses all winter long, Marshall came in a polite kind yearling. He matured very evenly and strong so thoughts of showing him as a yearling started entering my mind. His movement was so soft, flowy and correct, I wasn’t really sure if he was more western or more English. As a yearling I think I only took him 79

to two shows, the first one we did in-hand trail and Lounge line and won some cards and some points. I Decided to take him to a Fall Futurity in Utah and do the Yearling LL. At this point I still wasn’t sure if I would show him as a hunter or as a WP LL. That answer came when it was soo cold at the show, I new I would stay warmer in my western attire, so western LL it was!! We ended up unanimously winning the yearling Lounge line futurity and then turned around and unanimously won the APHA Yearling LL. That was the extent of his yearling show carrer! He spent his next winter back out in the pasture with all the other horses. My kids would always ask me, “Are we keeping Marshall a stallion?” My response was always, “well, today we are”. I think Marshall knew that and new he had to always be good! I brought him in his two year old year, and my daughter (13) helped me start him. My only plan for him as a two year old was 80

to get him broke and Possibly show at the tah Futurity again, because It would be cool to win back to back years! That year, he just got broke! I took him to shows just to sit and get experience, I took him out on trail rides alone and with groups, we moved cows… As the summer ended I decided to get serious about the futurity but still couldn’t decide WP or HUS, he was really nice and correct at both. It was easy for him. A month before the Futurity I had gotten a beautiful new show vest that I could hardly wait to wear. So that made my decision easier, WP it was! We Ended up winning the 2yr old WP futurity! With his mind and movement I knew I needed to make something of him, I new I had something special. I needed to get him out, and people needed to see him! So, his first show as a three yearr old (second show under saddle) was The Pinto World Show! I decided to wing it and show him HUS and WP events, and heck, why not Halter! We ended up wining World titles in HUS, WP and Performance Halter. I was ecstatic! We came home and had a little break before we hit APHA Zone One. We won Class champion in 3yr HUS and Reserve Class Champion in Green WP ( first time showing in a bit). Then it was on to the APHA world show. We received a top five in 3 yr old limited rider novice horse Western Pleasure and Reserve World Champion Performance Halter. We came home exhausted and completely thrilled.

I gave him some much deserved time off so I could really focus on getting my clients ready for APHA Western Nationals. I remember jumping back on him one day, just because I missed riding him, and he felt just as strong and good as ever, so in the trailer he went to Nationals! I’m glad he did because he came back with three more titles! Reserve 3 yr old WP, Champion 3 Yr old HUS and champion Performance halter stallions!! Now he is on a real break, and turned back out. Q: What has been the most important win, in your opinion? Which one had you thinking “Oh my gosh, we DID IT” and why? A: I will have to say our most Important win was our WP class at Pinto World. I lOVE Western Pleasure! I do! I think it is because it is such a challenging class and it is constantly evolving. When it is done correctly, it is just beautiful. I have always wanted to win a title in WP, and Marshall did that for me. Q: It looks like the public is really excited about him - how are you feeling about the reception to him for his freshman year at stud? A: I couldn’t be more excited about Marshall, who he is, how he goes and what he is representing. When I find something that is excellent I feel like others should know! I have been completely floored and humbled with the amount of positive responses and feedback I 81

have received. The people that will randomly stop me just to tell me what a nice horse I have, that means the world to me. When I jog in the arena or have Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name called for the placings and I hear the stands go crazy, knowing dang well there is only a small handful of people I know, that makes it all worth it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what makes me smile, not the placings. Q: What do you think sets him apart from other stallions? A: His all around ability and versatility! And his chillax nature! His ability to go from one event to another with little or no warm up (at the world show, coming out of APHA Performance halter stallions with enough time to through a saddle on, in the holding pen, and turn back around and go in to 3 yr old Wp). He is sound and strong (always barefoot!). He is correct, in both the way he moves and in the way he is put together. That makes it easy for him to switch gears, and be phenomenal at all of it! He is not spending half of his career learning western and the other half learning English. He is natural at all of it and he is showing us that at just three, and most importantly, he wants to. He loves his jobs, he loves to work, he never lets me down!

Q: What is something people may not know about him that you would like them to know? A: Marshall is a snorer! He can saw logs with the best of them! He can do it any where. Move in day of a show, metal clincking, saws going people running aroundâ&#x20AC;Ś he takes his sleeping very seriously. It is not uncommon for people to call me to tell me my horses is moaning and sick. I always go back to check, but he is just

Q: Any crosses you’re super excited about in 2020? A: Oh my gosh, all of them! I feel like I’m about to be a first time Grandma and it can’t come soon enough! We shipped to Some pretty fancy bred AQHA mares that I’m excited about. One mare we shipped to is one that I bred a while ago, so that is always exciting to see home grown. I’m really really excited about the homes that all of these babies will be in. Great programs that do great things with their babies!!

you guys going to hit the pen again after breeding season? A: Well, Marshall is out in the pasture with is buddy right now, growing a winter coat and playing King of the Hill. I take him an apple almost every day, and we talk about growing his mane back out… He will be back next year! He is too cool and too fun to put away. We may try our hand at trail or western riding. I think he would enjoy it!

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BREEDING INFO

06 SHOW RECORD

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10-11 SIRE OF CHAMPIONS Top Performing Offspring Number of Foals AQHA Point Statistics Offspring Earnings

Genetic Disease Panel Color Panel Results Worldwide Availability Stud Fees

PEDIGREE

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SIRE: DONT SKIP ZIP WORLD SHOW TOP 10, SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE NSBA MONEY-EARNER, WORLD SHOW QUALIFIER ROM PERFORMANCE DAM: MS JACKIE KRYMSUN RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION, SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE, WORLD SHOW QUALIFIER, ROM PERFORMANCE

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ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S IN THE GENETICS GENERATIONS OF SUCCESS IN THE SHOWPEN & BEYOND.

How Bout This Cowboy is exceeding all expectations as a breeding stallion - having only entered stud in 2012, he is already the sire of multiple World and Reserve World Champions. This comes as no surprise though. With a power-packed sire line and a dam line that lends itself to many of the modern pedigrees of today, this beautiful sorrel stallion is sure to be a hefty contender as a sire for years down the road.

SIRE OF CHAMPIONS

How Bout This Cowboy is already carving out a name for himself in the breeding business with multiple World and Congress Champions on his sire record thus far.

INTERNATIONAL AVAILABILITY

GENETIC DISEASE & COLOR PANEL

How Bout This Cowboy is available for breeding in multiple continents. See Page 13 for details.

How Bout This Cowboy carries no genetic diseases on the AQHA 5-Panel test. He tests negative for OLWS. See more on Page 12.

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RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION RESERVE CONGRESS CHAMPION 2YO WESTERN PLEASURE, 2YO WESTERN PLEASURE NP, PERFORMANCE HALTER STALLIONS Gil Galyean and How Bout This Cowboy at the 2009 AQHA World Championship Show.

A CHAMPION IN THE SHOW PEN

How Bout This Cowboy proved himself a great performer in his three years of showing prior to retirement to stud:v PERFORMANCE RECORD: Earner of $35,910; TOTAL AQHA Points: 52. In 2009: AQHA Reserve World Champion 2YO Western Pleasure, NSBA Res High Point 2YO NP Western Pleasure Horse, Res Congress Champion 2 YO Western Pleasure NP; In 2010-2011: Congress 3YO NP Western Pleasure Futurity- 3rd Place, Res Congress Champion Perf Halter Stallions, World Show Perf Halter Stallion- 5th Place, World Show Jr Western Pleasure- 10th Place, High Point Jr Perf Halter Stallion- 9th Place.

A SIRE How Bout This Cowboy is already proving himself as a sire, having produced the high selling yearling at the 2018 Congress Yearling Sale - How Do U Figer (pictured bottom right), who sold for $130,000. He is the sire of multiple World and Reserve World Champions as well as Congress Champions, and his foals are winning in multiple breed associations as well.

HOW BOUT AT MIDNIGHT HBTC x ONLYGOODTILMIDNIGHT 2014 AQHA World Champion 2 YO Western Pleasure, Congress Champion Southern Belle Breeders 2 YO Western Pleasure, NSBA High Point 2 YO Western Pleasure Horse, Reserve Congress Champion 2 YO Coughlin Western Pleasure, Congress 3 YO Open Western Pleasure - 3rd, Congress 3 YO Non Pro Western Pleasure - 8th with Katsy Leeman, NSBA Bronze Trophy winner 3 YO Open Western Pleasure, Western Pleasure Super Sires NP Res Champion with Katsy Leeman, Reserve Champion 3 YO Open Western Pleasure at The Little Futurity LTE: $46,000+ 94

OF CHAMPIONS In addition, his sire record also includes:

NSBA High Point Champions AQHA Level 1 Champions APHA World Show 2YO Western Pleasure Stakes Champion Tom Powers Champions

HOW DO U FIGER HBTC x ONLYGOODTILMIDNIGHT LTE: $23,326 Congress Yearling Sale Hi Seller for $130,000 NSBA Hi-Point Open Yearling Longe Line, NSBA World and Reserve World Champion Open Yearling Longe Line, NSBA BCF Reserve Champion Open Yearling Longe Line, 2x Tom Powers Champion Longe Line,

TALENT EASILY RECOGNIZED...

TOP 10 PERFORMING OFFSPRING BY HOW BOUT THIS COWBOY Sorted by money earnings.

Name of Offspring

Year/Sex

Maternal Grandsire

Points

Money Earned

2012 Gelding

Zippos Mr Goodbar

236.5

$47,948

How Do U Figer

2017 Mare

Charlie Hilfiger

$23,326

COWBOYPUTASPELLONME

2014 Mare

Zippos Mr Goodbar

45.5

$17,262

That Cheatin Cowboy

2016 Gelding

Huntin For Chocolate

$12,432

Burnin The Cowboys

2016 Mare

Blazing Hot

$3,507

2013 Gelding

Willy Be Invited

$3,060

2011 Mare

Invitation Only

158

$3,034

RUNNINOUTTAMOONLIGHT

2013 Gelding

Zippos Mr Goodbar

$2,438

Got The Cowboy Touch

2011 Stallion

A Touch Of Sudden

$2,238

2011 Mare

Prinzziple

223.5

$2,086

How Bout At Midnight

Sweet Lil Cowboy How Bout Her Story

HOWBOUTTHIZZCOWGIRL

808

$129,758

TOTAL NUMBER AQHA FOALS

TOTAL AQHA PTS EARNED

TOTAL OFFSPRING EARNINGS

Entered stud: 2011 Years at stud: 8

AQHA Point-Earners: 24 Average Points Earned: 34 AQHA Superior Awards Earned: 2 AQHA ROM Awards Earned: 26 AQHA Champion Awards Earned: 3

Western Pleasure: $93,258.15 Other: $36,045.35 Halter: $381.50 Hunter Under Saddle: $72.00 Average Earnnings: $11,733

Genetic Disease Panel & Color Panel HYPP N/N HERDA N/N PSSM N/N MH N/N GBED N/N OLWS N/N

Offspring Program Eligibility How Bout This Cowboy is paid up into the following programs:

BREEDING INFORMATION

Western Pleasure Super Sires, APHA Breeders Trust, NSBA BCF/SIF/Color BCF, Southern Belle, Michigan, Tom Powers, West Virginia, Virginia Color Classic, DQHA

Stud Fee 2020 Stud Fee: $1,750 Booking: $500 Collection Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Overnight Shipments USA: $325 Canadian Shipments: $375

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SEMEN AVAILABLE

UNITED STATES & CANADA Owner - Fritz Leeman Farm; Massillon, OH Contact - Lauren Erk Phone - 330-844-0303 E-mail - leerk@att.net Cooled & frozen semen available in the USA & Canada

EUROPE HARAS DE Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;HERMET; Aurec-sur-Loire, France Contact - David Maisonnette Phone - (+33) 673 331 532 E-mail - david_qh@hotmail.com Frozen semen available in Europe

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LAZY LOPER BREEDING PROFILE 2001 BAY AQHA STALLION TOP 5 LEADING SIRE

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BREEDING INFO

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Genetic Disease Panel Color Panel Results Worldwide Availability Stud Fees

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10-11 SIRE OF CHAMPIONS Top Performing Offspring Number of Foals AQHA Point Statistics Offspring Earnings

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SIRE: GOTA LOTTA POTENTIAL WORLD SHOW TOP 10, SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE NSBA MONEY-EARNER, WORLD SHOW QUALIFIER ROM PERFORMANCE DAM: HINT AGAIN RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION, SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE, WORLD SHOW QUALIFIER, ROM PERFORMANCE

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IT’S IN THE GENETICS PATERNAL GRANDSIRE POTENTIAL INVESTMENT CONGRESS CHAMPION & RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION

Potential Investment, a NSBA Hall of Fame stallion, is highly regarded in pedigrees as an outstanding paternal and maternal grandsire of show horses. His place in the pedigree of breeding stallions has proven its worth time and time again, and now Lazy Loper is proving to be much the same in this regard. “Lazy” has produced over 70 World Champions, Congress, Champions, and Reserve Congress Champions. His offspring are consistent favorites in futurity as well as maturity pens across the planet.

SIRE OF CHAMPIONS

Lazy Loper has become one of the most sought after stallions on the market today. See his offpsring statistics on Page 11.

INTERNATIONAL AVAILABILITY

GENETIC DISEASE & COLOR PANEL

Lazy Loper is available for breeding in multiple continents. See Page 13 for details.

Lazy Loper carries no genetic diseases on the AQHA 5-Panel test. He tests negative for OLWS and is homozygous black. See more on Page 12.

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SHOW RECORD

A WORLD CHAMPION AQHA JUNIOR WESTERN PLEASURE

Pictured above: Rick Cecil and Lazy Loper at the AQHA World Show.

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A CHAMPION IN THE SHOW PEN

Lazy Loper proved himself a great competitor over the course of his three year showing campaign prior to his retirement to stud. PERFORMANCE RECORD: Earner of $30,707.16 (NSBA $ $12,873.00; AQHA $17,834.16). TOTAL AQHA Points: 121. In 2003: AQHA WORLD SHOW 3rd place 2YO Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure; in 2004: Earned Performance Regsiter of Merit; Congress Open & Limited Open Western Pleasure Derby Reserve Champion; 10th place Junior Western Pleasure AQHA World Show; Earned Superior Junior Western Pleasure; AQHA High Point Junior Western Pleasure, AQHA High Point Western Pleasure; In 2005: Qualified AQHA World Show Junior Western Pleasure; AQHA WORLD CHAMPION JUNIOR WESTERN PLEASURE

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A SIRE Lazy Loper has proven himself as one of the most powerful and prevalent genetic forces in our industry today. His sire record boasts more than 70 World and Congress Championships and Reserve Championships. He is a successful sire in multiple breeds with winning offspring in AQHA, APHA, and ApHC breed registries, as well as numerous NSBA World Championships as well.

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CAUGHT ME LOOKIN

LAZY LOPER X SHES ON HOLIDAY

LAZY LOPER X SWEET N FANCY CHIP

2014 Congress Champion 2yr old Open Western Pleasure Stakes Champion BCF 2yr. old Open Western Pleasure NSBA World Show Champion BCF Ltd. and Int. Non Pro Western Pleasure NSBA World Show

NSBA Reserve World Champion Jr. Western Pleasure Res. Champion BCF 4-6yr. old Ltd. Open WP Congress Champion Ltd. Western Pleasure Maturity

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OF CHAMPIONS In addition, his sire record also includes:

Multiple Honor Roll Sire AQHA Top 5 Leading Sire NSBA Top 5 Leading Money Earning Sire

ONE LAZY INVESTMENT

VS FLATLINE

LAZY LOPER X JANUARY INVESTMENT

LAZY LOPER X VITAL SIGNS ARE GOOD

MULTIPLE WORLD & CONGRESS CHAMPION; Earner of over 1000 AQHA points and an excess of $200,000.

MULTIPLE NSBA WORLD CHAMPION, AQHA WORLD CHAMPION, MULTIPLE CONGRESS CHAMPION; Earner of $90,000+

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TOP 10 PERFORMING OFFSPRING BY LAZY LOPER Sorted by money earnings.

Name of Offspring

Year/Sex

Maternal Grandsire

Points

Money Earned

One Lazy Investment

2006 Gelding

The Big Investment

1,096

$204,329

VS Flatline

2010 Stallion

Zippos Mr Goodbar

128.5

$90,735

Caught Me Lookin

2010 Mare

Sweet Talkin Chip

524.5

$67,597

Lopin For A Chex

2007 Gelding

Zippo Pine Chex

1,889.5

$63,956

No Question Im Lazy

2012 Gelding

A Good Machine

1,611.5

$58,178

A Lazy Holiday

2007 Gelding

On Holiday

196

$51,516

Lope The Line

2011 Mare

Zippo Pine Bar

232

$50,468

Eazy Dayzie

2010 Mare

Dont Skip Zip

$49,634

Lope With Grace

2015 Mare

Invitation Only

114.5

$47,770

No Doubt Im Lazy

2006 Stallion

Magic Mac Reynolds

50.5

$43,331

1,378

38,500

$2,092,105

TOTAL NUMBER AQHA FOALS

TOTAL AQHA PTS EARNED

TOTAL OFFSPRING EARNINGS

Entered stud: 2006 Years at stud: 13 NSBA Top 5 Leading Sire Since: 2008 AQHA Top 10 Leading Sire since: 2012 AQHA Top 5 Leading Sire since: 2014

Number of Point Earners: 461 Average Points Per Earner: 84 Total AQHA Superiors: 164 Total ROMs Earned: 604 AQHA Champion Awards: 36

Western Pleasure: $1,418,886.37 Hunter Under Saddle: $32,157.23 Halter: $8,286.13 Ranch: $1,838.60 Barrel: $742.00 Other: $630,167.75 Other Speed: $30.00 Money Earners: 459 Average Earnings: $4,558

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Genetic Disease Panel & Color Panel HYPP N/N HERDA N/N PSSM N/N MH N/N GBED N/N OLWS N/N HOMOZYGOUS BLACK E/E (Cannot sire a red-based foal)

Offspring Program Eligibility Lazy Loper is paid up into the following programs:

BREEDING INFORMATION

Premier Quarter Sires, Western Pleasure Super Sires, NSBA BCF/SIF/Color BCF, APHA Breeders Trust, Southern Belle, Michigan Futurity, Tom Powers Futurity, West Virginia, Virginia Color Classic, DQHA

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SEMEN AVAILABLE

UNITED STATES & CANADA Owner - Fritz Leeman Farm; Massillon, OH Contact - Lauren Erk Phone - 330-844-0303 E-mail - leerk@att.net Cooled & frozen semen available in the USA & Canada

EUROPE HARAS DE Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;HERMET; Aurec-sur-Loire, France Contact - David Maisonnette Phone - (+33) 673 331 532 E-mail - david_qh@hotmail.com Frozen semen available in Europe

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