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The nation’s horse industry is in for a real treat with the arrival of Australia’s first cloned horse ‘Salute’, an exact genetic copy of the world’s most influential performance horse sire ‘Smart Little Lena’. ‘Salute’ is the first ever cloned horse to enter the country and stand at stud. Richard Bull of Tamarang purchased the stallion at the Western Bloodstock Annual NCHA Futurity Sale in Fort Worth, Texas in December 2010, and imported ‘Salute’ into Australia earlier this year. “We are allowing Australia first generation access to the most influential stallion to ever exist in the performance horse industry in North America,” said Mr Bull. Smart Little Lena, who died in September 2010 at the age of 31, had life time earnings of $743,275 in only eight shows and was the first horse to ever win cutting’s prestigious Triple Crown in the United States. His progeny have impressive earnings of more than US$39.3 million and he has grand progeny earnings of more than US$80 million. With 550 money earning offspring, Smart Little Lena sired 17 World Champions, 11 Reserve Champions and 110 Register of Merit. At the height of his career he stood at US$25,000. The introduction of Smart Little Lena’s superior genetics to Australia via the importation of ‘Salute’, who is one of five clones of Smart Little Lena, offers tremendous breeding opportunities for the Australian performance horse industry, particularly to upgrade broodmare strengths. “The cloning was undertaken to preserve Smart Little Lena’s genetics for the future because of his dominance in the cutting horse industry. “Whether I agree with cloning or not, Smart Little Lena had already been cloned and the chance to have this horse here in Australia was too great of an opportunity to be missed. “Smart Little Lena was always my hero horse and bringing his exact genetics to Australia is a dream come true,” said Mr Bull. Richard Bull wishes to make it clear that ‘Salute’ was purchased to pass on Smart Little Lena’s genetics and he will not be trained or shown. Whilst he is not identical in appearance to Smart Little Lena his genetic material is exactly the same and his offspring will therefore be equivalent. A male clone breeds identically to the original copy. Tamarang is a market leader specialising in elite cattle horse genetics based near Tamworth, NSW. Tamarang’s owners Richard and Sandi Bull are innovative operators who are passionate about the industry. They have demonstrated their support of the industry again with their sponsorship of the National Cutting Horse Association’s (NCHA) 2011 Futurity, the richest three year old performance horse event in the country.
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The public had the chance to meet ‘Salute’ for the first time at the 2011 NCHA Tamarang Futurity that was held at the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, from 2-12 June 2011.
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ishermans Friend has already sired international competition horses in both dressage and showjumping. His oldest progeny in Germany are now competing at FEI level including Feng Shui, already a Prix St George Champion. Together with his wonderful rideability, Fish’s sensational movement and jumping prowess is met with much excitement from both dressage and eventing riders. Fish’s own successes in dressage speaks for itself: • Multiple Grand Prix Champion 2011. • EFA (Qld) FEI Dressage Horse of the Year 2009. • Australian Intermediate II Champion 2009. • Australian Prix St George Champion 2008. • CDI Sydney Advanced Champion 2007. • Australian Medium Champion 2006. • Sire of successful competition horses in many
countries inc. USA, Canada, G e r m a n y, Finland, Spain, Great Britain, etc, and now Australia. • Sire of the Champion Hanoverian Foals in Australia in 2006, 2007, & 2009. • Sire of the Spanish National 5 and 6 year old Young Horse Champion “Finja”.
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ish’s youngsters are now under saddle in Australia and delighting everyone who rides them. They show amazing trainability and rideability. With elastic and powerful paces, they are sure to continue in the footsteps of their wonderful sire.
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What a pleasure this horse is to be around. He can be seen around at the many competitions and meets on the Mid North Coast - but you would never pick he is a stallion. Standing in lineups next to mares and geldings alike without so much as a nicker. Versatile in every way this horse has competed (and won) in Team Penning, Halter, Western Pleasure, Rookie Reining & Western Equitation. He was also part of the demonstration team for Ranch Roping & doesn't mind being strapped to a beast. On his first and only dressage outing he placed in the top 5 with a rider who had never competed in dressage before! Want to talk about conformation & colour? His progeny to date have fantastic conformation, his beautiful nature & Include a gorgeous palomino filly with white stockings & a very loud palomino & white filly.
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In his only outing he was champion New Forest colt or stallion at the Victorian APSB show 2008 where he also won the prestigious 2yo Foal Futurity, as did his dam. He is now showing enormous promise at pony dressage. Nebiolo possesses all the right qualities to breed purebreds or cross with small Warmbloods, Thoroughbreds, Arabians, Stock Horses, Quarter Horses and ponies to produce top performance galloways or ponies. Chilled Semen available. Contact Kay Thornton, Heatherley Equestrian Centre. Ph (07) 54853297. Email: kay@heatherley.com kay@heatherley.com
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SUBFERTILITY IN STALLIONS There is Hope
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Subfertility, or less than normal fertility in a breeding stallion, may not always be as clear cut as outright poor fertility, where there is an obvious increase in the numbers of mares returning to service. There is a tendency to blame the mare group for a less than overall fertility outcome over the breeding season on a stud. However, when the breeding records are carefully examined, often it is found that there was a delay in recognising a potential subfertility problem in an individual stallion during the breeding season.
Did You Know that: Stallion reproductive performance can also be evaluated by: The % of pregnancies in each 17-21 day average oestrus cycle length in the mare group the number of oestrus cycles needed by a mare mated to the stallion before she conceives the number of services required by the stallion per pregnancy in a mare group The rate of pregnancy in the mare group on a monthly basis
Evaluation of Stallion Fertility Fertility evaluation, with collection of semen and a full assessment of sperm number, motility and percentage of dead or abnormal sperm per ejaculate can be carried out: Before purchase and sale. Prior to the start of the breeding season in a stallion with a suspected subfertility problem from the previous season. To determine the number of mares, or the possibility of increasing the number of mares that can be booked to a stallion in the forthcoming season. To evaluate any decline in seminal quality or influence of testicular degeneration in older stallions or those with a history of other concurrent disease. To investigate reasons for abnormal sexual behaviour or changes in sexual behaviour in an individual stallion during the breeding season. To assess the adverse effects of sexually transmitted infections, such as Klebsiella and Pseudomonas bacteria. When lowered ejaculation force or poor seminal quality is observed at service.
Factors causing Subfertility Although there are a number of causes of less than optimum fertility in a breeding stallion, the major factors include: Low natural fertility in aging stallions. The fertility of a stallion starts to decrease after 13 years of age, although some stallions remain highly fertile up to 18-20 years of age. Poor nutrition - less than optimum energy intake is a major cause of reduced fertility in an otherwise healthy and fit stallion. Disease, particularly infections. Abnormally low circulating hormone levels. Testicular degeneration, especially in older stallions. Over-use of a stallion at the height of the breeding season. Travelling and relocation stress. The number of sperm in each ejaculate is influenced by: Age of the stallion. Season - a particularly poor winter which causes stress and sub-optimum nutrition will reduce the sperm count. Testicular size and consistency - large testicle size does not always coincide with high sperm counts. Spongy testicular consistency usually signifies degenerative changes. Frequency of service - the more frequently a stallion is used, the lower the sperm count in each ejaculate. The stallion’s libido and sexual behaviour - stallions which are over-exercised and become tired will have less libido and may lose interest in mares. In most stallions, a reduction in fertility due to testicular degeneration and other physical and hormonal changes occurs before there is an obvious decline in libido or service behaviour. Where a stallion has had a history of high fertility in previous seasons, it may take some time under a natural service system to correlate a higher rate of ‘clean’ or young mares returning to service with a possible subfertility problem in a stallion. Often, a subfertility problem is not suspected until the mid to late part of the breeding season as a possible underlying cause of the poor conception rate in mares mated to an individual stallion. These criteria can be regularly analysed to monitor a stallion’s breeding performance by computerised pregnancy rates and service records available on most studs.
A full evaluation of a suspected subfertility problem should include the following appraisals carried out by a specialised equine stud veterinarian. 1. History - Number of mares mated (excluding ‘foal heat’ mares or late season matings), age, condition, breeding history and assessment of ultrasound ovarian records to assess ovulation and service timing, that can be used to provide an evaluation of the rate of possible pregnancies. 2. Physical Examination - Clinical examination to assess health, testicular size, consistency and epididymal lesions in the stallion. 3. Bacteriological Assessment - Bacterial swabs can be taken of the prepuce, the urethral fossa of the penis and of the urethra immediately before and after service to check for presence of infection that could be transmitted or cause reduced rate of pregnancy in the mare group. 4. Sexual Behaviour and Libido - Behaviour of the stallion in presence of a mare in full oestrus, including mounting desire and strength of ejaculation. Studies have shown that even though a stallion may exhibit aggressive service behaviour, mounts quickly and ejaculates strongly, he may still be suffering from a less than optimum level of fertility, or have an underlying cause for the subfertility problem. In most cases, when collected and examined under a microscope, the average ejaculate volume may contain fewer fertile and motile spermatozoa.
Semen Evaluation
Handy Hint 9 A thorough evaluation of semen can not be based on a single collection and recent studies indicate that a number of collections Semen Collection and Examination over a 7 day period will provide the most comprehensive means Standard semen analysis only evaluates the sperm number, morphology of pinpointing a subfertility problem. This is achieved by and motility. It gives a standard to compare a ‘normal’ stallion with one that is collection by AI of 2 semen samples by use of an artificial suffering from a subfertility problem. However, standard semen analysis does not vagina, 1 hour apart, and then once daily for 7 days. assess the critical characteristics of sperm survival, egg penetration activity and viable This program will evaluate the daily production of sperm and storage time in the oviduct of the mare. These more sophisticated evaluation testicular reserve of semen, as an indication of testicular tissue methods can be carried out by using mare oviduct cellular cultures to more function in a stallion with suspected testicular degeneration. accurately evaluate the actual fertilising potential of stallion semen.
For optimum fertility it is important that mares and working stallions are provided with adequate energy, protein and key nutrients such as phosphorus, organic selenium and vitamins A & E. Providing Kohnke’s Own E-Se supplets for 4 weeks prior to breeding a mare or stallion may assist in maintaining optimum fertility. Ideally, a stallion should be kept on E-Se supplets throughout the breeding season.
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