Age & Gender Considerations When Buying a Horse

Instructions Things You’ll Need: in-heat male breeding stallion Step 1: Watch your mare as she comes into heat. This can be from February through July. Eventually the mare will begin to cycle normally. This is the time she will accept a stallion...

This is Randall Powell with Expert Village and in this clip we're going to talk about how to choose a horse. Your first consideration when choosing a horse is the proper use for the horse. If you're choosing a pasture horse, a beginner horse, or a rodeo...

Instructions Step 1: Check out the stallion's specific competition. Look at other breeding stallions in his disciple, but also look at possible crossovers. If you have a grand prix dressage stallion, he is naturally going to be a great mover. This may...

Instructions Step 1: Keep the stallion in an area by himself where you can monitor his feed intake. Some stallions may refuse their feed or eat less during breeding season. Step 2: Add good-quality feed to the stallion's diet if he has been on only...

Instructions Step 1: Educate yourself in the science of genetics, care of stallions and pregnant mares, artificial insemination and sperm motility, and the set up and layout of a breeding farm. You can take extension courses at universities like the...