Anonymous - 2012-04-02 How old does a mare have to be so you can breed her? Someone told me you can breed a mare/filly at ONE(!!!) year-old. This sounds cruel. But if it is true could someone please tell me? Also, would breeding a (healthy) light 15 hand high horse to a 17 hand high + stallion produce a to-large foal for the horse to give birth to? Thanks for all replies.
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Charlie Roche - 2012-04-02 A mare can come into season as early as a year old but usually two. It is risky to breed her at that young an age as they are not completely grown and developed untill the age of 4 or 5 so it is not recommended that you breed a mare before the age of 4 or 5. The hand high size of the male versus the female is not the only consideration when determining a mate. If the female and male are the same build, slender, full grown it is probably find. However, if you are breeding a heavy large boned sturdy male at 17 HH+ with a slender fine bones female at 15 HH, it is probably risky. So it isn't just how many Hands High, it is the build - the breed.
Anonymous - 2012-04-13 So I wanted to breed my (pure) arabian 15hh mare to a 17.1hh WB stallion, is this OK? Thanks...
The ancestry of the Iberian Warmblood dates back as far as 20,000 BC, making it one of the oldest breed of horse!
How old does a mare have to be so you can breed her? Someone told me you can breed a mare/filly at ONE(!!!) year-old. This sounds cruel. But if it is true could someone please tell me? Also, would breeding a (healthy) light 15 hand high horse to a 17 hand high + stallion produce a to-large foal for the horse to give birth to? Thanks for all replies.
A mare can come into season as early as a year old but usually two. It is risky to breed her at that young an age as they are not completely grown and developed untill the age of 4 or 5 so it is not recommended that you breed a mare before the age of 4 or 5. The hand high size of the male versus the female is not the only consideration when determining a mate. If the female and male are the same build, slender, full grown it is probably find. However, if you are breeding a heavy large boned sturdy male at 17 HH+ with a slender fine bones female at 15 HH, it is probably risky. So it isn't just how many Hands High, it is the build - the breed.
So I wanted to breed my (pure) arabian 15hh mare to a 17.1hh WB stallion, is this OK? Thanks...
These are AMAZING horses. I give them 5 stars
Beautiful
IBERIAN WARMBLOOD horses are some of the most lovely horses there ever was! I am a fan of THEM!