Breeding

Results indicate that the 75 maternal lineages covered in the study developed from at least eight ancestral founder mares.

Study in Poland finds big differences in blood test results among different-sized ponies.

Researchers believe that foaling alarms, fitted with more technology, could give earlier warnings of impending birth.

New Zealand sport horse breeders have produced many top-notch performers, but most who are competing overseas are not being recognised as New Zealand horses. Here’s why.

Early diagnosis of infertile mares based on adrenocorticotropic hormone concentrations may allow improved reproductive performance.

The strains in all cases were identical, suggesting the horses on all seven farms had been infected by the same unknown contagious source.

Margie’s mum, Sierra, suffered an uncommon pregnancy complication known as a uterine torsion, where her uterus was twisted 270 degrees clockwise. Only about 65% of mares and 32% of foals survive the condition past 320 days.

Standardbred foals will be microchipped from next season, and there could also be a change in birth date for the breed.

“It only poses a risk for injuries if the necessary requirements for this type of husbandry are not taken into account.”

The mares carried the foals through a normal pregnancy, and they needed no supplemental progesterone, a hormone produced by the ovaries, to carry to term.

A third member of New Zealand thoroughbred breeding’s elite broodmare ranks will be honoured when Sunbride joins iconic producers Eulogy and Eight Carat in the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame.

Jump in diarrhea cases was noted in the first few months of the year, which makes up the bulk of the busy foaling season in Central Kentucky.