Choose the colored sports stallions with Colored Stallions!
31/05/2023
We couldn't start this special "Colored Stallions" week on FoalR without telling you about Colored Stallions, which markets the semen of top international performers as well as young stallions on an international scale.
Diamant de Semilly, showjumping stallion and undisputed breed leader!
20/03/2023
He is a reference in French sport horse breeding: if his show jumping career was a huge success alongside Eric Levallois, his breeding career has propelled him to the top. Diamant de Semilly is a Selle Français Originel stallion by Le Tot de Semilly and Venise des Cresles (Elf III). Born in 1991 to Jules Mesnildrey and dying at the age of 31 in...
Horse breeding: genetic diseases
06/03/2023
Although the subject of genetic diseases has sometimes been neglected by breeders and stallion owners, it is now emerging and many of them are deciding to test both mares and stallions to limit the risks. Depending on the breed and type of horse, different genetic diseases are to be taken into account and can nowadays be detected by means of...
Chacco-Blue, best show jumping stallion 2022 according to the WBFSH ranking!
15/02/2023
The WBFSH (World Breeding Federation of Sport Horses) ranking honours the 10 best stallions in the 3 Olympic disciplines each year. In the show jumping discipline, the Mecklenburg stallion Chacco-Blue (Chambertin x Contender) dominates the 2022 ranking. In second and third place are Selle Français Diamant de Semilly (Le Tot de Semilly x Elf...
Equine reproduction: collection centres throughout France
09/02/2023
Find below the list of French collection centres proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture:
Horse breeding: the different breeding techniques.
19/01/2023
There are 5 distinct breeding techniques (in addition to embryo transfer): frozen semen, chilled semen, fresh semen, hand breeding, and pasture breeding. Depending on the availability of a stallion, or the fertility of the mare, but also on the regulations of the stud books, breeders will have different possibilities concerning the techniques...