Foals Bred by Cooled Transported and Frozen Semen
November 10, 2009
What you need to know to get your specially bred foal registered.
With modern advances in science, we can now breed a mare to a stallion without them ever being in the same pasture. They don’t even have to be on the same continent! Semen can be cooled or frozen and shipped virtually anywhere. Read on for AQHA’s rules regarding mares bred by cooled transported and frozen semen.
In the instance that either breeding method is utilized, a form called the Collection/Insemination Certificate is required by AQHA. This form can be printed off of the AQHA Web site or AQHA can mail the form as requested. The form needs to be completed in triplicate and starts with the stallion owner. Upon shipping the semen, the stallion owner is required to complete the collection/insemination certificate and send it to the mare owner with the semen. Upon inseminating the mare, the mare owner completes their part of the form, keeps a copy, and returns a copy to AQHA. The mare owner must return the form to AQHA within 15 days of inseminating the mare. A transported or frozen semen breeder’s certificate is also required by AQHA from the stallion owner. Neither of these forms will serve to replace the stallion or mare owner’s signatures on the breeder’s certificate on the foal’s registration application.
When reporting the breeding to AQHA, stallion owners must distinguish each mare bred and the breeding method on their stallion breeding report. A common source of confusion is mares bred via artificial insemination. AQHA considers this breeding method “live cover.” Since the stallion and mare are at the same place, there’s not much room for confusion.
When registering a foal produced by cooled transported or frozen semen, the foal must be parentage verified. Other than this requirement, no other foal registration proceedure changes. Once registered, the foal’s certficate will denote the breeding method that produced it.
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As Always, At Your Service,
Kayla Randall
AQHA Customer Service
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