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The Aged Maiden Mare: Increasing Your Chances of Success
T. Stout
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The aged maiden mare is primarily a sport-horse issue that arises because dressage and showjumping mares are not allowed, and often not able, to compete at the highest levels until they are 7 years old. Moreover, injury permitting, sporthorse mares can continue to compete at an elite level until their mid to late teens. In short, an elite dressage, showjumping or eventing mare’s competitive career will often extend beyond her years of optimal fertility. Given that owners and/ or breeders are likely to want to produce progeny from proven performers, this presents a dilemma. Some owners anticipate the possible conflict by producing foals or flushing embryos from mares when they are 3–4 years old, and still at an early stage of their training ...
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Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication
Utrecht University, Department of Equine Sciences, Yalelaan 112, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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