Ok. I'm not planning on breeding horses or anything; rather, I'm in search of a term. It was used to describe Barbaro's fate after he got injured and couldn't race any more. It meant that people would pay his owner to have their mare to breed with it to create a nice racing horse. What was this term?
I think its something like "out to mare", but I'm not at all sure that's even close to it...
2007-03-18 15:31:04 · 3 answers · asked by mitchhodson 3 in Sports ➔ Horse Racing
At stud, or out to stud. Hope this helps!
2007-03-18 16:20:13 · answer #1 · answered by Cuan W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a mare is 'sent to stud' she is 'covered' by the chosen stallion, when she is 'in season'. The mare owner has to pay a 'stud fee' to the stallion owner or Stud Farm. If the stallion gets her 'in-foal' then she will take 11 months to 'gestate'. If he doesn't get her in-foal, or 'returns' (comes back in season) then sometimes the mare can return and 'visit' the stallion again at no extra cost, or, the mare-owner doesn't have to pay the fee.
Hence the phrase: "No Foal - No Fee" or "No Foal - Free Return"
When the mare 'foals' or gives birth, eleven months later, the offspring is said to be BY the stallion and OUT OF the mare. It is called a foal until it is one year old and then it becomes a 'yearling'.
2007-03-19 04:30:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Out of Mare" Means progeny (son or daughter) out of a mare.
A male horse is a Stallion and best stallions are sometimes are called - a stallion to boot!!!!
P.S. Some breeding Stallions are really expensive breeding, frozen semen and mare care fees. Worm your mare before you send her off to the facility for better reproduction.
2007-03-19 02:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by xoxMeaghanoxo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋