New Posts For Thread: Artificial Inseminationhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-inseminationIt's about time the industry joined the 21st century. The nonsense of dragging mares around the country and spending large sums on swabs and tests needs to come to an end. That money wasted and going out of the industry is better put to prize money.and to Scotlandhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554760729#554760729and to ScotlandThu, 14 Jun 2018 18:01:33 -0500You would have cool boxes going to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, China, UK, France from Ireland.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554755625#554755625You would have cool boxes going to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, China, UK, France from Ireland.Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:27:38 -0500You can no more limit a sire's progeny under AI than you can under the current system. Restraint of trade rules stop that.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554751003#554751003You can no more limit a sire's progeny under AI than you can under the current system. Restraint of trade rules stop that.Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:14:19 -0500I can't really see controlling semen distribution much of a problem All foals have a DNA sample taken when registered. I don't think you will ever get Galileo for £10k, in fact it may make him more expensive if there is an enforced limit of let's sahttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554750861#554750861I can't really see controlling semen distribution much of a problem All foals have a DNA sample taken when registered. I don't think you will ever get Galileo for £10k, in fact it may make him more expensive if there is an enforced limit of let's saWed, 13 Jun 2018 13:51:34 -0500smuggling semen would of course mean that you couldn't use the Sire's name but if you had a lower grade sire it would be easy to us semen from a top one on your own mare and clean up when it won a small auction race after you had bought it in. If allhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554750611#554750611smuggling semen would of course mean that you couldn't use the Sire's name but if you had a lower grade sire it would be easy to us semen from a top one on your own mare and clean up when it won a small auction race after you had bought it in. If allWed, 13 Jun 2018 13:16:51 -0500It would work if there were enforceable limits on "covers'.But the stallion farm / company that dominates today broke the old "rule" of 40 mares a season, and then doubled that with shuttling.If they had a chance to have 3,000 "covers" from each of thttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554736251#554736251It would work if there were enforceable limits on "covers'.But the stallion farm / company that dominates today broke the old "rule" of 40 mares a season, and then doubled that with shuttling.If they had a chance to have 3,000 "covers" from each of tMon, 11 Jun 2018 12:21:36 -0500Sorry for the delay in responding, I have been dragging mares over the A66 and down the A1!!Kinscem, you simply put a limit on the number of foals allowed. It's so simple its stupid. In fact you could say that champion stallions or those with the highttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554727107#554727107Sorry for the delay in responding, I have been dragging mares over the A66 and down the A1!!Kinscem, you simply put a limit on the number of foals allowed. It's so simple its stupid. In fact you could say that champion stallions or those with the higSun, 10 Jun 2018 08:57:28 -0500For those not familiar with the process, I was once employed in a large pig breeding company who wanted some semen from Germany (before the EU) and someone brought a straw back in a biro in their pocket! Impossible to police.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554709177#554709177For those not familiar with the process, I was once employed in a large pig breeding company who wanted some semen from Germany (before the EU) and someone brought a straw back in a biro in their pocket! Impossible to police.Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:01:18 -0500If the semen could be guaranteed to be from the named stallion, insemination by the owner of the mare without having to travel would make a lot of sense but as said above, verification would be a nightmare and there would need to be a limit on the nuhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554709133#554709133If the semen could be guaranteed to be from the named stallion, insemination by the owner of the mare without having to travel would make a lot of sense but as said above, verification would be a nightmare and there would need to be a limit on the nuFri, 08 Jun 2018 09:58:39 -0500You'd need a very secure cryopreserver to keep a check on those very valuable straws belonging to Galileo and Dubawi.....https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/31405965/artificial-insemination?post_id=554705353#554705353You'd need a very secure cryopreserver to keep a check on those very valuable straws belonging to Galileo and Dubawi.....Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:25:47 -0500