Arabian breeding safety question?

The mare's uterus will restrict the growth of the baby--she won't have a massive baby just because the stallion is big. Heck she's already had four, her uterus is already warmed up!

We had a mare, small, maybe 15.2, bred to our WP stallion, also 15.2, had a massive baby that took two people almost an hour to PULL out of her. She was so sore the next day that she needed pain killers to go to the bathroom. Breeding is a risk no matter what. There are people who breed pony mares to fancier WB stallions to get flashy large ponies.

Asking that is enough proof that you really shouldn't even be thinking about breeding.

Zakkit and Ron are right. You need to make sure the stud isn't so big he damages her during the actual breeding or you need to do IVF for the safety of the mare.

The stud has absolutly no bearing on how big the foal will be in the womb. They have proven this time and time again by doing studies of breeding shetlands to shires with no bad consequences. These aren't new studies either. Heck Ag and Zoology classes over 20 years ago have been teaching that it's the mare's utuerus size that determines the foal size and a pretty definitve study was done in 1997.

If you were talking cattle then you do really have to worry about Feto-maternal disproportion, but this is really rare in horses. Like Zakkit said though that foal is going to grow quick. You may need to watch it closer to make sure it is getting enough food, not overburdaning the mare, and not growing so quickly that it's doing damage to it's own body.

If your mare were maiden I'd be much more worried about breeding as she gets older as it can be quite difficult for a maiden. As to if it i safe, well breeding is never safe. Healthy proven mares have problems so I can't tell you if it is safe to breed your mare. I can say you won't have any more problems if you choose a bigger stud.

A foal with only grow as big as the mare can accommodate usually. So, in theory you could breed her to a shire horse, but the foal might be small when it is born, but catch up in growth once she or he is out. There have been incidences of a shetland mare being mated with a larger breed of stallion and her foal comes out easily enough, and grows to a larger size if fed properly.

My only worry would be the amount of a growing larger foal would have enough milk for its growth requirements, so the breeder would have to keep a close eye on frequency of feeding and whether the foal seems satisfied afterwards, and if necessary supplement the feeds with mares' milk replacement.

The other problem would be the weight of the stallion as mating inevitably puts a great deal of strain on the mare's back and loins. However, this problem can be eliminated due to the use of AI (Artificial Insemination) where the mare does not meet the stallion at all. This is done by a qualified operator.

(I visited America when I had qualified as an British Horse Society Assistant Instructor also known in the UK as an AI. I told them that I was an AI and wondered why the whole room went silent!! They thought I was an artificial inseminator!)

But, before all breeding can take place, the mare needs to undergo extensive medical tests and swabs to make sure that she is healthy and free of sexual diseases and only when all the information is collected and analysed will she be approved for breeding.

As long as the warmblood is not over about 18 hands or out weighs her by more than 500lbs it will be safe for her.

In a case like that where you want to breed a smaller mare to a larger stallion it may be in everyones best interest to do an embryo transfer. That way the biological dam is not at risk from a larger offspring and the offspring can be safely carried by a larger mare.

in case you are able to back out of the sale, i think of you ought to. i'm exceptionally particular that any one with sufficient understanding of horses would not be asking this question. i think of you ought to purchase a registered nicely-broke older mare that has had a prior foal, get a pair greater years of horse possession, and then evaluate your techniques of having a foal from her. in case you won't be able to back out of the sale, surely call a veterinarian and get your horse gelded. it's going to make him lots greater handy to paintings with and lots safer so you could be around. i think of it could be greater effective to sign in him as a nil.5-Arabian in case you will get the papers to attain this. Then i might advise to attempt to sell him and seek for the older registered nicely-broke mare. And if in any respect available, discover somebody who knows approximately horses to assist choose for a greater appropriate suited animal for you. With all due know, this is a question that seems maximum asked by using people who're getting their first horse. if it particularly is so, then this horse, even after gelding, remains going to be greater of a difficulty than this is effective so you might handle. an incredible decently bred, older registered mare would be ridable, and would desire to later furnish you a greater appropriate foal from a greater appropriate stallion than the horse you have already got. Plus you may have the mare to coach the foal off from.