For those breeding future race horses maybe, but it will be providing artifical lightening so the mares are conned into thinking the days are longer. They may come into season, but does not mean they are producing big enough folicals. They wont be covered until next year though, not in the UK anyway.
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Of course, those mare covered in Feb will be foaling in Jan and I'm sure there are those few born late Dec. that are 'hidden' for a few days!!!
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I've always wondered if the number of foals born on the 1st Jan is much higher than other days
my mare went under lights in november and went to stud in february.
she convieved at the end of march, she has a follicle already but it took ages to actually get to 3cm!
Are you refering to Endless summer who was bred by Juddmonte farms and raced by Kalid Abdullah (one in the same really)
Funnily enough he was retired to stud but didnt take to it and has been gelded and is still racing.
Very unlikely to change in the near future according to the powers that be Weatherbys.
rather uneccesary to change really as the popular stallions in Ireland cover 300 mares anyway which is what restricting A'I was meant to stop.