Everything Horse magazine Everything Horse UK Magazine, March 2015 | Page 19

BREEDING SPECIAL
not good, this does not provide a
healthy environment for breeding.
Complications during pregnancy or
in the foaling process would also be
valid reasons not to breed from your
mare again.
Even if your mare fell pregnant
immediately, carried the foal without
any problems and delivered the foal
with ease, was she a good mother
to her new-born foal? Not all mares
are natural mothers and to breed
from a mare that really didn’t relish
the experience previously, would be
wrong.
At Cyden Dressage, owner Lara Dyson
aims to breed two quality foals per
year concentrating on quality not
quantity. These foals will go on to
be produced by Lara, to hopefully go
on and have a successful dressage
career, either with Lara herself or be
sold on.
Lara said: “It is important to me to
produce a high quality foal with the
best bloodlines that is likely to go on
and have a bright future. It is also my
responsibility as a breeder to ensure
the foals we produce are of excellent
temperament and ‘trainability’ as
well as brimming with good health
and not sickly.
“It is all too easy to just breed a foal
for the sake of it and flood the market
with poor quality offspring that are
likely to struggle for a purpose in the
future, this to me is irresponsible in

a country already overflowing with
unwanted animals.”

“Breeding a foal is a
serious investment of
both your time and
money”

“As a breeder your reputation is
only as good as the quality of foals
your breed. The ultimate goal for me
and Cyden Dressage is to produce a
home-bred foal that reaches the top
of their game, while at the same time
helping to promote British breeding,”
added Lara.
Breeding a foal is a serious
investment of both your time and
money, so before embarking on this
journey ask yourself if your mare
has the qualities you would wish to
pass on, if not, you are possibly just
added to the population of unwanted
animals.
However, when done responsibly,
breeding a foal and seeing it grow
and mature is one of the greatest
pleasures and achievements for any
horse owner.
Cyden Cadans M and Cyden
Bodyguard Moorland will be standing
at Stallion AI Services for a limited
time this summer with frozen semen
available from Cyden Oostings Amigo.
For Further information contact Lara
Dyson on 07920 452739, visit www.
cydendressage.com or like the Cyden
Dressage facebook page for news of
all three Cyden S