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Breeding Services

Breeding is not a simple task.  We have over 25 years experience breeding as a stallion owner and a mare owner (to outside stallions).  We are fortunate to have excellent support from our reproductive veterinarians.

General Information

We tailor our Stallion Service Contract to the mare owner's needs where possible.  We offer a live foal guarantee (LFG) for live cover and AI cooled shipped semen.  If we offer frozen semen, there will be no LFG for it.  We do welcome outside mares to our farm for live cover breeding.  Contact us with your questions about how breeding with one of our farm stallions would work for your mare.

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If you are new to the Fjord breed, please understand that it is a closed breed book where crossbreeding is discouraged in the United States.   We only accept registered Fjord mares for breeding.  There also are registry rules that vary to some extent on the inbreeding is allowed.  Our aim is that every foal sired by our stallions is registerable.

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We believe that performance is an important aspect for a Fjord, so we participate in breed evaluations (when available) and in horse shows to document our horses' accomplishments.  As breeders we want to show that our horses can perform and produce performance results in their offspring.   This type of program takes many years.   We have achieved  it with Blitzen and are beginning the journey with Bravo and Triton.

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Ironwood Blitzen

Stud Fee for 2024:  Live cover or locally delivered cooled semen only. $700; includes $100 nonrefundable booking fee.  He no longer ships reliably for AI beyond the region.  We have had no problems with AI locally; in fact we have AI foals in recent years.  His semen is very good, but as a middle aged stallion, it is challenged by the commercial transport process.  Balance due when mare confirms pregnant, LFG  Mares coming to Ironwood Farm for field breeding are charged a care rate of $7 a day plus any vet or farrier care required.

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Blitzen will be retired from breeding in 2025 having produced over 70 registered offspring.

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Chlans Bravo

Bravo will be available for breeding in 2025 when he is 3 years old.  He will be trained to be collected and his semen tested.   We may take a limited number of outside breedings via AI or live cover.   We are eager to see what Bravo produces when crossed with our mare herd.

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Bravo will be started under saddle in 2026 and have a show career.

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Mosegardens Triton

Triton will be available for breeding in 2025 when he is 3 years old.  He will be trained to be collected and his semen tested.   We may take a limited number of outside breedings via AI or live cover.   We are eager to see what Triton produces when crossed with our mare herd.

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Triton will be started under saddle in 2026 and have a show career.

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