New Spring Farm Trakehners: Breed to Windfall

To Breed to Windfall

Read about Windfall's offspring's performance, and see a gallery of Windfall's foals here.

2004 Note: Windfall has now been approved as a sire by the Irish Horse Board (ISH), by the Westphalian Verband, and by the Swedish Warmblood registry (all three worldwide).

In November 2004, Windfall was formally inspected by a combined team of German and North American Hanoverian judges and approved as an elite Hanoverian Stallion, for use both here and in Germany as an improvement sire in that breed. He may produce studbook Hanoverian foals from mainstudbook Hanoverian mares and registered mares with at least 50% Hanoverian blood. More detailed information may be obtained from the AHS office in Lexington, Ky.

Windfall has been actively breeding mares, in nearly all cases so far by cooled fresh transported semen. There is frozen semen available also, from which mares have been settled and foals born, but we do not recommend its use until he is not available for sending fresh. Our success rate is very high in settling booked mares and we intend to keep it that way. By way of proof, we offer our own situation, which is dependent on the very same cooled transported semen from Windfall as sent to client mares (Windfall has stayed with Darren continuously since December, 2000). In the 2006 breeding season we intended to breed seven of our own mares to him and settled all seven with a total of ten semen shipments. These mares ranged from first-time three year olds to a marginal-endometrium-biopsied nineteen year old. Success rates with frozen semen have been substantially lower than with fresh cooled. Every effort will be made to give the best possible service to mare owners. Our terms are contained in a plain-language agreement form, which may be obtained by request via e-mail at breeding@newspringfarm.com.

Fees: The breeding fee will remain $3000 for the 2007 season. It provides for a live foal guarantee. A shipping cost deposit is also required and both items must be paid in advance, prior to shipping semen. Costs run $250 per shipment, which includes collection and semen preparation fees, use of the container, and Fedex overnight shipping. Containers may be returned more slowly for a very reasonable fee by Fedex.

Shipment: We ship fresh semen via Fed-ex in either Equitainers or smaller semi-disposables. Collecting and shipping is done six days a week most of the season, depending on Windfall’s location, which varies. Containers must be promptly returned. Frozen semen shipments will be organized as needed.

Mare selection: Preference has in the past been given to ATA or Trakehner Verband-registered mares and to Jockey Club-registered thoroughbreds, particularly those with successful performance records or especially interesting pedigrees. However due to his recent approval by the above-mentioned four other breed registries, the same preference will be extended to Hanoverian, Irish Sporthorse, Westphalian, and Swedish mares. Infertile and marginally fertile mares are not being solicited. More details are contained in the contract. Mares of other breeds, especially warmbloods and warmblood/TB crosses, are evaluated and accepted in a variety of circumstances, mainly involving performance histories.

Disease: Windfall is EVA-negative and is vaccinated annually. He has no communicable disease.

Registration of foals: All foals are eligible for registry in the American Trakehner Association registry book or appendix book. Details of registration requirements for other breeds may be obtained from those registries. We will help in this if needed. All Trakehner and other appropriate mares bred and reported to us as settled will be reported annually to the ATA. The same applies to the American Hanoverian Society for Hanoverian mares. At the end of the year of breeding, when all fees and refunds have been taken care of, a breeding certificate will be sent to each mareowner, allowing registration of the foal that results. We recommend ATA registration when appropriate for several reasons, not the least of which is eligibility for the extensive awards program they conduct.

Breeding advice: We would be glad to discuss your particular situation, offer more information about suitability for breeding your mare, or answer any other questions. The best method of contacting us is by the email address shown above.

Tim and Cheryl Holekamp
New Spring Farm
7901 Highway 63 South
Columbia, MO 65201
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Breeding to Windfall: holekamp@aol.com