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How an embryo booking works

You pick the mare and the stallion. We handle the mare’s side: the contract, the vet work and getting the embryo to a recipient mare or into the freezer. Here is the order it happens in.

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From request to embryo

  1. Send a request

    Tell us which mare you want and, if you have one picked, the stallion. It takes about a minute and commits you to nothing.

  2. We call you

    We confirm the mare is open for the season you want and talk through the cross, the method and what it costs.

  3. The contract

    Every booking is written up in a contract before any vet work is scheduled. Price, what is guaranteed and what is not are all in it.

  4. Collection

    A reproduction vet collects from the mare, either by flushing an embryo or by aspirating oocytes for ICSI, depending on the cross.

  5. The embryo

    For ICSI, the lab fertilizes the oocytes with your stallion's semen and grows them out. You hear from us as soon as there are results.

  6. Transfer or freeze

    The embryo goes into a recipient mare or into the freezer for later, whichever the contract says.

Questions buyers ask

What is an embryo booking?
You choose one of our mares and the stallion you want to cross her with. After a contract is signed, a reproduction vet collects from the mare and the resulting embryo is transferred into a recipient mare or frozen, whichever the contract says.
Who is the registered dam of an embryo foal?
The donor mare. The recipient mare carries and foals out the embryo, but the foal's registered dam is the mare the embryo came from.
Can I choose the stallion?
Yes. Name the stallion on your request, or leave it blank and we talk through crosses for that mare on the call.
What is the difference between an embryo flush and ICSI?
In a flush, the mare is bred and the embryo is collected from her a few days later. In ICSI, a vet collects unfertilized eggs from the mare and a lab injects a single sperm into each one. ICSI needs very little semen, so it works with frozen semen and with stallions that have died.
What does an embryo cost?
It depends on the mare, the stallion and the method, so we quote it on the call. The price is written into the contract before any vet work is scheduled.
Is anything guaranteed?
What is guaranteed and what is not is spelled out in the contract for each booking. Read it before you sign, and ask us about anything that is unclear.
Are the mares tested on the AQHA six-panel?
Ask for a mare's six-panel results with your request and match them against your stallion's before you commit to the cross.
Which bloodlines are in the Schmidt Ranch mares?
The 12 mares are daughters of One Time Royalty, Dual Rey, Dual Reyish, Dual Smart Rey, Northern Metallic, Reyzin The Cash, Sanctus, Metallic Ozzy and One Shiney Metallic. Each mare's page shows three generations from her AQHA registration certificate.
How old are the mares?
They were foaled between 2014 and 2023. Each mare's foal date and AQHA registration number are on her page.
Where is Schmidt Ranch?
Schmidt Ranch LLC is at 3743 S Mulberry Dr, Saint George, UT 84790. The ranch line is 1 (844) 757-2624.
How do I start?
Send the request form on this site or call 1 (844) 757-2624. A request is an inquiry, not a contract. We call you back to confirm the mare is open and to quote the cross.

Words used on this site

LTE
Lifetime earnings. The prize money a horse has won in recorded competition.
Offspring earnings
The combined prize money won by a stallion's or mare's foals. It grows every show season, so each figure here carries the date it was reported.
OPU and ICSI
Ovum pick-up is the collection of unfertilized eggs from the mare. In ICSI a lab injects a single sperm into each egg. It makes embryos from very little semen, including frozen semen from stallions that have died.
Recipient mare
The mare that carries and foals out the embryo. The foal's registered dam is still the donor mare.
Six-panel test
The AQHA genetic panel for HYPP, PSSM1, MH, GBED, HERDA and MYHM. Ask for a mare's results with your request and match them against your stallion's.

Something we did not cover?

Call the ranch on 1 (844) 757-2624, or put the question in the message box on the request form.

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