Q. Hi Chelsie,Say, we have two Peruvian Paso mares. [We] just bought one [of the] mares. She is 16 and has had 4 foals thus far in her life time. [We] want to be very careful of our new mare as well as our other Peruvian mare who is 17 and only had one foal.
[We] are working with our vet to get the new mare back to proper health but do want to breed her this year at some point by late summer not later. [We] are planning on doing an A.I., [but are] not sure of stallion yet.
[Do you think if we bred her to a Gypsy stallion, the foal would be too big for her to have? We are] looking to start doing cross breeds with Peruvian Paso mares [and] don’t want to pick a type of horse that would create birthing problems for [our Peruvian] mares. [We would like to] stick to spanish type horses to bred A.I to them [and it] would be nice to pace on the gaited horse. But [we] would like … better boned type horses to breed to [our] mares.
-Judy C.
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Hi Judy,
I think that doing A.I. is a very good idea, especially if considering a Gypsy or bigger horse and an older mare.
If you choose the right Gypsy of the right size, I think your mare would be fine. But this is a question that you should ask your vet as well. But, of course, there are never any guarantees when breeding horses.
With out knowing how tall your mare is, it is a little harder to answer the question. But I would say that if you bred to a Gypsy that was in the 14 hand range, it would not be that hard on your mare.
But when breeding a gaited horse to a non gaited horse you have a 50 50 shot of getting another gaited horse. I do know of a lady that has a Gypsy cross Spotted saddle horse that is gaited.
Thanks for the question,
Chelsie Kallestad
