Thank you for deciding to breed to Amorex. To book the breeding, you will need to do the following steps:

1. print and sign two copies of the contract,

The contract is on the website, just scroll down, http://www.magpiefarm.com/amorex.htm.

2. Send both copies of contract, and your booking fee of $250

3. Please include a copy of your mare's papers, and a photo (or you can e mail me a photo). If she is not registered, please include whatever breed info you have on her. I will also need a description, i.e. "bay, white snip, sock on left hind" for when I send in the breeding report. * You can send in the contract first, and e mail or mail the photos later.
4. Mare Health Form :When you are close to breeding time, and your mare is in heat, please have a reproductive check and what is called a "culture and cytology". Mare Health Form please click here *

This just lets you know that she is clean and ready to breed. She needs to be in heat for it. It is fine to do it on the same heat you want to breed her on; you can send me the paperwork as we go along (I don't hold the shipment up) . I just want to know that it has been done. It is really to help you and to make sure she will be able to conceive.

5. Just let me know when you are thinking of breeding. If you are in a northern state, the early heats (March, early April), will be transitional heats--sort of the mare's body warming up but not quite there. Those follicles are less likely to result in a conception. It is nice to wait til maybe mid-April to start breeding; I often wait til May so it will be warm when the foal comes.

6. Be sure to send the rest of the fee, $200 (for a total of $450), before you need semen shipped.

7. Please let me know when your mare goes into heat (and you want to breed on that cycle), so I plan for it.

8. We collect and ship Mondays through Fridays; we only have Fed Ex to ship for us, and they do not go on the weekends. If you are nearby, we can collect for you on the weekends. Please call by 8 pm the night before you need a shipment. Same-day shipments incur a $25 fee.

best regards,

Mary