Farraway Stud

Willie Nelson and his mamma Rainy Night

White Lodge Sullivan’s Glory is still collecting! While we have some blackout dates, he and Bell Tower Banrion’s Hero do not have a season cutoff for collections.

Deferred Stud Fee - only pay if your mare takes.

Breeding to uninspected stock

Due to the size of North America it is not always feasible to hold an inspection here. For this reason, the IDHSNA has extended the amnesty. This means if you breed your mare to an uninspected stallion, the offspring is eligible for inspection.

This bypasses traditional studbook rules that required both parents to already be fully inspected and classified in order for an offspring to be officially recognized or upgraded to breeding status.

Breeding to uninspected stallions still carries risk. Mostly, you risk that the stallion will be classed as Class 3 when inspected. Class 3 is a "not recommended for breeding" class.

In order to be given Class 3, a stallion must fail the veterinary requirements. The horse did not pass the health and veterinary checks required for breeding approval. This can include hereditary physical abnormalities, severe dental or respiratory issues, or unsound joints. You do not want to be breeding your mare to a stallion with such flaws. And if you do, the offspring produced will likely carry the same issues, if not directly, they can carry the ability to pass them on.

Class 3 status is not given lightly, and if it is, it should be taken seriously. That is the whole point of the inspection process - to keep the genetic traits we are passing on as clean as possible, so we can produce the best quality horses possible.

Mare owners can mitigate this risk by making sure that the stallion they want to breed to, if uninspected, has already submitted his X-rays to the society veterinarian and has received notice that his X-rays pass and he is eligible for inspection.

With the Irish Draught being a rare breed, mare owners need to do their due diligence when choosing a stallion. And with the number of good quality inspected stallions available, you have plenty of choices. Should you choose to breed your mare to an uninspected stallion, at least make sure that the stallion has passed the veterinary requirements and is eligible for inspection.

Picture of my 3 year old purebred Irish Draught c**t Harry (Dernahatten Dubh). Harry was unable to be inspected this year as inspections were not held. Harry will stand to the public next year as an uninspected stallion. Harry has had a full X-Ray panel approved by the society veterinarian and a full medical work up which is what gives me the confidence as a Stallion owner to stand him regardless of his official inspection status. Harry's x-ray files are available for any seriously interested breeders to evaluate. Because I take breeding seriously, and I take breeding quality seriously.

Edit to add: This inspection eligibility only applies to breeding purebreds. Although, if you are breeding a sporthorse cross you should still be doing your due diligence and making sure that the stallion has passed veterinary requirements for inspection. A sound horse is a sound horse. All breeders should be breeding with a sound horse as the goal regardless of whether that is a purebred or a sporthorse.

The Irish Draught is known for its soundness. This is not by accident. This is due to our inspection process selecting for soundness.

Longwood Connacht Gold at his first schooling show. Scored 67.9 first level test one

A handsome White Lodge Sullivan’s Glory foal at 3 months old

Mare owners - we will collect and ship for you through to the end of October, but now we are in late season we do have some blackout dates. Stallion App profiles are kept up to date with blackout dates so please check there.

White Lodge Sullivan's Glory

This is only Charlie's first season getting out and about at all, and he shares me with 4 other stallions so he's not been out much! He has a very willing attitude and a great brain. An all-round nice guy.

Charlie is still collecting this season if you are looking for a great brained and great looking stallion to add substance to your mare. All offspring can be registered Irish Draught Sport Horse regardless of the mare's registration status.

Farraway stud operates on a No Foal, No Fee stud contract.

Farraway Stud will be taking up to 3 interns next year!

Our internships would suit people who are interested in learning all aspects of equine reproduction in a hands on learning environment.

What you need to be able to commit to:
- 10 hours per week (split into 2 or more days) for an 8 week period between January and June. (Doesn't have to be 8 weeks in a row).

What you will be doing:
- Helping with mare and newborn foal care
- Helping with stallion collections
- Light barn chores (filling haynets, skipping foaling stalls, disinfecting foaling stalls)

What you will learn:
- Mare care: Ultrasound interpretation. tracking mare follicles, pregancy checking, heartbeat checks, uterine health.
- Business aspects of managing stallions and mares, record keeping, billing, foal sales.
- Foal watch signs, daily checks etc
- Newborn foal care
- Stallion handling
- Stallion collection, semen analysis, how to ship fresh cooled semen.

This is ideal for someone who wants to someday stand their own stallion, or breed their own mares.

You can contact via the page messenger for more details or to express interest.