Embryo Transfer Foals

The production of an embryo transfer foal involves the removal of an embryo from the uterus of a donor mare (usually at day 7 post ovulation) and the transfer of that embryo into the uterus of a recipient mare who carries the foal to term. Embryo transfer is very beneficial because valuable show mares with excellent bloodlines can donate embryos to recipients and thus remain in athletic competition and training. Also, this enables valuable mares to have multiple foals per year. SE Farms has produced six successful embryo transfer foals.

Oocyte Transfer Foals

For an oocyte transfer pregnancy, an oocyte is collected from a donor's follicle and transferred into a recipients oviduct. The recipient is then impregnated by artificial insemination. In this process, fertilization and embryo development will occur within the recipients reproductive tract, unlike regular embryo transfer where the original mare is impregnated and then the embryo transferred to another horse. We have one successful oocyte transfer foal that was born in 2004.  Please check the In Foal link in the weblinks section for more information about this procedure.

ICSI Oocyte Transfer Foals

This process involves the micro injection of a single sperm cell into the cytoplasm of an oocyte, which physically causes fertilization to occur. We used this process on Mystery, an otherwise subfertile mare with good lines that we wished to incorporate into our breeding program. Using this process, we had two successful foals in 2007.  Please check the In Foal link in the weblinks section for more information about this procedure.

This article provides links to the necessary contracts for purchasing semen from SE Farm.

Stallion Contract for Transported Semen Delivery in PDF format.

Stallion Contract for Fresh Cooled Semen Delivery in PDF format.

Embryo transfer mare.

Embryo transfer stallion.

Direct filly

For His Pleasure (For Pleasure X Mistery(Darco))

ICSI oocyte foal.  "Boots" is out of our "elite" Darco mare, Mistery.  He was a premium foal in the '07 Keuring.

Zariata (Ariadus/Irish Linen(South Pacific))

Embryo transfer filly

Heart of Gold (Cathalido X Sulphurs Class Actxx)

High scoring premium filly in '07 Keuring.

Zathalida (Cathalido/Tango(Liostro))

Direct filly.

Zoey (Cathalido/Silver Dollar(Liostro))

Direct Filly

Aria (Ariadus X Irish Linen(South Pacific))

Embryo transfer colt.

Corazon de Corrado (Corrado/Piktorial(Pikadero))

Direct foal.

For His Glory (For Pleasure X Mistery(Darco))

ICSI oocyte foal.  "Honey" is out of our "elite" Darco mare, Mistery, and was a premium filly in the '07 approvals.  She was tied for second place nationally in the scoring for conformation points.

Honey is the niece of Sapphire, McClain Ward's Olympic mount, and she is the spitting image of her aunt!!