If you are new to the breeding business, you will soon realize that putting a foal on the ground can be an expensive proposition. Breeding can be as simple as turning a stallion in with a group of mares, or it can be as sophisticated as importing frozen semen from a highly acclaimed stallion located in another country.

Science has taken some of the mystery and chance out of breeding, but that progress has come at a price–literally. The monetary cost of utilizing the latest research is usually picked up by the mare owner. Yes, you can use embryo transfer to get a foal from that valuable broodmare who can’t carry a pregnancy to completion, but the foal had better be worth about $10,000 or more when it’s a weanling to make economic sense of the venture, because the procedure can cost you $5,000 or more depending on locale and circumstances. And that doesn’t include the stallion’s breeding fee