180 times a year, isn’t that a bit much for a stallion? No, says Dijkstra. “He covers every day. In the past it had to be done naturally, but now it is almost all done via artificial insemination. He does it once every morning, for example at 9 a.m. So 180 mares should be possible.”
“He is now a champion, but that is just a snapshot,” says Dijkstra about Jeppe 537. “The most important thing is that he inherits his own quality. The first foals will be born in a year. They will be born between the third and sixth moon. judged throughout the country. Only then will you get a good indication of whether he is a good sire.
