From selecting the best horses to mating, pregnancy, birthing, and caring for a newborn foal, this is the authoritative resource you'll want by your side at all stages of the breeding process to bring healthy, beautiful foals into your life. Features include: <UL> <LI>Guidance on evaluating mares and stallions from bloodline and performance record to overall health and appearance <LI>Key breeding techniques such as artificial insemination, pasture breeding, and hand breeding <LI>Pregnancy essentials including testing, gestation, care of pregnant mares, and dealing with complications <LI>Foaling fundamentals: signs of approaching labor, labor and delivery, care of the postpartum mare, and more <LI>A complete immunization schedule, physiological evaluation tables and procedures, and a thorough glossary of terms <LI>More than 100 photos and drawings illustrating anatomy, techniques, and procedures