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A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud" comes from the Old English stod meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding". [1] Historically, documentation of the breedings that occur on a stud farm leads to the development of a stud book. Male animals made ...
The decree of 2 July 2015 created the “Établissement Public Administratif” (a public administrative establishment) named the “Haras national du Pin”: the National Stud was detaching itself from the authority of the IFCE (French Institute for Horses and Riding), in order to be jointly managed by the Orne department, the Basse-Normandie ...
On October 11, 2013, Haras Don Alberto paid $13.82 million for Dr. Tom Simon's 417-acre Vinery Stud in Lexington, Kentucky. [1] The purchase increased the farm's American holdings to 1300 acres. [3] Later that year, Haras Don Alberto was the leading buyer by expenditures at the Keeneland November Bloodstock Sale, purchasing 32 horses for $10.64 ...
Alec Head undertook a massive restoration of the facilities and in 1959 brought in the farm's first stallion. Over the years he and his wife Ghislaine developed Haras du Quesnay into one of the leading stud farms in the country with horses acquired from across Europe and the United States.
The Lipizzan breed suffered a setback to its population when a viral epidemic hit the Piber Stud in 1983. Forty horses and 8% of the expected foal crop were lost. Since then, the population at the stud has increased. By 1994, 100 mares were at the stud farm and a foal crop of 56 was born in 1993.
The farm was passed down to Santiago Luro, Pedro Luro's second son and two-time president of the Jockey Club Argentino. [1] [6] In 1909, the farm covered 6,000 acres and had 98 broodmares. [7] By 1914, Haras Ojo de Agua was the largest horse breeding farm in the world. [8] In 1967, the number of broodmares on the property had increased to 180. [3]
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In 1784, Potoooooooo was retired to stud at Oxcroft Farm near Balsham, Cambridgeshire, where he mostly covered mares owned by Grosvenor. For other mares, his stud fee was initially 5 guineas, gradually increasing to 21 guineas. In 1796, he was relocated to Upper Hare Park near Newmarket.