By using ultrasound we can identify the mare with a uterus that contains fluid and hasn't contracted, we can stop them from being bred on foal heat so that they can be bred later for a greater chance of a successful pregnancy. Unless you're prepared to manage the mare carefully and treat her and ultrasound her. Our foal heat breeds this year have been very good. However, those mares are very carefully selected and managed. The stallion does seem to be the forgotten area in reproduction.
Stallions have lots of problems that can identified and treated.
Many people don't realise the technology to fix stallion problems is here. We get more stallion referrals in proportion to the number of mares. There is one stallion for every thirty or forty mares, so you'd only expect to see 3 or 4 stallions if you were referred a hundred or more mares. However, we probably see 25 to 30 stallions per year and between a hundred and three hundred mares for reproductive problems. It's interesting that there's a big imbalance.