“I finally found a suitable candidate for my Lingh semen which I purchased several years go from the original owners. I found the semen to be
of very good quality. It was frozen in 2005 in Holland.”
The mare is a Hanoverian by Rubenstein x Warkant, registered West.
“I had just wanted to report on how the good the semen looked! I bought it several years ago, and didnt have a suitable mare until recently; however, I had heard in the meanwhile that his semen was marginal. After thawing, my vet and I thought it looked really good. It was probably better than 50 % motility and the cells were moving straight , instead of in circles, like so many others I have seen. I like vigorous appearing cells- not only can they get a mare pregnant, but I think the quality of the newborn is also enhanced by vigor.( my humble opinion) I will know on Monday whether she is pregnant, but the vet inseminated within 3 hrs of ovulation, which is probably not optimal. It remains to be seen whether the mare is pregnant, but it won’t be for lack of good quality semen.”
The reports of Lingh semen that I took over when I first purchased Lingh were not super and we discovered that most likely there had been transportation and storage issues that gave us these results. We have continued to use the same semen in various breeding programs and have had super results. The same outcome last winter when Lingh was sick and his semen was lower in motility – it still got almost every single mare pregnant !!!
