(Please Read Contract Carefully. Signed Copies must be on file prior to shipment.)

A FRENCHMANS LEDOUX (AQHA #5661233 - 5 PANEL NEGATIVE)
STUD FEE DUE IN FULL AT CONFIRMED PREGNANCY AT ULTRASOUND.

Stallion Owner & Breeding Manager: Taylor-Jane Gardner
Box 75 Purple Springs, AB T0K 1X0
Phone: 403-844-6384 Email: taylor_janegardner@outlook.com

All Veterinary Assistance & Frozen Semen: Blue Sky Veterinary Services
12323 AB-41 Cypress County, AB T1B 0L3
Phone: 403-580-7331 Email: admin@blueskyveterinaryservices.com

to the stallion “A FRENCHMANS LEDOUX” AQHA #5661233. For the 2026 Breeding Season for FROZEN SEMEN ONLY. Mare owner agrees to pay the Stud Fee valued at $1,500 (unless another Stud Fee has been arranged/offered or donated.) All payments must be made payable to Taylor-Jane Gardner. Whether this is a donated breeding or discounted breeding, the $150 non-refundable BOOKING FEE is due with signing of the contract. The FARM FEE of $350 is due before any handling of the Frozen Semen has been made & the STUD FEE is due as soon as ULTRASOUND has confirmed heartbeat. 

PLEASE NOTE:

Frozen semen will be released one dose per cycle (8 straws.) 2 doses of Frozen Semen per Breeding Contract will be provided without additional semen fees. If the second dose is used at another time and another foal is concieved, a new contract will need to be signed & STUD FEE paid for. No Booking Fee or Farm Fee will be applied to this second dose.

A veterinarian knowledgeable in successful insemination techniques must oversee inseminations to maximize the potential of a timely pregnancy. This is incredibley important in using FROZEN Semen, to maximize your success insure that your using a veterinarian that is proficient in reproduction. It is the responsability of the mare owner to insure they are using a qualified individual. 

PRE-BREEDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS

1. Proof of CURRENT VETERINARY REPRODUCTION EXAM and Normal Uterine Cytology and/or Uterine Culture for the above listed mare must be provided before shipment of cooled or release of frozen.

 2. All applicable fees must be paid in full before any shipments or release of frozen will be made. 

SHIPPING::

 

Once your contract is filled, please call Blue Sky Veterinary Services at 403-580-7331. 

There is no gaurentee that the Dry Shipper will be able to ship at short notice due to its high demand we recommend ordering in advance so that your semen can be waiting at your vet clinic when your mare is ready!

CHANGES TO CONTRACT

All mare changes must be submitted in writing via email at least 24 hours prior to shipment. There will be a $100 charge for all mare changes unless the original mare booked has died. 

Selling of Stallion Service purchased through Incentives or Stallion Fee purchased through donated auction service. 

1. Stallion Owner must be notified by the Seller & Buyer of the Purchased Incentive/Auction Fee. A transfer form must be filled out by the seller & the new owner of the Stallion Service and returned to the stallion owner.

2. A $150 Change Fee will be applied with the transfer form.

3. Once completed the new owner of the Purchased Incentive/Auction Fee will then be sent a Breeding Contract to fill out and return.

4. Stud Fee must be used in the breeding season it was donated UNLESS stated otherwise. 

LIMITED LIVE FOAL GUARANTEE

If the contracted mare dies or is deemed unfit to breed during the season she is contracted, a substitute mare, approved by the stallion owner, may be bred without any additional breeding fee for that same season.

A live foal is defined as one that will stand and nurse. If foal is born dead, mare owner agrees to furnish the stallion owner, within 7 days, a certification from a licensed veterinarian that the foaling was an attended foaling and deliver a written statement from vet giving details required to substantiate the failure of the mare to produce a live foal. In such case, the mare owner will have the right to rebreed contracted mare the season following the original contract ONLY, NO EXCEPTIONS!

Mare owner may substitute a different mare for the rebreeding providing that the substitute mare is of same quality and condition as the original mare approved, determined in the stallion manager’s discretion. In such a case, return privileges will be available for the season following the original contract season.

All rebreeds must pay the rebreed Farm Fee of $350 and any shipping charges applicable. If the mare owner fails to rebreed the following year after original contracted season, then any and all fees become forfeited, the right to rebreed is cancelled and the stallion owner is released from all further obligation of this contract.

ALL MARES SWITCHES MUST BE APPROVED AND EMAILED IN WRITING TO US AT A MINIMUM OF 48 HOURS BEFORE ANY SHIPMENT OF SEMEN IS SENT!

If the original mare booked dies there will not be a mare change fee.

Any mare that is to be re-bred must have a clean/negative culture on file with Taylor-Jane Gardner before any semen will be sent. 

EMBRYO TRANSFERS

If more than one embryo is produced from a single flush, then the mare owner is required to sign an additional contract for the additional embryo and pay an additional Stud Fee of $1500 for each additional embryo regardless of the original fee contracted. 

FROZEN

A Frenchmans Ledoux has Frozen Semen located within Canada & the United States, Taylor-Jane Gardner recommends taking your mare to a Veterinarian Proficient in Equine Reproduction that has Frozen on hand in the case that cooled shipped is not available.

Blue Sky Veterinary Services, Medicine Hat, AB Canada 

Hiede Veterinary Clinic in Red Deer, AB Canada

Loomis Basin Equine in Penryn, CA USA

Our main Veterinary Location that Taylor-Jane Gardner works with is at Blue Sky Veterinary Services outside of Medicine Hat, AB. Not only can they help you with all your reproductive needs but they will handle all Frozen Shipments to the Reproduction Veterinarian of your choice.

OTHER INFORMATION

The stud fees are non-refundable in the event something happens to the stallion.

Mare owner is responsible for DNA testing their mare as per AQHA and Other Association Rules before a foal can be registered.

The mare owner agrees to have mare ultrasounded and check for heartbeat and report back to stallion owner to confirm pregnancy.

MARE WILL NOT BE PUT ON BREEDING REPORT UNLESS ALL FEES HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL, PREGNANCY STATUS AND LAST BREEDING DATE HAS BEEN PROVIDED to Taylor-Jane Gardner by September 1st. Failure to do so will be at mare owner’s expense. 

NO REFUNDS GIVEN ON ANY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTRACT.

 

Frozen - Shipping & handling will be billed by Blue Sky Veterinary Services unless other arrangements have been confirmed.

Late Bookings will be subject to a Late Fee of $150.
Bookings are due by April 1st.

All Booking Fees must accompany the Signed Contract.
All Farm Fees must be paid before semen will be shipped or handled.
Stud Fee must be paid in full at confirmation of ultrasound.

Recommendation of taking your mare to a Veterinarian Proficient in Equine Reproduction & has experience with using frozen if that is your selected option. Your success rate is only as good as good as who you use, Taylor-Jane Gardner is not responsible for your choice of who you use for Frozen.