Approved stallions can serve up to hundreds of mares a year, which leads to a big number of offspring on the ground defending their father’s name. The mother’s side of a horse’s bloodline, however, gives horses their uniqueness. Mares usually will only carry one foal per term and due to a gestation period of 11 months, they will only be able to produce a limited amount of offspring. Although the rising technologies like embryo transfers and ICSI have made it possible for mares to produce multiple foals a year, they are not yet able to produce as many offspring a year as stallions can.

We take a deeper look at some of the broodmares that currently have the highest number of first-generation offspring competing at the international level during the past 365 days. At this point in time, there are six mares who have eight or more offspring that have competed internationally in the past 365 days.

1/ Café Crème

Café Crème, born in 2004, is a daughter of Creve Coeur out of an Athlet Z-mother, who actively competed up to 1,45m level herself under World Champion Philippe Lejeune from Belgium. Eleven of her offspring have competed at the international level these past 365 days winning a combined total amount of €19,986 over 117 starts. Two of her offspring are Black Types.

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