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ShareHorse breeding refers to reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of planned mating of animals.
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While feral and wild horses breed successfully without human assistance, it can be beneficial to domesticated horses.
Humans can increase the chances of conception, a successful pregnancy, and successful foaling. The male parent of a horse, a stallion, is commonly known as the sire and the female parent, the mare, is called the dam.
Both are genetically important, as each parent provides 50% of the genetic makeup of the ensuing offspring, called a foal.
(Contrary to popular misuse, the word "colt" refers to a young male horse only.) Though many amateur horse owners may simply breed a family mare to a local stallion in order to produce a companion animal, most professional breeders use selective breeding to produce individuals of a given phenotype, or breed.
Alternatively, a breeder could, using individuals of differing phenotypes, create a new breed with specific characteristics.
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