Shining a (blue) light on sport horse breeding

By Equilume

For successful breeding outcomes, timing is everything. While there may be less pressure to produce performance horses early in the season, timely conceptions mean less disruption of competition schedules, reduced workload managing multiple cycles and increased chances of success using valuable semen.

To help make the breeding process that little bit easier, Equilume provides Sport Horse breeders with simple-to-use tools – award-winning mobile Light Masks and smart Stable Lights – that ensure maximum success for breeding programs, as well as optimum health and well-being for horses using this technology.

Scientifically developed, the biologically effective blue light in Equilume products mimics the wavelengths of light provided by the sun on a summer’s day. Both the quality of light and the duration of daily light delivered have important fertility benefits for mares. It is the powerful regulatory effect of blue light on production of the hormone melatonin that influences a mare’s reproductive system.

As seasonal breeders, the naturally lengthening days of spring suppress melatonin and in turn stimulate reproductive hormones that allow mares to commence breeding cycles...

Read the full article in the May issue of Equestrian Life magazine.