Instructions
Have your mare examined by a veterinarian to determine that she is healthy and in good enough condition to safely carry a foal to term. Do not breed horses with health problems.
Select an appropriate paint stallion for your mare. You will need to find a healthy stallion that has a record of producing colored foals and has produced few or no breeding stock offspring; otherwise, there may be a high chance you will have a breeding stock foal.
Sign a breeding contract with the owners of the stallion you have selected and pay your stud fee.
Determine whether you want the mare to be covered naturally by the stallion or if you want to perform artificial insemination. Some stallion owners only offer one option or the other. If the mare is to be covered naturally, you will need to deliver her to the stud farm prior to her next heat. If the mare is to be artificially inseminated, you will need to keep track of her heats and contact your veterinarian to inseminate her with the shipped semen when she comes into heat.
How to Breed a Stock Paint Mare
A breeding stock paint mare is a term used for a horse that is registered with the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) and hails from a lineage of paint horses, but does not display the paint coat coloring characteristics. The APHA currently refers to these horses as Solid Paint-Bred horses. A breeding stock paint can still be bred back to a regular paint horse in hopes of producing a colored foal. Breeding stock paints are not allowed to compete in officially sanctioned APHA competitions or events and are generally considered an undesirable but unavoidable side effect of breeding paint horses.