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(left to right) Double L Stud Manager
Frank Corral, Farm Manager W.L. Mooring and on-grounds veterinarian Dr. Craig King discuss the business of breeding.
Ask anyone in the horse breeding business and they’re likely to wail,
“It’s a tough business!” But W.L. Mooring, manager of the Double L Breeding Farm in Bosque, New Mexico, makes it look easy. The secret to his success?
“Good business sense,” claims W.L. “You just can’t combine this with something else like training. Ours is a 24-hour-a-day operation. We don’t have time to do much else.”
The Texas-born and reared horse tycoon grew up on a ranch and has trained race horses, ridden race horses and bred race horses. But
it’s the breeding aspect that has captured his attention these past few years.
“I went into this business in the dark,” W.L. confessed. “I grew up watching my dad breed mares, and, like most people, thought
it was an easy thing to do. Just get the stallion and the mare together and it’ll happen.” But after jumping in heart first, W.L. discovered it wasn’t that easy.
Frustrated and wanting to know more,
he attended Colorado State University where
he learned about mare care, why some mares can’t get pregnant, foaling, and other helpful breeding information. The experience so opened his eyes, he said, that he recommends that anyone who is in or thinking about going into breeding should take these types of courses. They’ll be better prepared and have a better shot at success, he said.
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New Mexico Horse Breeder
A MOMENT IN TIME
New Mexico
Racing History
From the May-June 1991 New Mexico Horse Breeder Magazine
Written by Sherri Mostaghni
The Business
Of Breeding:
W.L. Mooring, manager of Double L Breeding Farm