Horses (mating behavior)

Rosse called the horse the period of sexual receptivity of the mare within their sexual cycle .

The specific perception of smell or pheromones ( Jacobson organ ) plays an important role during oestrus . Often a pleading precedes the stallion .

Lubrication in the horse during oestrus

The horse is hormonally controlled and associated with physical phenomena and changes in behavior. The cyclic activity of the ovaries depends on the length of daylight, but it usually occurs every three to four weeks. The mare's fertility cycle lasts an average of three weeks, of which she is stony for around five days. The horse begins with the maturation of the follicle and subsides again after ovulation . Ovulation takes place in the last third of the horse, usually on the fourth day. The optimal occupancy time is one day before the end of the horse symptoms ( tolerance phase ).

During the winter dormancy (September to March) the mare does not rosate or only slightly (depending on the husbandry). Although the horse itself is hormonally controlled, experience has shown that it can be stimulated by bringing the mare close to a stallion .

Older mares broke little or no more.