Terms & Conditions
Prior to placing any order for semen, mare owners' must complete the online nomination form and make payment in full to Mickleholme Stud before any semen will be released.
Once the online nomination form has been received, an invoice will be issued and payment can be made via BACS. If you experience any problems with the website or nomination form please contact us directly.
All orders for semen must be received by 0900 hrs the day before you require the semen to be delivered, Chilled semen will be sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery for 1000 hrs the following day. On the days the Royal Mail does not deliver the semen (orders for next day delivery cannot be placed on Saturday or Sunday), it can be collected in person from the Stud, or the mare owner can make alternative arrangements to have it collected.
Headleys Deluxe’s stud fee for 2024 is £850 no VAT
Ulano M’s stud fee for 2024 is £400 no VAT
Fresh & Chilled Semen 2023
Headleys Deluxe will be available for fresh and chilled semen during the 2024 season. He will be standing at B&W Vets Willesley.
Collection and shipping fees for chilled semen are payable directly to B&W Vets Willesley by the mare owner at a set price of:
£132.00 + VAT and shipping next day delivery (2023)
Should fresh or chilled semen not be available due to competition or training commitments, then frozen semen would be supplied instead. We will endeavour to notify the mare owner should this be the case.
Frozen Semen 2024
United Kingdom:
Frozen semen is stored at both Oakham Veterinary Hospital and Stallion AI Services in the UK.
Orders for frozen semen must be received by 0900hrs the day before the semen is required for next day delivery.
Shipping and handling fees for frozen semen are payable directly by the mare owner to the frozen semen storage facility and must be paid in full before any semen will be released.
Headleys Deluxe frozen semen stored at Stallion AI Services:
£92.00 handling and processing fee + VAT (2023)
Shipping is usually around £70.00 with DHL 48 hour delivery (2023)
Ulano M frozen semen stored at Oakham Veterinary Hospital:
£50 Handling and processing fee +VAT (2023)
Shipping is usually around £70.00 (2023)
Each dose is made up of 6 straws of frozen semen.
Only 1 dose of frozen semen will be shipped at a time unless you have arranged and paid for multiple doses. Please discuss with Jess Spalding, for further information.
All shipping containers are free of charge to hire but must be returned within 3 working days. Failure to do so will result in a charge to the mare owner.
Worldwide:
Terms currently being reviewed for the 2024 season.
Please contact Jess Spalding for further information on availability.
Once the online nomination form has been received, an invoice will be issued and payment can be made via BACS. If you experience any problems with the website or nomination form please contact us directly.
All orders for semen must be received by 0900 hrs the day before you require the semen to be delivered, Chilled semen will be sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery for 1000 hrs the following day. On the days the Royal Mail does not deliver the semen (orders for next day delivery cannot be placed on Saturday or Sunday), it can be collected in person from the Stud, or the mare owner can make alternative arrangements to have it collected.
Headleys Deluxe’s stud fee for 2024 is £850 no VAT
Ulano M’s stud fee for 2024 is £400 no VAT
Fresh & Chilled Semen 2023
Headleys Deluxe will be available for fresh and chilled semen during the 2024 season. He will be standing at B&W Vets Willesley.
Collection and shipping fees for chilled semen are payable directly to B&W Vets Willesley by the mare owner at a set price of:
£132.00 + VAT and shipping next day delivery (2023)
Should fresh or chilled semen not be available due to competition or training commitments, then frozen semen would be supplied instead. We will endeavour to notify the mare owner should this be the case.
Frozen Semen 2024
United Kingdom:
Frozen semen is stored at both Oakham Veterinary Hospital and Stallion AI Services in the UK.
Orders for frozen semen must be received by 0900hrs the day before the semen is required for next day delivery.
Shipping and handling fees for frozen semen are payable directly by the mare owner to the frozen semen storage facility and must be paid in full before any semen will be released.
Headleys Deluxe frozen semen stored at Stallion AI Services:
£92.00 handling and processing fee + VAT (2023)
Shipping is usually around £70.00 with DHL 48 hour delivery (2023)
Ulano M frozen semen stored at Oakham Veterinary Hospital:
£50 Handling and processing fee +VAT (2023)
Shipping is usually around £70.00 (2023)
Each dose is made up of 6 straws of frozen semen.
Only 1 dose of frozen semen will be shipped at a time unless you have arranged and paid for multiple doses. Please discuss with Jess Spalding, for further information.
All shipping containers are free of charge to hire but must be returned within 3 working days. Failure to do so will result in a charge to the mare owner.
Worldwide:
Terms currently being reviewed for the 2024 season.
Please contact Jess Spalding for further information on availability.
Terms & Conditions
- Payment is required in full at the time of nomination and no semen will be dispatched prior to full and cleared payment, health certificates and delivery charges. Payments are accepted via BACS .
- All fees are subject to VAT at 20% unless otherwise stated.
- The stud fee does not include semen distribution fees, please request shipping prices separately.
- All fresh, chilled and frozen semen supplied are subject to the terms offered by Mickleholme Stud.
- Each nomination form is for 1 mare only. Additional mares require separate order forms.
- Resale of semen is prohibited.
- All of the semen purchased under this contract must be used on the mare nominated.
- Mare owners will be charged per pregnancy if any doses are split, or if multiple embryos are conceived for embryo transfer.
- Mickleholme Stud must be informed if semen is to be used as part of an embryo transfer procedure or ICSI and please be aware that a stud fee is payable for each pregnancy at a reduced rate.
- Mickleholme Stud provides no money back guarantee. Once payment has cleared the order is placed and cannot be refunded or exchanged.
- Chilled semen may be unavailable at times without notice, due to competition schedule, illness or extreme circumstances. Mickleholme Stud will in these circumstances use reasonable endeavours to provide frozen semen if suitable or another stallion in exchange.
- All Mickleholme Stud stallions come with a Live Foal Guarantee. This means that if your mare is not in foal, you may receive another dose of semen for free. If at the 1st October your mare is not scanned in foal you may try again the following season with any mare and have the option to choose an alternate stallion.
- If your mare is not in foal by the 1st October and you have written veterinary confirmation of this (including evidence of EVA and CEM tests which are negative), or the foal dies within 48hrs of birth, the following breeding year, you can receive a free dose of semen from either of the Mickleholme Stud stallions. Equally, if frozen semen is tried and the client wishes to try chilled, the difference in price is also payable by the client.
- Mickleholme Stud will only honour the Live Foal Guarantee if mare owners have opted to vaccinate their mare during their pregnancy against Equine Herpes Virus 1 & 4 (EHV or Rhinopneumonitis virus) at 5, 7, and 9 months of gestation. This is due to EHV increasing the risk of abortion.
- Liability and risk for the semen and any container it is transported in is only the responsibility of Mickleholme Stud and partners prior to transport. Once collected by the transporter, courier or shipping company, the semen becomes the responsibility of the person or company to whom the semen is delivered to or purchased by.
- Mickleholme Stud is not liable under any circumstances for any loss or costs incurred where semen is unavailable or delayed, including, but not limited to, veterinary, livery or transport costs.
- Although the transport couriers endeavour to deliver in accordance with timed deliveries, they do not guarantee a timed delivery. As such, neither the transport companies nor Mickleholme Stud provide any compensation for any loss or costs arising from late delivery of semen, and in addition the full transport charge will still apply and is payable by the mare owner.
- Mickleholme Stud reserves the right to refuse to accept any order and to cancel any order already placed (whether semen has already been delivered under the order or not) at any time and at the sole and absolute discretion of Mickleholme Stud.
- In the event that Mickleholme Stud cancels any order, the full amount paid by the Customer will be refunded within 7 working days, unless the mare owner has already received a dose or more of semen, in which case the mare owner will be refunded the full amount paid less a deduction for the value of goods received.
- All orders placed are subject to the laws and jurisdiction of England and Wales.