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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox horse breed. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. This infobox is for breeds of horse, such as the Clydesdale .
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status: Generally leave blank or omit unless there is a specific breed conservation status of concern (such as "endangered" or "critical") extinct: Only use if breed is extinct, otherwise leave blank or omit; Breed standards:
Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses.
Starting with 921 acres (3.73 km 2) purchased from his family, Robert Alexander built his Woodburn Stud at Spring Station, Kentucky into the leading horse breeding operation in the United States. He also founded Airdrie, Kentucky in 1855 to mine for iron ore, a project he shortly abandoned and returned to his stud farm.
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A well-designed mating increases the probability of the offspring's success, although many other factors also come into play. Many thoroughbred breeding theories are implemented from other animal breeding stock practices, such as the use of inbreeding to "fix a type". Some breeding theories are qualitative, relying on judgement.