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2 The Wrangler, Annual Breeders Edition • January 1-31, 2017 Frenchmans Guy now has progeny with earnings exceeding 10.5 Million Dollars! In fact, in 2015 fifty percent of the nation's top 25 futurity horses had Frenchmans Guy blood close up in their bloodlines. This among other accolades has made Frenchmans Guy the Decade's #1 Leading Living Sire. Next spring "Guy" will be 30 years old. While he still looks great, Myers have decided to no longer send cooled semen out on him. They will be offering breeding through ICSI procedure using frozen semen. What is ISCI? Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is an advanced reproductive procedure that may be beneficial in selected cases in which the number of spermatozoa available is very limited. The intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedure involves micro- injection of a single sperm cell into the cytoplasm of a mature oocyte (egg), which physically causes fertilization. Because ICSI utilizes a single sperm cell for each oocyte, this procedure holds tremendous potential for the production of foals using semen from stallions where few straws of frozen semen exist. The injected oocyte may be transferred immediately into the oviduct of a recipient mare or may be returned to the incubator and cultured for an additional 24 to 48 hours. If the oocyte was successfully fertilized, the single-celled oocyte should cleave into two cells and then those cells should cleave again into 4 cells, etc. over the next few days. The cleaved embryo would then be surgically transferred into the oviduct of a synchronized recipient mare. The first foal produced from ICSI was born in 1996 at Colorado State University. Currently, sperm injection is only available at a few equine reproduction referral centers. The technique involves specialized equipment and requires advanced training by clinicians and/or technical staff. Since only a single sperm cell is selected and injected, ICSI can utilize very small quantities of frozen semen. This advanced reproductive technology is also beneficial for mares that are unable to become pregnant themselves (i.e., mares with chronic uterine disease, cervical lacerations, or other damage to the reproductive tract that prohibit the mare from conceiving or supporting an embryo in the uterus for any length of time). Additionally, this technique is valuable to mare owners who wish to produce offspring Frenchmans Guy 29 Years Young out of mares that are currently competing. Cost? The ISCI procedure is very similar to the cost of an embryo transfer. Additional savings can be made if you own your recipient mare. The costs also vary depending on what facility you choose to use. Myers Performance Horse has teamed up with these 5 great facilities throughout the country: 1. Colorado State University – Equine Repo – Fort Collins, CO 2. In Foal, Inc – Equine Reproduction – Hemet, CA 3. Equine Medial Services, Inc – Columbia, MO 4. Texas A&M – Equine Embryo Lab – College Station, TX 5. Weatherford Equine Breeding Center – Weatherford, TX Return on Investment: Frenchmans Guy was the Nations #1 Leading Sire of Horses sold in 2015 at $33,000. In 2016 his sale average on 2-year-old riders overall was $54,556. 2-year-old mares - $57,143. 2-year-old geldings - $45,500 The Next Generation from Myers Performance Horses A SMOOTH GUY sired by Frenchmans Guy and out of a producing daughter of Dry Doc! He was the #2 leading sire of horses sold in 2015 at $26,500! Also the 2015 Future Fortunes Champion Juvenile Sire. Hurry, book is filling fast for this buckskin stallion. We roped on Special this winter in Arizona and loved everything about the way this young stud worked. Very fast, cowy and extremely smooth when he runs to catch a steer!" Bill & Deb Myers IMA SPECIAL KINDA GUY, a talented & upcoming young sire by Frenchmans Guy. His Dam is AAAT producer Melt Away, by the World Champion Special Leader (speed index 103). "We were extremely happy with this young stallion's first set of colts. They are fancy, fancy – just like him. A SMOOTH GUY IMA SPECIAL KINDA GUY A promising young sire in the Myers Program – THIS GUYZ A KEEPER. By Frenchmans Guy and out a AAA Granddaughter of Three Bars! "This young stallion has a lot of bone, substance and frame. He will mature to be a big horse but he is still very athletic. A naturally kind disposition. His 2nd dam was one of Three Bars best daughters – as close to Three Bars as you can get today! We think he will be a great addition to our stallion lineup." Bill & Deb Myers THIS GUYZ A KEEPER. Mark your calendar – Saturday August 26, 2017 for the Myers Ranch/ Copper Spring Ranch Performance Horse Sale held in Bozeman, MT. For more information on Myers Performance Horses or the prospect sale go to www.FrenchmansGuy. com or feel free to contact them at myerstraingstable@gmail.com or 605- 641-4283 (Bill's Cell) or 605-641-4282 (Deb's Cell). FRENCHMANS GUY