Features include cut out and adjustment in height and angle

Every aspect of the SMS Breeding Phantom has been carefully designed to provide you with the most comfortable and safe breeding phantom, dummy mare, or stallion mount on the market. The body, is a strong, custom rolled cylinder with solid welded attachments for the legs, done at a professional machine shop that fabricates for major construction and bridges.
Our legs are made from the same square tubing and hitch pins you use to haul a horse trailer. And there are 2 of them!! How safe is that?
Not all cover material is the same. Ours is made by a US based manufacturer with proven side by side comparisons for longevity and strength. The cover is then sewn and fitted on the phantom by hand.
Also, I always love feedback from our customers, and many improvements have come from customer suggestions. See our about page for more info. For pictures of sample breeding areas and info on footing – click here.

Custom Cut Phantom Body

SMS breeding phantom bodies and legs come with a 15 year warranty (excluding cover). Our cutout on the side provides for easier positioning of the AV, keeping the stallion positioned behind the breeding phantom rather than trying to come around the side to reach the AV. Without the cutout stallions have a tendency to twist their back to get to the AV and some continue up the side until they fall off the front. If they don’t travel up the side, then they are still breeding in an uncomfortable and unbalanced position. By starting him behind the breeding phantom in a comfortable position he has no reason to travel up the side. Please note there is another cutout at the top where your stallion rests on the phantom.

SMS Breeding Phantoms with the Custom Cutout for ease of collecting your stallion — SMS Breeding Phantom Custom Cutout

Phantom Legs

The SMS Breeding Phantom is built with two heavy duty steel legs to withstand the most aggressive stallions. During training stallions have been known to climb completely over a breeding phantom with the entire weight of their body on the breeding phantom. Have peace of mind knowing your breeding phantom has two sturdy legs under it and two heavy duty, SOLID connecting points to the breeding mount body. Our legs don’t have any fancy gears or hydraulics to adjust. Our legs are the same size square tubing and hitch pins used to tow your trailer. This makes our phantoms less expensive to make, yet you can still easily change their height and angle.

Our legs are positioned toward the back to properly distribute his weight over BOTH legs. When the legs are toward the front of the phantom one of the legs ends up in the middle of the phantom. As the stallion mounts on one end, the center leg works like a fulcrum (imagine a teeter totter – what happens when weight is applied at one end – the other end goes up) that puts a lot of lift on that front leg and I’ve seen them pop right out of the ground, cement and all. You also don’t want the legs so far back that they are in the way of the stallion’s hind feet while he is on the phantom.

SMS Breeding Mount on Low setting for collecting ponies

SMS Breeding Mount at average height for collecting a stallion off a dummy mare. — SMS Breeding Phantom average height for collecting a stallion – for average horses

SMS Breeding Mount on Tall setting for Taller breeds of Horses — SMS Breeding Phantom on Tall setting for Taller breeds of Horses

Phantom Covers

Our covers are made from a heavy duty industrial material manufactured with cross linked fibers (ballistic nylon) to protect it from tearing further if ever punctured. Our cover is removable for repairs and/or replacement covers are available. There are many manufacturers of the material we use for our phantoms, but they are not created equally. They may all have been 22oz fabric, but there is more to it than that. We have tried a half dozen different manufactures, and in 2004 we found the best, and it is Made in America. Several of the other fabrics were made overseas and would de-laminate or not hold up due to the inferior manufacturing process.

Phantom Padding

Our padding has been chosen to provide maximum give and at the same time provide stability. The outer most padding is 100% waterproof and moisture resistant and stays flexible to -35 degrees. The inside padding is designed to provide enough “give” so the stallion can comfortably grip the breeding phantom without struggling and without the need for hips. If the breeding phantom is too hard the stallion’s legs can’t not “grab” the phantom, which he needs to do to be able to thrust properly.

We collect and train stallions for a living and have used many different breeding mounts, and I can very proudly say “our breeding phantoms are the best I’ve used”.

By holding the Artificial Vagina yourself rather than the AV being built into the phantom
you gain the following benefits:

Less semen spillage:

You have control of the AV so the semen doesn’t drain out as stallion withdraws. You can also slowly tilt the AV so the semen gets to the collection bottle as soon as possible. The less time in the AV the better. Ideally the stallion should ejaculate into the other end of the AV, not inside the AV itself.

Less semen damage:

Quicker release of water so semen doesn’t get too hot.
The quicker you can get the semen to the lab the better. With the built in AV you have to have the stallion dismount BEFORE you remove AV. By using our phantom the AV is already with you. Rushing the stallion to dismount (so you can get to the AV inside the phantom) is not a reward for a job well done.

Safer for stallion:

No risk of “missing” and stallion getting hurt on AV opening. If you are using a handheld AV you can move with him.

Artistic Photography by:

Laurie Claver Photography