In my area her bloodlines are sought after… I wouldn’t have a hard time selling a baby of hers. The price market hasn’t changed much from last year till this year. It has actually started to increase. As long as I find a nice stud, I think I will do fine. That is one thing about knowing your area and market…
Do you have a contingency for if the foal gets the WORST of both parents and is ugly and untalented?
Buying means that doesn’t happen.
Sounds like ECarr has his/her mind made up and just wanted us to ooh & aaahhhh.
no ohh and ahhhing… Wanted honest opinions, have taken them all in… That is what this forum is about. If someone posted a pretty buckskin, I wouldn’t oh and ah as I particularly don’t like them… I prefer a nice sorrel/chestnut So everyone has their opinions…
That happens when buying also… Bought a AQHA 3 year old, Extremely well bred, both parents proving in the reining and reined cow ring. Had been started doing well. Brought her here to a new reining training and after 90 days was told she will not make a reining horse… What did I do, I sold her to a girl that barrel racers… Maybe she made it maybe she didn’t…
At least with buying conformation at the time is known. Training and mind, not so much, as you indicate.
Foaling or mare care costs can invalidate the cheaper argument, even still.
The market has improved a bit from last year, but my point was about the mare supposedly selling for 3k as a weanling, which was 8 years ago. Eight years ago I could easily sell well started 2yos for 5k. When the economy crashed, we stopped selling young horses, and although the market has come back some, it is certainly not the same as it was in 2004.
OP, everyone that loves horses and has been around them yearns to have their own foal/s to raise and do wonderful things with them, comes with the territory.
Just like we do to raise puppies or kittens, so we idealize having foal/s around to love.
What is any more neat than a little one being born and we get to play with it?
The reality is what you are hearing here.
Any time we bring a new life, we should be responsible about it.
There is so much we should consider before adding more horses to a world today already with more than people need and no other reasonable outlet for many.
Yes, someone needs to still be breeding so the rest of us can enjoy the results in the grown animals we use.
Just be sure if we are breeding we know how to go about it so we do end up with the kind of horse the horse industry wants.
Once you give your reasons for breeding your mare all the considerations others have brought up here, you may still decide to go ahead, that is the beauty of our individual freedoms.
All others here ask is that we use those freedoms responsibly and to do so, having sensible reasons and plans for that new foal that fit reality is a valid concern.
So I’m assuming you are looking for reining/cowhorse bred, correct? Are you looking for live cover or AI?
I would agree to register as regular registry paint you want to stick with a homozygous stallion. Are you planning to show APHA, or something else NRHA local shows?
Do you have a price range you are trying to stick within?
You may want to check out the following studs
The Big Gun
Qts Gold Mastercard
I’d also check out the NRHA and affiliates stallion auctions. As you will probably be able to find a top stallion for a mid level price.
Thanks Silk… I appreciate it. Not really sure what we want to do… We participate in many disciplines with our horses, reining, reined cow, cutting, halter, fun shows, and we show a TWH… So the sky is the limit…
It sounds like the “to breed or not to breed” has already been covered and you have your mind made up, but as far as the mare herself is concerned…
I like her head [although the halter does nothing to flatter her face!]; she appears to have a nice soft eye and good expression. Since the face is the part we often see first every day and kiss the most, I feel a pretty head with a welcoming expression is very important! Her front angles appear to be even and, while her legs are a little light boned for her body size, it is nothing too dramatic. She is built a bit heavy up front and appears to have an uphill build. Her hind end is what would concern me the most for a reiner / cow horse - perhaps it is just a bad picture, but her hocks are not balanced under her, her stifle is quite open, and she doesn’t really have a strong hip / booty. Given that reiners / cow horses utilize their hindquarters so heavily, I would personally skip on breeding her. However, if I was deadset on raising a foal out of her, I would definitely look for a stud with a heck of a nice hind end to hopefully balance out her weaknesses.
Personally no matter what her breeding, I wouldn’t breed a horse with such a straight shoulder and straight pasterns as she has I didn’t look at the sire to see if he had short or straight pasterns as well. I am also concerned about her stifle and hocks, but since the pics aren’t good conformation shots and you can’t really assess her beyond what I saw of her poor shoulder, I can’t speak to the rest of her, but in general, I don’t think the mare is a broodmare candidate. So sorry, that’s what I think of your new mare. Not a good broodmare candidate; poor choice to breed with.
I like raising them myself - and foals can be SO MUCH fun!
That’s why I like buying WEANLINGS. Much less risk involved, less costs, vet bills breeding fees on and on and on… a quality weanling can be purchased for a pretty fair price.
I do not know why anyone would want to breed an unproven mare without a specific goal, besides to sell someday.
