Hi, I m thinking about breeding my mare next year, she’s a spooks gotta gun out of a nu chex to cash mare. Any suggestion a good stud for her? There are so many stallions out there. Thank you!!!
http://www.royalhorseranch.com/stud-service.html
heres a link to the stud I would use! I’m not sure if they send frozen semen though but I love this horse! I met him in person and he is the sweetest horse ever and has always given the most beautiful foals 
What is her record, what are you going to do with any foal, what are her good points, what other points you want the stallion to contribute?
Ever look thru the lists of stallion’s offspring, see which lines are crossing best with which ones, for what you want to do with the foal, reining, working cowhorse, cutting, SHOT, other?
Quarter Horse News just came with their stallion issue and many such statistics in there, whole lists of crosses and what they are doing.
One younger stallion that was creating some interest was Lil Joe Cash, which would double up on the Nu Checks and add a little more pep to the Gunners, while keeping a sensible disposition.
Your question is so open ended, it is hard to figure what you have there and what you want to accomplish.
Do you have a trainer that could walk you thru the good points and where some lines may be lacking, for what you want?
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We need more information from you.
What are your goals for this foal?
Keeping or selling?
Discipline?
Etc?
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Consider subscribing to Quarter Horse News and asking they send their current stallion issue:
https://www.facebook.com/QuarterHorseNews
There you can read all about which crosses are working best and then go look at pictures and stories of those horses you are interested in, see what you think will cross for what you want.
Also interesting would be Reiner magazine.
I think their last issue had several articles on the European trainers, horses and competitions, ask for that one also if you subscribe to it.
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She is stunning.
Not sure if this will be the unpopular response but…why not focus on getting a show record on her first and then breed her when she is done showing down the road?
Sorry, I don’t mean to come off as snarky or rude. Maybe I’m old school in my thinking that a mare should achieve something before she produces any foals.
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you are right but my husband have 4 mares for embryo transfer and I would like to have a foal just for me, I would have a transfer and also show her(sorry for my english)
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She’s a lovely looking filly. However, I’m going to second luv2lope’s notion. Focus on training and showing the horse before you consider breeding her, even for a foal for yourself. It may be different in Europe, but a lot of folks around here look for money earners on the sire and dam’s side, or a credible explanation as to why the dam wasn’t shown.
Consider why you want to breed her. Colour? Conformation? Rideability? Talent? Just because she’s a mare? You may have a sentimental attachment. Other folks won’t, so they’d look for positive physical and mental traits and a show record. You may not intend to sell the mare or foal, sure. I don’t intend to sell my horse any time soon, if at all, either. However, I do keep the idea of marketability in the back of my mind. What if you fall on hard times? Or the mare or her foal don’t turn out being what you’d like? Some of these may sound like abstract or “big” questions, but I think they’re ones to consider. You’re making an investment in this horse, and another big one if you were to breed her.
There’s no magic cross out there, only more informed decisions in regards to breeding. Even with some good insight, there’s no 100% knowing what’s going to end up on the ground until it happens. If you have a trainer, I’d speak to them about it. Or check out some of the resources Bluey’s posted. However, my suggestion is to wait, show this mare for a couple of years, and then think about breeding her if that’s something you’re still interested in. Meanwhile, if part of wanting to breed her is to have another horse, look for weanlings or yearlings coming for sale. Oftentimes, it’s cheaper to buy something already on the ground. I suppose that depends on the market in your area.
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Have you thought about Smart Luck? He stands at Tom McCutcheon’s so I think they ship frozen to Europe. He’d be a nice outcross for your mare, and has a nice record.
http://tmreining.com/reining-stallions/smart-luck/
I also absolutely love Electric Code. He’s stunning, I know he’s available to European breeders, and he’s also a bit of an outcross.
http://tmreining.com/reining-stallions/electric-code/
Keep us posted, she’s a lovely mare. I can’t wait to hear how she does!
Sounds like the OP wants to flush the mare and use a recipient mare to carry a future foal for her.
Then keep training and showing her mare.
I would pick a breeder/trainer with several stallions, send information on the mare.
Then see what they tell you about what one of their crosses would possibly give you, with the pedigree match from both and to complement the way she is riding now.
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Thank you very much. I think you are right, Even if the mare shows talent I might wait for next year so I will see how she really is in the show pen. I like smart spook but his dam line is near to spooks gotta gun. I was thinking about Magnum chic dream, what do you think about him?
Well, he seems to have crossed with just anything and is very popular.
Not a bad bet that the foal would be talented.
Can’t go too wrong when breeding to the best out there.
