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 The Bird Lady
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | For folks that breed or buy horses to race (track not barrels) - do you enroll your prospects in the AQHA MBNA Challenge? D0 you think it makes your horse more marketable if you put in in a race sale or sell privately? If you are buying a race prospect, do you look specifically for horses that are enrolled in MBNA?
Bottomline, do you think its worth the money?
Edited by rollingrfarm 2014-10-30 9:37 AM
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 Swiffer PIcker Upper
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | I'd love to know too!
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Location: Vinton, La. | No, do not enroll them. Used to until they went up on fees. It never made a difference in the amount my yearlings sold for. I sell my yearlings thru our LQHBA yearling sale in August. Have only sold a very few privately. (3 in 18 years of breeding and selling)
I don't buy outside yearlings but if I did, being enrolled or not in the challenge races would not reflect my opinion one way or the other.
We have a fantastic breeders program in Louisiana, so I'm sure that is why not very many breeders nominate their horses to the Challenge program here. I think you would have to consider where you lived, sold, or where you would be running your horses to decide if it would be worth putting them in the Challenge program or not. |
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Location: North Central South Dakota, west of the Might Mo | We enroll our horses. It is a minimal fee if enrolled as weanlings. We have found being Challenge enrolled has made them more marketable. I think this is especially true if you're in an "out of TX-OK" racing area (this statement is my perception). We run mostly at the local South Dakota and North Dakota tracks, and Canterbury Park and Prairie Meadows. The Challenge races are Prairie Meadows are very popular and with good purses and competition.
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 Saint Stacey
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 Coyote Country Queen
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| The agent that I use to sales prep and represent my yearlings said to enroll them, so it must be worth it if he thought it was important.
Edited to add that I agree with SKM about enrolling them in the Challenge and Future Fortunes. But I also enroll mine in PESI if they are eligible.
Edited by Jenbabe 2014-10-30 8:22 PM
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 Hog Tie My Mojo
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Location: Opelousas, LA | Bigtime mistake - 2014-10-30 9:57 AM No, do not enroll them. Used to until they went up on fees. It never made a difference in the amount my yearlings sold for. I sell my yearlings thru our LQHBA yearling sale in August. Have only sold a very few privately. (3 in 18 years of breeding and selling) I don't buy outside yearlings but if I did, being enrolled or not in the challenge races would not reflect my opinion one way or the other. We have a fantastic breeders program in Louisiana, so I'm sure that is why not very many breeders nominate their horses to the Challenge program here. I think you would have to consider where you lived, sold, or where you would be running your horses to decide if it would be worth putting them in the Challenge program or not.
I agree. We used to when we lived in Texas because the challenge races were some of the better races and champions night was at Lone Star every other year. Now that we are raising LA breds, we don't bother with it. The breed program is so good here that it's just not worth it. |
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  Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Barnmom - 2014-10-30 8:39 PM Bigtime mistake - 2014-10-30 9:57 AM No, do not enroll them. Used to until they went up on fees. It never made a difference in the amount my yearlings sold for. I sell my yearlings thru our LQHBA yearling sale in August. Have only sold a very few privately. (3 in 18 years of breeding and selling) I don't buy outside yearlings but if I did, being enrolled or not in the challenge races would not reflect my opinion one way or the other. We have a fantastic breeders program in Louisiana, so I'm sure that is why not very many breeders nominate their horses to the Challenge program here. I think you would have to consider where you lived, sold, or where you would be running your horses to decide if it would be worth putting them in the Challenge program or not. I agree. We used to when we lived in Texas because the challenge races were some of the better races and champions night was at Lone Star every other year. Now that we are raising LA breds, we don't bother with it. The breed program is so good here that it's just not worth it.
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Racing Folks - do you enroll your race prospects in AQHA MBNA Challenge?