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| I have a broodmare I already booked to a stud and paid the deposit. Unfortunately, Unforeseen medical circumstances are leaving me unable to breed her and I need to sell her. Do I sell her with the booked breeding or tak my loss on the deposit and sell her as open?
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | why not breed her, and increase your price on her to cover the cost of the breeding/vet fees? sell her as a 2n1 package. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: SE KS | Check to see what your breeding contract states, to see if what options you may have, i.e. if the breeding is transferable, etc.
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 Coyote Country Queen
Posts: 5666
| First check with the breeding farm to make sure they are okay with you selling the mare and transferring the deposit to the new owner. Then advertise her as having been booked to the stallion with only the deposit being paid. Some people might be interested in using the breeding, but others might rather choose to book her to a stallion of their choice.
I understand that sometimes you just can't afford to even pay the expenses of getting the mare in foal. If it is an option it might help her sell. Otherwise, I think getting her advertised as soon as possible is your best bet at getting her sold this year. Now is the time to be breeding, so if she doesn't selll during the breeding season her marketability greatly decreases if she is open. |
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 Tried and True
Posts: 21185
Location: Where I am happiest | It depends on the stallion she's booked to. If I was interested in the mare, but she was bred to a horse I had no interest in, it would kill the deal for me. I would offer her either way, with the breeding or without. |
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 Reaching for the stars....
Posts: 12704
| The first rule in buying a broodmare is to buy one in foal. I've bought several in foal to stallions that weren't my personal choice for the mare, but at least I knew she was viable. The one time I broke the rule it took 4 years and thousands of dollars and ended up losing all that and had to live cover her with one of my stallions. She didn't like extenders or the antibiotics, one or the other, used for AI. |
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 The Color Specialist
Posts: 7530
Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | Offer her for sale WITH the paid booking fee. (If the stallion owner allows breedings to be transfered.) It will be up to the buyer to use the breeding or not. However, I wouldn't add to the sale price that you think the mare is worth without the booking fee paid. |
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