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Location: OH | When I was saying kids---I was meaning one of our horses. We always joke that when they do well we feel like proud parents. LOL. But yes, we are all invloved with it as a family---our boys are 13 and 14 and have become quite useful. |
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| Mighty Broke - 2018-08-22 11:33 AM When I was saying kids---I was meaning one of our horses. We always joke that when they do well we feel like proud parents. LOL. But yes, we are all invloved with it as a family---our boys are 13 and 14 and have become quite useful.
Haha, That is funny. I cant wait until my kids are finaly useful. |
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Location: OH | Whiteboy - 2018-08-22 1:05 PM Mighty Broke - 2018-08-22 11:33 AM When I was saying kids---I was meaning one of our horses. We always joke that when they do well we feel like proud parents. LOL. But yes, we are all invloved with it as a family---our boys are 13 and 14 and have become quite useful. Haha, That is funny. I cant wait until my kids are finaly useful.
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Location: Louisiana | I know we were hesitant to pay a lot for a baby...so we decided to buy a mare and do all the hard work ourselves...and the foal died.
So this year my husband found what he wanted and paid the $$$$ for a sound healthy yearling.
Still have the mare so I picked a much higher caliber stud to breed her back in 2019 for a 2020 baby so I can have a barrel prospect in 2024 WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME  
My current project is 5 so I figure (considering he makes a rodeo mount) he'll be nearing middle age and his peak when the colt (yes, I pre-ordered a buckskin colt LOL) is ready to season. Also by then my other 2 geldings will be at retirement age.
I say all of this with a crazy-person smile bc we all know how plans go, especially in the horse world!!!  |
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Location: OH | dashnlotti - 2018-08-22 1:38 PM I know we were hesitant to pay a lot for a baby...so we decided to buy a mare and do all the hard work ourselves...and the foal died. So this year my husband found what he wanted and paid the $$$$ for a sound healthy yearling. Still have the mare so I picked a much higher caliber stud to breed her back in 2019 for a 2020 baby so I can have a barrel prospect in 2024 WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME My current project is 5 so I figure (considering he makes a rodeo mount ) he'll be nearing middle age and his peak when the colt (yes, I pre-ordered a buckskin colt LOL ) is ready to season. Also by then my other 2 geldings will be at retirement age. I say all of this with a crazy-person smile bc we all know how plans go, especially in the horse world!!!
LOL---horse world and plans.
Years ago I bred to Sun Frost looking for a stud prospect----promptly got four fillies in a row. |
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Location: Feeding mosquitos, FL | I have a mare that I would LOVE a baby out of who is currently sitting in my pasture living on food stamps and welfare.... but just the thought of raising a baby myself gives me hives. Mad mad props to all the people that raise babies cause sure I do not wanna. |
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| It’s nice to hear some people are selling their horses for decent money. (Decent in my book lol). My yearling is probably here to stay. My 3yo isn’t going anywhere. He’s supposed to replace my 14yo middle of next year so she can be a mom and I have a buckskin filly in the oven. I have also pre-ordered lol.
Just wondering that if something terrible were to happen, could I sell these suckers for a decent penny? I know they are QUALITY horses. IMO much better quality than what I’m seeing listed for 5-10K.... I see so much talent that lacks soundness or brains. Like oh he’s 4 and running 2D times but he does it with his nostrils in the air, you gotta turn him with your body weight, he is ulcer prone and we had his hocks done last year. Oh, and he still sits back tied to the trailer.
Haha rant over.
edit to fix typo
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | RoaniePonie11 - 2018-08-22 4:57 PM It’s nice to hear some people are selling their horses for decent money. (Decent in my book lol). My yearling is probably here to stay. My 3yo isn’t going anywhere. He’s supposed to replace my 14yo middle of next year so she can be a mom and I have a buckskin filly in the oven. I have also pre-ordered lol. Just wondering that if something terrible were to happen, could I sell these suckers for a decent penny? I know they are QUALITY horses. IMO much better quality than what I’m seeing listed for 5-10K.... I see so much talent that lacks soundness or brains. Like oh he’s 4 and running 2D times but he does it with his nostrils in the air, you gotta turn him with your body weight, he is ulcer prone and we had his hocks done last year. Oh, and he still sits back tied to the trailer. Haha rant over. edit to fix typo
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Location: Arkansas | Mighty Broke - 2018-08-22 11:17 AM
della - 2018-08-22 12:11 PM Mighty Broke - 2018-08-22 10:03 AM della - 2018-08-22 12:01 PM In all reality for what it costs I don't sell my foals for enough, most people don't. 5K is less than I ask and even 5 is not truly enough for many foals. When you add up stud fees, collection charges, shipping charges, ultrasounds, vet fees, mare care or fuel and time driving her back and forth for weeks plus all the mares upkeep during gestation and foal rasing. Feeding the foal, fitting effort and cost in sale adds.... There's nothing left at the end of the day. I am not longer even wanting to deal with it all anymore. I have only ever made a good profit on watching stallion auctions for local live cover proven producing quality stallions. And That's what I'll keep doing. Live cover hand breeding or onsite AI, I grew to dread and despise breeding season after a couple really unlucky years and if I hate it ... What's the point. ABSOLUTELY---ya gotta do it cause you love it, cause it is dang hard to make much money at it. That is very true. I leased them out last year and considering just leaving them there until I really love it again. Lost my self somewhere the last few years and its just too much stress and work when your heart is not in it.
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Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | THANKS---we have been pretty lucky lately. |
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Location: Montana | Hey! There are people who like Paints! I wouldn't want to sell the kind that were just bred for color, but the fast ones do sell still.
The solid Paints that are well bred can sure be great deals for people though . . . which is frustrating but how it is. I've got one right now that would be worth about double if he was QH. If you go back 7 generations and read from top to bottom, you'll find one Paint. And she was a great one.
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