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Location: USA | She's not broke to ride and will only be used as a broodmare. What is everyone's general rule of thumb on buying a broodmare? |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I do and keep it simple. We passed on a Rare Form daughter out of an Easily Smashed mare because she had some cysts in her uterous. We just wanted to make sure she could travel well on all 4 and had a sound breeding exam. The vet wasn't worried about the cysts, but we just didn't want to chance it. We had one done on our Special Leader and A Classic Dash mares and they passed just fine. It was pretty cheap. I think the first mare was around $40 and the other 2 were about $30 each. |
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Location: Desert Land | Most of the broodmares I have bought were in foal, but the ones that weren't I didn't vet check. Most of the open mares I've acquired have been fine, but my most recent purchase has been a challenge. I wish we would've checked her. |
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 The Color Specialist
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | I've never had one checked. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | I had both my broodmares checked for basic soundness. If everything isn't perfect that might be okay so long as it was fixable. |
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Pig-Bear Dog Lover
| JMO anyone who is selling a broodmare, esp a maiden mare should have a breeding soundness exam done prior to listing. At least I would. If not I would have it done yes. Especially on older mares who have had a career, you'd be surprised. I find it a little odd to list a horse as a broodmare and not even know if it is reproductively sound, however slim the chance may be. Many broodmares are listed due to injuries this I can understand, but I have come across one that was listed as broodmare only, lied to about her being totally sound, then come to find out by the prior owners the horse was not sound. Not that I would have cared, because I was buying her as a broodie but it's the principal of it, don't lie to me.
Edited by SwishMiss 2014-06-09 8:35 PM
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 Ms. Manners
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Location: Oklahoma | I've never had any of my mares checked prior to purchase, but I was also willing to take the risk. I know of a handful of good friends who bought mares without a breeding soundness exam and were left with a barren mare. An exam can be as simple or extensive as you choose (ultrasound, palpation, culture, biopsy, etc.). The majority of the time, all will be fine. However, you have to weigh whether it is worth the small cost of a repro exam compared to purchase price of a broodmare who is unable to reproduce. |
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