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| I am thinking of doing ET on my 1D black mare and Slick By Design is top on my list. However, I don't rodeo or futurity, I just like the jackpots around my state. BUT I do want a competitive horse and I was wondering if those of you who have a Slick By Design could tell me about their personalities. How old is the oldest foal crop? I want brains and soundness. My mare is athletic enough to compliment him but I need some more insight. ET is obviously expensive so I need to make a good decision. Thanks |
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Location: Desert Land | His oldest foals per AQHA are 2013 models and there's only 5 of them. I have seen some videos of a couple of those 3 year olds and some 2 yos being started and so far they're looking really good. There's 129 registered in 2015, so I think it'll be a a few years before you really see them hitting the scene. |
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| Thank you for that info.!
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Location: OH | Slick By Design is an outstanding animal but has yet to prove himself as a sire---IMO, if I was spending that kind of money I would want a proven sire. Not bashing Slick by any means---I love the horse. |
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| Thanks, I agree he is DREAMY, amazing athlete. |
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| Not sure what you mean about "that kind of stud fee" but I only paid $1500 and have an outstanding weanling stud colt by Slick. The ownes raised his fee to $2000 but I think its going up to $2500 in 2017. I'd breed to him again - you have the highest earning barrel horse, he is still running, he has the NFR stallion arena record, he fee is really reasonable I think, he's plain gorgeous and not DTF or FG, and their breeding manager Christy is awesome to work with. |
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| I have a 2 yr old Slick gelding that is wonderful. Smart, intelligent & a fast learner & he is very athletic. He was started by Randy Jarvis for 60 days & Randy loved him. I am excited to ride him this fall as when he came home from Randy, I have given him the summer off. Everyone who has met Slyder loves him. I don't have a problem breeding a mare to an up & coming stallion as long as the pedigree & conformation fit my mare. I remember I bred to Dinero in 1999 before anyone knew his name. Not only did my mare " LR Frenchmans Gift "by Dinero do great, well look at Dinero's record as a stallion now. Yes your taking a chance & I took that chance with Slick, but I have no doubt he will be siring wonderful horse's. My baby's have great temperments, are smart & willing to learn. I have bred 3 different mares to him & all 3 baby's are wonderful.
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| All the Slick babies I've seen have been very nice looking. I think that if you breed, you should breed to something you like and something that has a market just in case your situation changes and you are forced to sell down the road. Slick WILL be a sire. I have no doubt that his owners will make sure some of his colts get into the right hands and succeed.
It shouldn't matter where you run. If Slick meets your criteria, then breed to him and it's nobodies business if you run jackpots with it. |
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Location: Texas | I have a black weanling filly out of my Stoli daughter. She is probably the nicest built foal this mare has thrown. She's super classy. She has a lot of personality. Would totally breed back. |
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Location: OH | SKM - 2016-08-03 6:52 AM All the Slick babies I've seen have been very nice looking. I think that if you breed, you should breed to something you like and something that has a market just in case your situation changes and you are forced to sell down the road. Slick WILL be a sire. I have no doubt that his owners will make sure some of his colts get into the right hands and succeed. It shouldn't matter where you run. If Slick meets your criteria, then breed to him and it's nobodies business if you run jackpots with it.
I sure hope he is an outstanding sire---the industry needs the outcross badly. |
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | SilverCanChaser - 2016-08-02 6:39 PM
Not sure what you mean about "that kind of stud fee" but I only paid $1500 and have an outstanding weanling stud colt by Slick. The ownes raised his fee to $2000 but I think its going up to $2500 in 2017. I'd breed to him again - you have the highest earning barrel horse, he is still running, he has the NFR stallion arena record, he fee is really reasonable I think, he's plain gorgeous and not DTF or FG, and their breeding manager Christy is awesome to work with.
I think the poster was referring to the cost of ET, not the stud fee. |
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Location: TEXAS | Mighty Broke - 2016-08-03 6:42 AM SKM - 2016-08-03 6:52 AM All the Slick babies I've seen have been very nice looking. I think that if you breed, you should breed to something you like and something that has a market just in case your situation changes and you are forced to sell down the road. Slick WILL be a sire. I have no doubt that his owners will make sure some of his colts get into the right hands and succeed. It shouldn't matter where you run. If Slick meets your criteria, then breed to him and it's nobodies business if you run jackpots with it. I sure hope he is an outstanding sire---the industry needs the outcross badly.
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Location: United States | Thanks everyone and yes I was referring to the ET cost. I have no budget for the stud fee (well, you know what I mean). When investing in an ET, once can't have "limits". Otherwise, Incould just buy what I wanted if I didn't think my mare was worth pulling an embryo. Thanks for all the insight, I'm all set! No need to carry on for my sake. |
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| There are some very nice Slick babies out there and of course he has a great record. I would compile a list of 3-5 stallions that you like and go through the pros/cons. Depending on the bloodlines/confirmation of you mare, Slick may be the best candidate or he may not. We bred a mare last year to a stud that was bigger boned and had more run because she is rather fine boned and super ratey/catty. There was a certain stud I would have rather had a foal out of, but we didn't think he would cross as well on that particular mare. You have a little time, be sure to explore all your options and go from there. Especially since you are going through the expense of ET and such. Good Luck! Babies are so much fun!
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Location: My Own Little World | I'm in no way in the market to breed any of my mares ever but I'm sure interested in how Slick babies do :) He is a nice horse for sure |
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Location: Pittsburg, Texas 75686 | Emily and I have a Slick filly (yearling) out of Doras Special Dream (DD) and we love her. We love her personality, she is built awesome, and she is beautiful. Both sire and dam have made bookoos of money and we are very excited about her. With all that being said there is still no guarantee you will have the horse of your dreams but we are going to put 100% in her and she will have the chance. We love her so much we are breeding DD back to Slick in 2017. |
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