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| If I had Stallion that I wanted to promote I would follow what Robin Herring has done with Firewaterontherocks. Another stallion that you might check on how the horse is promoted is Slick By Design. I wish I had half of what they have spent promoting those horses. That is really what it takes to get a stallion in the public eye. | |
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| *almost there* - 2017-08-28 10:29 AM
SKM - 2017-08-27 12:28 PM *almost there* - 2017-08-27 11:26 AM A lot of people buy and breed for color. It's weird to me people saying they don't. The ones buying and breeding based on color have no idea what they are doing and those people typically turn out very badly conformed horses that couldn't out run a fat pig. Same with those that breed only on pedigree. If you are breeding, you need to take a long, hard look at what you are doing and what kind of stock you have. If your mare has something wrong, you'd better make sure it's something you are ok with if its passed down through generations. You simply cannot pick and choose pieces and parts from each parent to achieve what you want the foal to be. It just doesn't work that way.
whether you like it or not, the general public, who buys these horses, want color. There's some "top" stallions that should have never been studs to begin with. . . . But what do I know, I'm obviously back yard breeding hideous conformation and pedigree palominos and buckskins. . .
I wasn't accusing you of breeding or anything else. I was offering my perspective on people that breed based on color alone after you said you thought it was weird that people claim they don't. I was, by I means, attacking you.
You raise palomino's and buckskin's? Good for you. I don't care about color myself. Sure I'd take a pretty colored horse...but only if they have correct conformation. What is so wrong with having high expectations of breeders if they are selling a product to the public? | |
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Location: OH | SKM - 2017-08-29 7:27 AM *almost there* - 2017-08-28 10:29 AM SKM - 2017-08-27 12:28 PM *almost there* - 2017-08-27 11:26 AM A lot of people buy and breed for color. It's weird to me people saying they don't. The ones buying and breeding based on color have no idea what they are doing and those people typically turn out very badly conformed horses that couldn't out run a fat pig. Same with those that breed only on pedigree. If you are breeding, you need to take a long, hard look at what you are doing and what kind of stock you have. If your mare has something wrong, you'd better make sure it's something you are ok with if its passed down through generations. You simply cannot pick and choose pieces and parts from each parent to achieve what you want the foal to be. It just doesn't work that way.
whether you like it or not, the general public, who buys these horses, want color. There's some "top" stallions that should have never been studs to begin with. . . . But what do I know, I'm obviously back yard breeding hideous conformation and pedigree palominos and buckskins. . . I wasn't accusing you of breeding or anything else. I was offering my perspective on people that breed based on color alone after you said you thought it was weird that people claim they don't. I was, by I means, attacking you. You raise palomino's and buckskin's? Good for you. I don't care about color myself. Sure I'd take a pretty colored horse...but only if they have correct conformation. What is so wrong with having high expectations of breeders if they are selling a product to the public?
I do not do a cross looking for color but I am never upset when it shows up. | |
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Location: California | SKM - 2017-08-29 4:27 AM *almost there* - 2017-08-28 10:29 AM SKM - 2017-08-27 12:28 PM *almost there* - 2017-08-27 11:26 AM A lot of people buy and breed for color. It's weird to me people saying they don't. The ones buying and breeding based on color have no idea what they are doing and those people typically turn out very badly conformed horses that couldn't out run a fat pig. Same with those that breed only on pedigree. If you are breeding, you need to take a long, hard look at what you are doing and what kind of stock you have. If your mare has something wrong, you'd better make sure it's something you are ok with if its passed down through generations. You simply cannot pick and choose pieces and parts from each parent to achieve what you want the foal to be. It just doesn't work that way.
whether you like it or not, the general public, who buys these horses, want color. There's some "top" stallions that should have never been studs to begin with. . . . But what do I know, I'm obviously back yard breeding hideous conformation and pedigree palominos and buckskins. . . I wasn't accusing you of breeding or anything else. I was offering my perspective on people that breed based on color alone after you said you thought it was weird that people claim they don't. I was, by I means, attacking you. You raise palomino's and buckskin's? Good for you. I don't care about color myself. Sure I'd take a pretty colored horse...but only if they have correct conformation. What is so wrong with having high expectations of breeders if they are selling a product to the public?
Lol no, I was being sarcastic about breeding, and breeding for color on top of it. I do not breed, I like to buy broke horses and give back to the people who put their lives work into raising and training one. | |
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