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Location: Texas | Ok I'm just wondering if you are trying to breed a TOP notch pro rodeo barrel horse what bloodlines would you breed/cross to to create that AMAZING horse??
I hope what I'm asking makes since.
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Location: Texas | I look at what bloodlines are winning at the rodeos and look at the styles of horses winning I think I could possibly ride, and go from there. I bred my rodeo winning mare to first down french because i think the combination will work out well.
I bred my other mare to firewater ta fame and feel that his babies are really going to make a mark in the rodeo world as they get older. Stitchs Streaknfame already is! |
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Who Wants to Trade?
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| I'm not going to give any advice about specific bloodlines.
I will say, buy a well bred broodmare who has a strong female family. Her dam needs to be a producer and ideally she should be a producer as well. I don't own a single mare who isn't well backed by producing females.
I'll also say, breeding decisions should be based on what is best for that specific mare. I breed to a variety of stallions and put a lot of effort into making sure the horses are both phenotypically and gentically complimentary.
When possible, I look at what that stallion has produced on mares similar to mine. If the stallion doesn't have foals running yet, I look to see what their dam has crossed on.
In picking a stallion, I want one who is by a sire of sires and out of a multiple producing mare as that increases my odds of success. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | BarrelRacingChick - 2014-02-11 3:46 PM Ok I'm just wondering if you are trying to breed a TOP notch pro rodeo barrel horse what bloodlines would you breed/cross to to create that AMAZING horse?? I hope what I'm asking makes since. Thanks in advance!
lol...if I knew, I'd be rich. |
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| LRQHS - 2014-02-11 4:31 PM
BarrelRacingChick - 2014-02-11 3:46 PM Ok I'm just wondering if you are trying to breed a TOP notch pro rodeo barrel horse what bloodlines would you breed/cross to to create that AMAZING horse?? I hope what I'm asking makes since. Thanks in advance!
lol...if I knew, I'd be rich.
Agreed!
Look at the top rodeo horses. They vary greatly in pedigree, conformation, style, etc. To make a top rodeo horse, you've got to start out with great conformation. Back that up by a bloodline fit for the job and that wants to work. And then hope and pray that the horse has heart!
I'd start with a mare that was proven in the arena, or has been proven to produce barrel horses. Then find a stallion that has produced multiple top barrel horses, or if he's not yet old enough to have babies running make sure that he is proven in the arena. If I had money to spend, I'd start out by buying an embryo out of one of the great mares. And like was already mentioned, figure out what crosses best with that particular mare or bloodline, and find a proven stallion that complements the mare.
And then to finish it off, I'd send that horse to a trainer that is well-known for training horses that excel in the rodeo arena. (And then I'd hop on and hope the horse could cart me to a win!) |
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Location: Texas | LRQHS - 2014-02-11 4:31 PM
BarrelRacingChick - 2014-02-11 3:46 PM Ok I'm just wondering if you are trying to breed a TOP notch pro rodeo barrel horse what bloodlines would you breed/cross to to create that AMAZING horse?? I hope what I'm asking makes since. Thanks in advance!
lol...if I knew, I'd be rich.
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Location: Kentucky | kuhlmann - 2014-02-11 5:29 PM I'm not going to give any advice about specific bloodlines.
I will say, buy a well bred broodmare who has a strong female family. Her dam needs to be a producer and ideally she should be a producer as well. I don't own a single mare who isn't well backed by producing females.
I'll also say, breeding decisions should be based on what is best for that specific mare. I breed to a variety of stallions and put a lot of effort into making sure the horses are both phenotypically and gentically complimentary.
When possible, I look at what that stallion has produced on mares similar to mine. If the stallion doesn't have foals running yet, I look to see what their dam has crossed on.
In picking a stallion, I want one who is by a sire of sires and out of a multiple producing mare as that increases my odds of success.
I'm doing this with my LHDI mare. I know Jackie Jatzlau has some LHDI mares in her broodmare band, so I'm seeing who she breeds to and what that mare produces. I bred my LHDI mare to Bugemforcash because of the success of her King horse. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Not only look and see whats winning but look and see what is staying SOUND ... especially for a rodeo horse. :) |
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| Runnin < C > - 2014-02-13 7:27 AM Not only look and see whats winning but look and see what is staying SOUND ... especially for a rodeo horse. :)
This. See what is consistently winning/placing and doing that for years on end. Also, IMO, a rodeo horse needs to have a good mind. It takes both a physically and mentally tough horse to stay competitive on the rodeo road. Personally, I have mares that stayed sound throughout their careers and/or produced colts that have the same willingness and durability as them. |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | In our small program, we are breeding the mares that have won for us. We are breeding them to stallions that are proven winners and/or proven sires. |
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