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| I am debating on breeding my mare that doesn't have top bloodlines to a proven stallion. Would it be worth breeding her? Would I get any money out of her foals if I were to sell them? Advice please below is her pedigree
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/skip+d+par+t+girl |
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Extreme Veteran
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Location: New York | Honestly, unless that mare was a proven winner or producer, I wouldn't be interested in foals out of her. Most proven stallions have lots of foals out there for sale with more desirable pedigrees. |
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Location: Kentucky | Spark572 - 2014-04-02 4:17 PM Honestly, unless that mare was a proven winner or producer, I wouldn't be interested in foals out of her. Most proven stallions have lots of foals out there for sale with more desirable pedigrees.
I agree. |
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Location: Kansas | Guess that puts my mare out of the loop for wanting to breed her to a nice stallion......... |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | She would have to be proven as a competitor.... and perfect confirmation.
Anything recognizable is waaayyy back there. Wouldn't add any value to the foals. JMO. |
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Location: Desert Land | It's totally up to you. Your mare's pedigree doesn't do anything for me and I wouldn't breed her for myself, but if you like everything about her, she's well put together, has a good attitude, work ethic, etc. and would want the baby for yourself, then go for it. |
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  Champ
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Honestly? Not so much. She may be a really nice mare. She may even be a really good performer. But without pedigree as well, you're going to be hard pressed to break even on a foal out of her. People want it all now. Pedigree possibly more than ever before. Why? Because they can get it.  |
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Expert
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | If you like your mare and want the colt for yourself don't worry what the rest of us think. If we all keep breeding to the same few studs that only have the famous names. We just as well just start cloning one horse for us all to ride. Someday we are going to loose our genetic diversity. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | Her pedigree doesn't do IT for me, but it may for someone else. It is very hard to make any money at all selling babies, even with the really well bred ones. so much money goes into raising a foal, you won't recoup all those costs when bred to a mare who can't match the pedigree of the sire.
However, there are lots of people who want home bred horses. they don't expect to pay much for them because they aren't looking for designer bloodlines.
I would have to see the mare, see her confo and her record. If I like her confo and she had a record, I would suggest breeding to a colored popular stud and trying your luck that way. colored babies do sell IMO. I have a super cute yearling colt by First Down French out of an OWN daughter of Stoli and time and time again I get the email, "I just wish he were colored," or "I like him, but am holding out for a palomino or buckskin Chopper colt." (why they even emailed me IDK) I absolutely love him so it's no big deal to me if I don't ever sell him. |
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 Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I, personally, wouldn't breed her for a sale baby. |
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