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Miss Not Exciting
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Location: Ft Worth TX | So you tell me... Would you breed a mare to a stud who is offered to breed to anything that will pay a stud fee or would you go with a stud that is picky about what mares they are bred to? To me a studs produce record makes them or breaks them and its quality over quantity. I don't understand why some of these stud owners with nice studs would want their stud bred to every Mary, Ann, and Jane and drive down the price of their studs foals... I'm all about the dam so if I had a stud mares would have to be approved both conformation, performance/ produce, and breeding... |
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  Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Mary, Ann and Janes pay the feed bill. |
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 Coyote Country Queen
Posts: 5666
| I don't stand a stallion, but I can't imagine it would be good for business. As a mare owner I'm not going to jump through hoops by providing conformation photos and performance and produce records to be judged by a single person on whether my mare is good enough. Different people like different lines and builds, so just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's bad. There are many nice stallions out there with accommodating owners. If the stallion is nice enough his stud fee can be raised to help discourage mediocre mares from being booked. |
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 Toastest with the Mostest
Posts: 5712
Location: That part of Texas | LRQHS - 2015-03-24 5:29 PM Mary, Ann and Janes pay the feed bill.
Amen.
As a mare owner, my main concern is finding the best match between horses and what's going to give me the best shot at what I'm trying to produce. I don't care if a stud is bred to every Mary, Ann and Jane but then again, I don't breed for designer pedigrees alone.
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Regular
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Location: Some where | You know, in truth, I think I stand a stud that will cross with most any mare. I believe in him. Sure, I would like to breed to Martha, but I dang sure am not going to slight someone who has a mare that they believe is worth my stud fee. They have dreams. It's not backyard breeding. As a mare owner, I'd sure appreciate considerations for my good mare and I dang sure wouldn't be happy to be refused if I was paying for a service. I don't think you'd get many breeding s if you started picking. |
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Posts: 1718
Location: Southeast Louisiana | If I like the stud, I don't care who else he breeds to. |
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 Take a Picture
Posts: 12841
| Even if a stud fee is just $500, by the time you pay to ship, the vet bill for breeding, and any other expenses that go along with a pregnant mare, you have close to $1500 involved. I just really don't know too many who will spend that kind of money for just any old mare. Stallion owners who want to attract the real quality mares give good discounts for breeding to these owners or at least I have found that to be true. I usually pick about 3 stallions with the breeding I like that are in my price range, contact them, and whoever gives me the best overall package is who I go with. |
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