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| I have a running bred mare but nothing special on her papers. I would like to breed to something that either runs barrels or is bred to.(meaning i would prefer not strait race lines). When I say 1250 it has to include booking fees and possibly the first shipment of semen free... any suggestions? |
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Location: Kansas | Murphy - 2014-07-02 11:10 AM Firewater Finale.
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Location: Wyoming | Captain Perk. He's awesome and is a great value. His babies look very nice and he is gorgeous in person! |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Most stallions are done breeding for this year. But to answer the question. If that's your budget, I would suggest you find a stallion close to you that you can take the mare to. Shipping semen doesn't just cost for the shipping, there's all your vet work too. That can add up fast. I figure with a modestly priced vet and $250-300 per shipment you're looking at at least $500-600 per cycle. And to give it a fair try, you have to be able to ship more than once or twice if necessary. If you get her in foal on the first try, then YAY! But that doesn't happen all the time. Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
Where with a close stallion and live cover (some people still do live cover) you might get lucky and only have the fee, the board and a preg check. Some mares actually do get pregnant really quickly with the old fashioned way of breeding.  |
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Location: Texas | OregonBR - 2014-07-02 11:20 AM Most stallions are done breeding for this year. But to answer the question. If that's your budget, I would suggest you find a stallion close to you that you can take the mare to. Shipping semen doesn't just cost for the shipping, there's all your vet work too. That can add up fast. I figure with a modestly priced vet and $250-300 per shipment you're looking at at least $500-600 per cycle. And to give it a fair try, you have to be able to ship more than once or twice if necessary. If you get her in foal on the first try, then YAY! But that doesn't happen all the time. Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
Where with a close stallion and live cover (some people still do live cover) you might get lucky and only have the fee, the board and a preg check. Some mares actually do get pregnant really quickly with the old fashioned way of breeding.  On farm breeding saves a lot of money. I have a few large stallion stations close to me, and that's the most cost saving way to breed. They do AI, but there is no shipping fee, and the vet is on the premises. So my answer is, it depends on where you are.
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| By the time that you add the shipping fees etc you may have to pay another $500. Guys Easy Jet includes the first shipment and so the stud fee is what you pay. Check out his pedigree, very nice. If you have questions call Sally. I found her fees to be the most reasonable.
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| I live in the middle of nowhere lol I bred her already this year and the closest decent stallion I could find was an hour and a half and had to take her 3 times to AI, he didnt do live cover. I would love to do it the old fashioned way but there really isnt anyone close that have nice studs. I live in South Arkansas if anyone has any close ideas. . . |
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | Reds Western Native? |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Check out some of the stallion auctions. There were some nice studs whose fees went for $300 or so in the Paint Barrel Stallion Auction this last year. Some were even full QH. Even by the time you add shipping you are still likely to be in budget. |
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| bccanchaser16 - 2014-07-02 12:21 PM
Reds Western Native?
I like him, but hes got a little too much run for this particular mare. I have a colt out of her and he had a cow bred sire and is kinda free running and high energy, Im afraid too much run will give me a no turn. . . |
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| oija - 2014-07-02 12:29 PM
Check out some of the stallion auctions. There were some nice studs whose fees went for $300 or so in the Paint Barrel Stallion Auction this last year. Some were even full QH. Even by the time you add shipping you are still likely to be in budget.
which ones? I hear about them every once in a while but Iv never tried that |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | TQHRA has one. Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association. Paint Barrel Racing Incentive Program. There's a lot. Check out horseauctionslive.com. They had a lot of them. I got a breeding to Awesome Chrome (whose fee is normally 1000) for $300 this last year, with the $300 shipping I paid it came out to $600. I did have to pay vet stuff too (about $260). There will probably be a post about them towards the end of the year/beginning of next year too. The stallion auctions always have a deadline (usually Feb 1 or so). |
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Location: Dubach, LA | Reds Western Native. It won't be his fault if the colt won't turn. Those Native babies are turning machines. |
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| thanks I will sure try that if I dont find something. But any opinion is surely appreciated! |
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Location: Way up North | I have to chime in for A Dash of Color. Granted he is straight race lines but the lines have made plenty of barrel horses too. His owners do all the collecting and shipping and are awesome to work with! I have two get by him and both are really fancy and great to be around. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | CanCan - 2014-07-02 12:46 PM
Reds Western Native. It won't be his fault if the colt won't turn. Those Native babies are turning machines.
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| horsiace1025 - 2014-07-02 9:07 AM I have a running bred mare but nothing special on her papers. I would like to breed to something that either runs barrels or is bred to.(meaning i would prefer not strait race lines). When I say 1250 it has to include booking fees and possibly the first shipment of semen free... any suggestions?
I want to see the pedigree on your "nothing special on papers" running bred mare first. :) |
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Location: Scurry, TX | If your mare is nothing special why are you breeding her. Find a nice well bred colt and buy it
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| If you are wanting live cover, I am in SE Kansas. Not too far from you. My stud is Jets Last Payday out of Jet's Payday and by Regional Champion(dam of View This Jet and also is a maternal sister to Rocket Wrangler). He is producing tremendous babies. I will have some running in futurities in 2015. They are bred to be barrel horses. That's what they are!! He is listed on here. |
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