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Location: Southeast Georgia | Just curious what everyone's thoughts are on this. Would you breed to a cryptorchid? That is if the horse had good conformation, breeding, etc? Thanks! |
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| No. Being a cryptorcid is a defect so why would I knowingly breed to something that is bad? There are simply too many full packages out there for breeding with good testicals. Not to mention that cryptorcids tend to have fertility problems since the testical is too high up which causes the body heat to fry the sperm and kill it. |
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Location: Kentucky | SKM - 2014-09-11 7:27 AM No. Being a cryptorcid is a defect so why would I knowingly breed to something that is bad? There are simply too many full packages out there for breeding with good testicals. Not to mention that cryptorcids tend to have fertility problems since the testical is too high up which causes the body heat to fry the sperm and kill it.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | SKM - 2014-09-11 5:27 AM No. Being a cryptorcid is a defect so why would I knowingly breed to something that is bad? There are simply too many full packages out there for breeding with good testicals. Not to mention that cryptorcids tend to have fertility problems since the testical is too high up which causes the body heat to fry the sperm and kill it.
 it's really too bad the cutting/reined cowhorse world doesn't feel this way. |
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Location: Oklahoma | There are a couple of well known thoroughbreds who are cryptorchid... and have sired numerous winners (A.P. Indy) |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Nope. |
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Location: Southeast Georgia | TwistedK - 2014-09-11 8:06 AM
There are a couple of well known thoroughbreds who are cryptorchid... and have sired numerous winners (A.P. Indy)
Yep. And Freedom Flyer was. James Ranch also stood Invitation Only & sold him for $2.35 million at the world sale & he was a crypt. |
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| soquinn - 2014-09-11 8:09 AM TwistedK - 2014-09-11 8:06 AMThere are a couple of well known thoroughbreds who are cryptorchid... and have sired numerous winners (A.P. Indy) Yep. And Freedom Flyer was. James Ranch also stood Invitation Only & sold him for $2.35 million at the world sale & he was a crypt.
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Location: Northern CA | Sure wouldn't. |
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Location: Texas | SKM - 2014-09-11 9:45 AM
soquinn - 2014-09-11 8:09 AM TwistedK - 2014-09-11 8:06 AMThere are a couple of well known thoroughbreds who are cryptorchid... and have sired numerous winners (A.P. Indy) Yep. And Freedom Flyer was. James Ranch also stood Invitation Only & sold him for $2.35 million at the world sale & he was a crypt. JMHO but that still doesn't make it right to knowingly pass on a genetic defect. The whole purpose behind breeding is to improve the breed. Breeding a defect is not improving the breed. There was a time when you were not allowed to breed cryptorcids or parrot mouthed horses. Unfortunately AQHA was sued for that rule and lost.
Exactly. People do it, but it's not right. We should focus on reproductive success and performance, not just performance. Why knowingly pass on reproductive defects?? |
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Location: Southeast Georgia | SKM - 2014-09-11 10:45 AM
soquinn - 2014-09-11 8:09 AM TwistedK - 2014-09-11 8:06 AMThere are a couple of well known thoroughbreds who are cryptorchid... and have sired numerous winners (A.P. Indy) Yep. And Freedom Flyer was. James Ranch also stood Invitation Only & sold him for $2.35 million at the world sale & he was a crypt. JMHO but that still doesn't make it right to knowingly pass on a genetic defect. The whole purpose behind breeding is to improve the breed. Breeding a defect is not improving the breed. There was a time when you were not allowed to breed cryptorcids or parrot mouthed horses. Unfortunately AQHA was sued for that rule and lost.
I'm not saying it's right, I was just stating the fact that those horses were. I bet there are a lot of studs standing right now who are crypt & that people breed to them & never know. With AI & shipped semen the standard these days it just make it's too easy.
I rode a crypt for a lady once & sold it for her. The buyer accidentally let him out with one of her mares before she could have the surgery done on him & after he bred the mare the other testicle dropped, stayed dropped, & they were able to geld him normally. She was lucky! Lol.
I've also heard that depending on the type of crypt that a vet can administer a muscle relaxer & sedative & it will allow the other one to drop. That just because a horse has one still up doesn't mean he's a true crypt. Anyone ever heard of this? |
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Location: Texas | It probably depends on how close it is to the inguinal canal and if its partially through the inguinal ring or if its truly still in the abdomen. I would think it may work on those who are aallllmmmooossttt dropped but not the truly abdominal ones. Testes start their descent right next to the kidneys, and they can get stopped at any part of the way down. |
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| There's two rings that the testicals drop through. When they don't drop through either, that's when it's a problem. We bought a 3 year old pony that was still intact. One was dropped and one was in the body cavity. The normal one was about the size of a golf ball. The raised one was slightly large than a large lima bean. If you can give drugs and they drop, that isn't a true crypt. There is no way Caesar's ever would have dropped. Hence why it was so small and sterile. |
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Location: Desert Land | I would not breed to a true crypt (knowlingly). I know in the halter/pleasure world if they are a true crypt they do a plastic surgery implant to create the look of having both testicles - very wrong & decieving!!!
Now if it's a stallion that only has one testicle because of a situation like an inguinal hernia, that would not bother me. I have a friend who has a stallion that had that happen and he lost a testicle from the surgery. My weanling colt from this year just had this done 2 weeks ago. One of my colt's testicles was strangulated, so they had to remove it. I would have been OK with the vet gelding him but during an emergency surgery and we hadn't talked about it prior, he left the one in tact in case I was purposely keeping him a stallion. |
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| I guess if it was a super proven (produced a lot of good runners), had good conformation and attitude I would. I wouldn't on anything else. The stallion would have to be pretty much perfect for me to do it. The reason being is the baby has a high chance go being a crypt and I don't want the chance that the baby might need surgery before it even runs barrels. I think the odds are against breeding without problems, so why would I risk creating one for myself. |
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Location: WYOMING | Yep. If I liked the pedi it wouldnt bother me at all. |
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Location: NW. Florida | I had a son of Freedom Flyer he was also a cryptorchid. He was a gelding when I bought him, but his vet records were in the file the owner gave me and there was a copy of bill from the surgery.
I would take another gelding in a heartbeat by Freedom Flyer.
There used to be a stud advertised on this site that was cryptorchid, luckily he's no longer on the site. It also was not disclosed he was cryptorchid. |
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Location: ND | Nope |
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| H-E- Double Hockey sticks no. It's a defect that is hereditary.
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