Recent content by Harthill

Yes he moves very well and is nicely up hill. He has sons and daughters that have been lovely successful dressage horses.

Very kind of you to say so no_no_nanette - they are all on a much deserved rest now enjoying lots of serious rolling sessions in their paddocks!

Carousel - neat compact Holstein bred stallion. Really smart, good brain. Not too far away from you!

Yes it is much easier to make a stallion decision if you can at least see it's foals and also be aware of the type of mare they're out of.

Your mare sounds like a super mare to breed from, when or if you decide to put her in foal, and you have decided to go towards SJ or Dressage will you look for a proven sire, or would you take a gamble with a young stallion who's stock are not yet known very well?

It seems that the UK does have it's fair share of non commercial breeders who are getting it right, your post is full of sense. Do you think it's the commercial breeders that aren't really creating the right foals for the UK market?

Last year, William Micklem wrote that 80% of breeders breed horses for a maximum of 10% of people. But is it possible to breed a horse for all riders? Do you think we give enough thought as breeders to what we are really wanting to breed? The type and temperament we need? Are we breeding our...

Did you have the type of foal that you were hoping for?

That's great that you researched the best way to achieve what you wanted vanessarimmer, and it's obviously paid off very well. Do you think that it is easier to apply a formula to breed a dressage horse, than to breed a horse aimed at another discipline?