At this rate all the Banks' are going to go bust and so are we.
<font color="blue"> </font> Theyve just been bailed out with public money in the billions
<font color="blue"> </font> Its their own damn fault IMO theyve been throwing money at people for the last few years they are the ones...
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Many years ago the Princess Royal commented on this very subject. She bemoaned the fact that if a mare was no good for anything else then she could be used as a brood mare.
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I wonder if she`d say the same today ???
Would i breed from a mare with an "iffy" ( i take that as meaning dangerous ) temprement..... No
Would i ever use an unlicenced stallion...... No
I think all horses / ponies should pass a vetting before being bred from.
We licence stallions well why not a brood mare ?
Maybe we wouldnt see...
Pedigree or not people out there are breeding indiscriminately
and not thinking of the concequences , i suppose im really talking about the breeding en mass of foals that go to the auctions only to end up in the abbattoir.
A guy near me has bred 35 foals this year alone looking for the "perfect"...
why are poorly bred horses and ponies continually allowed to be bred?
Until this is addressed then sadly there will always be a continual supply of abbatoir fodder
You are so right , its high time breeding for the sake of it was stopped.
Its disgusting the way some breeders and dealers...