Arko foals, how much??

[AimeeLou]

Saw an Arko foalie in horse deals a while ago with poa.........just wondering how much money an Arko foal would be. And would a filly or colt be worth more, just a rough estimate, obviously other things have to be taken into account ie paces, conformation, mothers bloodlines, etc. Sorry if anyone has asked this before

. Just interested really.

 

[christine48]

Depends on the mare, if it was out of a well bred jumping mare I would think it would be worth a fair bit.

 

[miller]

Don;t know now - a friend had one of his first crop and advertised her for 6k and got nothing - lost touch with her now so not sure if she ever sold

 

[k9h]

I would imagine that the mare would be good as he is only avaliable to approved mares???
Wouldn't like to guess how much they go for??

 

[trelawnyhorses1]

his fee is around the £2,500 mark to approved / proven mares only, colts are valued much more usually, i would expect around the 6k mark

 

[christine48]

just looked on stallions direct and his stud fee on there was £3250. Seems an awful lot and by the time you have taken into account vets fees etc you wouldn't make a lot of profit if you got £6000. I think Argentinus is cheaper than him.

 

[Anastasia]

I would be using Argentinus BEFORE Arko.....................as Memo said he is cheaper and is a PROVEN sire......................have not seen any Arko stock to know what they are like.

I have seen some Argentinus stock advertised for much less than £6k............

 

[eventrider23]

definately ditto about using Argentinus instead. His stud fee is more reasonable and there is no doubt about him being a proven sire.

 

[severnmiles]

How much does Argentinus stand at?

 

[christine48]

Argentinus stand at £1750 with world clas stallions. There is a stallion called Armitage by Argentinus, I think he's nicer than Arko.

 

[eventrider23]

He also has a son called Thunder Van de Zuuthoeve. See: http://www.zuuthoeve.be/html/thunder_e.html
Also got Thunder's full brother as well as having Argentinus semen available. Brendon's stud in sussex has got one of Thunder's very nice sons standing....El Thuder....very nice youngster...I've got 2 in foal to him at the moment. If anything El Thuder is better bred on both sides of his pedigree than Arko and at mo only has a stud fee of £335 inc. vat so definately the more economical option even if he isn't yet proven.

Pic of Thunder Van de Zuuthoeve taken from their site:

http://www.zuuthoeve.be/assets/images/db_images/db_Thunder_46_1_50011.jpg

 

[christine48]

£335 is very good value, good blood lines too.i agree with Anastasia in that Arko is overated.

 

[eventrider23]

This is only his first season and not yet broken in (only 3 yr old) so that is why he is so cheap...but he is graded, etc. and is going to be something special all going well and horses being horses - all of Brendon's young stallions are at the same stud fee. None of their stud fees are exorbitant really - even Unbelieveable Darco is only £800ish and Caretino Glory is a bit less.

 

[trelawnyhorses1]

yes armitage is much much niceer than arko, and the foal i seen by armitage had a fantastic jump fab style and shape