Dexter
Well-Known Member
We've currently got 3 colts. A rising 3 yr old smart welsh x appy spotty pony cob, nice conformation, lovely movement for his type and a really good temperament. A rising 2 yr old "should have been a sports pony but is gonna go way over height" out of a papered JA mare by a papered warmblood stallion who is CHAPS graded. A rising 2 yr old coloured colt out of an intermediate eventer TB mare out of the above stallion. I am in a position where I could run any or all of them on as stallions, but why the hell would I??
The first one is a gem and would undoubtedly get mares so long as I priced him right, and may well throw nice foals, but seriously, hes a pony cob of unknown parentage. The second one has reasonable conformation but not perfect. He moves beautifully, has a good temperament and has a hell of a jump, but again, no way! The 3rd one was almost retained by his breeder to be a stallion, but again, while hes nice quality and is bred to make an out an out eventer he is not good enough to earn the right to reproduce!
The only reason they are still colts is because the weather caught us on the hop. They all have a lovely life, but they will damn certainly have a better life as geldings!
Why not buy the colt and geld him? I know what its like to find one of your horses relations and want to buy them. I bought the JA mare who is the mother of one of the colts. I will probably at some point breed from her again as shes papered and has earned the right to reproduce by having nice conformation and movement etc and having become a JA in a very short space of time as well as having bred 2 nice foals already.
If you want to stand a stallion spend a fair few years working on a reputable stud first, research the youngster that your buying and the market he'll suit, then get somewhere suitable to keep him, a lottery win wont go amiss either
The first one is a gem and would undoubtedly get mares so long as I priced him right, and may well throw nice foals, but seriously, hes a pony cob of unknown parentage. The second one has reasonable conformation but not perfect. He moves beautifully, has a good temperament and has a hell of a jump, but again, no way! The 3rd one was almost retained by his breeder to be a stallion, but again, while hes nice quality and is bred to make an out an out eventer he is not good enough to earn the right to reproduce!
The only reason they are still colts is because the weather caught us on the hop. They all have a lovely life, but they will damn certainly have a better life as geldings!
Why not buy the colt and geld him? I know what its like to find one of your horses relations and want to buy them. I bought the JA mare who is the mother of one of the colts. I will probably at some point breed from her again as shes papered and has earned the right to reproduce by having nice conformation and movement etc and having become a JA in a very short space of time as well as having bred 2 nice foals already.
If you want to stand a stallion spend a fair few years working on a reputable stud first, research the youngster that your buying and the market he'll suit, then get somewhere suitable to keep him, a lottery win wont go amiss either