conformation,breeding wise

[lisaward]

i bred my mare last year and and am happy enough with her foal though not bowled over.
i know my mare has weaknesses and i craze poor sallyf on here looking for her next stallion.i think as the mare is not perfect she should not have a reallyexpensive stallion on her as she will put 50% of her in the foal so will be a waste of money
i want to sell the foal,just not good at that bit yet.
i would like to breed a good allrounder that could event but not to badminton level.
here is my mare

here is her foal by andes tb

what are her faults as i reallly find it hard to see confomation faults,you can be honest but please don't say not to breed her.
she is by an ish stallion robertstown boy and a tb mare,and is related to a eventer at int

what would you put her to ?
price £500 max and some are high on sending costs
she is being ai'd

i like
jack of diamonds,in ireland full brother to nick of diamonds
fine art,id stallion
Knightley Park,ish stallion
roma diamond skip-bit expensive
hillviewfarm milligan,id stallion
kelston blue max,id stallion just graded

or any other ideas appreciated

 

[Bossanova]

I think it's really mean to the mare to judge their confo shortly after birth!
She's not dis-similar in her faults to our old broodmare. She's rather flat across the 1/4s which I actually hink looks worse than it affects performance.
I love Robertstown Boy and I actually really like the look of her foal. If you were being critical he's inherited his mothers slightly weak hindleg.

Just for comparison, this is our mare-

And her baby by Weston Justice who, I think, complimented the mare pefectly and really stregthened the hind1/4

Out of the ones you've listed though, Kelston Blue Max is stunning and has beautiful temperament

 

[Partoow]

exactly! there is no such thing as a perfect horse so what you look at is the weakness that will have the most effect on the foal and pick a stallion that is a strong stamping bloodline. So, for me i would not go with a 'new' stallion, as you dont know how they 'stamp' their stock. Go for something that has a great hind leg and improves her croup. Her tail is too high set and the distance from the sacroilliac and the point of buttock is a bit short and this is then reflected further down the hind leg. Seeing her with such a baby you see her warts and all so really she is not half bad. For me temperament in the mare is VITAL.
Being largely TB you have a large choice of good stallions and SHB[GB] have a very good selection that have proven themselves and at the price you need.

 

[lisaward]

oh thank you both so much you have cheered me up no end
i will keep shopping and bear what you have both said,lovely youngster too bossanova,i can def see he has a lovely back end.

 

[volatis]

I would also say your mare is built quite downhill from that photo. So I would look for a stallion that doens't stamp that trait in his offspring.
That Weston Justice baby is very nice - he's a stallion I want to go and look at for my mare.

 

[Maesfen]

Your mare is certainly not a lost cause, don't worry about that! A friend had an old broodie with the same sort of backend to her and she won on the flat, over hurdles and fences, retired sound as a pound and went on to breed winners of all types of races which were all very sound too!
The only one of your choices I can comment on is Knightley Park as a friend went to see him for her TB and was very disappointed, no where near the quality she had been expecting.
If I was looking at another TB then I'd seriously look at One More Tiger and he has I believe, moved over to your way, to Barnwell Park Stud. His pictures, so far, have not done him justice, he is a seriously nice horse with a good temprement and he is producing some nice stock (Nickym has a nice foal of his, pic's in the PG but a while back and my Spring is by him too). If it was me, then I'd also be looking at Irish Draughts; I'd also look at Northern Inspiration, the coloured; he's getting some good results too. Romarnic Stud where he stands also have Romarnic Ranger who could be worth a look, he's by Fairlyn Gemini and looks very good on the studcard.
Andes really stamps his stock, doesn't he? Is your foal full of its own importance too?!