lialls
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Im just wondering what everyones reasons are for breeding from their mare? like good bloodlines, wanting to keep its offspring for when she passes on, etc?
For what reason do you breed from you mare?
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loz9
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I bred from my mare to get my future horse. He will alway be with me & never sold on. I have been lucky that he has inherited his dams attitude.
I thought very hard before breeding & wouldnt have done it if her conformation/temperament hadnt been up to scratch. When choosing her stallion I also went on the basis of conformation/temperament & good bloodlines/competition record came second. I was breeding a foal to suit my requirements, not for resale value. However, i made sure that he had the breeding to produce good conformation & hopefully not to be predisposed to lameness, injury, etc.
I thought very hard before breeding & wouldnt have done it if her conformation/temperament hadnt been up to scratch. When choosing her stallion I also went on the basis of conformation/temperament & good bloodlines/competition record came second. I was breeding a foal to suit my requirements, not for resale value. However, i made sure that he had the breeding to produce good conformation & hopefully not to be predisposed to lameness, injury, etc.
Enfys
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Because I can! I have the horses, I have the facilities, why not?
Actually, it is because I like having a foal or two around, I enjoy bringing them on, making them into pleasant, well mannered little horses and giving them a good start in life.
The fact that I specifically breed only registered horses that fit into the popular 'all-purpose child or adult' 15-15.2h slot means that I am not just churning out grade foals willy nilly.
I doubt very much if I will ever keep any of them, they stay here until someone wants to buy them (be that 6 months or 3 years) they don't get shunted off to market. I certainly don't breed to make any money that's for sure.
Actually, it is because I like having a foal or two around, I enjoy bringing them on, making them into pleasant, well mannered little horses and giving them a good start in life.
The fact that I specifically breed only registered horses that fit into the popular 'all-purpose child or adult' 15-15.2h slot means that I am not just churning out grade foals willy nilly.
I doubt very much if I will ever keep any of them, they stay here until someone wants to buy them (be that 6 months or 3 years) they don't get shunted off to market. I certainly don't breed to make any money that's for sure.
UnaB
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Never bred before, just preparing to send my mare to stud this year for (hopefully!!) my first ever foal!
Im breeding to give myself a horse for the future. Im not bothered if it is a colt or filly, the plan is for it to stay with me. I dont have any plans to breed again for the forseeable future.
Im breeding to give myself a horse for the future. Im not bothered if it is a colt or filly, the plan is for it to stay with me. I dont have any plans to breed again for the forseeable future.
Bearskin
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Because I'm an addict..... You never know, the next one could be an Olympic Champion!
angrovestud
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I was lucky to find a mare who was the only living decendant from a gelded showjumper( gelded at Three)but covered my mare mother before becomming famous, he won the Hoys Puissance and then the cavan high jump and then got sold to a wealth US Banker who bought him for £500,000 I did a lot of research and have bought a stallion that sired the showjumper and have now bred a line of horses with this jumping ability.
goes with out saying that 1 great comformation sire and dam hes a graded sire and grade C showjumper shes an advanced endurance mare, and we have three wonderful foals that are the only living decendants of this wonderful horse. a breeders dream
goes with out saying that 1 great comformation sire and dam hes a graded sire and grade C showjumper shes an advanced endurance mare, and we have three wonderful foals that are the only living decendants of this wonderful horse. a breeders dream
Rollin
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I have Rare Breeds and want to help preserve their future. Last year we bred one of only 16 pure bred Cleveland Bay fillies in Europe. We have a part-bred due any day.
I also breed Shagya Arabs they are almost unknown in the UK and only 50 are bred each year in France.
I also breed Shagya Arabs they are almost unknown in the UK and only 50 are bred each year in France.
Spot_the_Risk
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I bred to replace my cob when he retires. Unfortunately, the filly isn't going to make the height - dam was 15.1hh, sire 14.2hh, filly is barely 14hh at rising three.
SSM
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Like Rollin I am doing my bit for the breed, although this is doing nothing for my nerves. Donks is due in June and of course it will be a pure bred Cleveland Bay.
holiday
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We breed to produce Sports Ponies, we only use graded mares or with a good show record, bloodlines, excellent conformation and temperaments. Its a passion to us and ours will stay until excellent homes are found!!!! The ponies are good moving with good conformation and time is taken to choose each stallion carefully to match each mare, hence many different exciting bloodlines in the yard.
Simsar
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Because we are mentle and addicted and like getting up at the crack of sparrow's, we also like having no money and no time off!!!!!
Simsar
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But seriously we now have 9 mares of which two are on loan.
5 are going to Spyder, 1 is going to Primo Pageant TB, 3 are going to Avanti Amorous Archie RID. We have done quite well so far albeit on a very small scale compared to others on here. We have breed a HOYS Worker, a Soon to be Team Chaser, other youngsters we have breed are to be introduced to horseball and three polo ponies, so a mixed bag really.
5 are going to Spyder, 1 is going to Primo Pageant TB, 3 are going to Avanti Amorous Archie RID. We have done quite well so far albeit on a very small scale compared to others on here. We have breed a HOYS Worker, a Soon to be Team Chaser, other youngsters we have breed are to be introduced to horseball and three polo ponies, so a mixed bag really.
vjc
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I breed to produce a quality show or competition pony/horses from my own mares who are my pets, i take great pleasure in seeing the offspring go out into the world showing and performing. I might add i take breeding very seriously and would never breed a foal unless i knew i was in a position to keep it untill the right home was found. I am breeding one foal this year that may be for sale, but again i am in no rush what so ever to part. As breeders we have to take this economic climate in to account and be very carefull, after all we are not selling cars but living breathing creatures. Sorry for the rant but i worry so much where so many of these poor unwanted foals end up! On a brighter note i so look forward to the spring and hearing of the new arrivals and god do we need a brighter note after this winter!!!!
levantosh
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This is always a good debate, I breed from my good mares to produce me a better foal that would be capable of going further than the mare in competition.
You should put this in the appaloosa forum because I asked why breed from unproven stock and people went mad saying horses shouldn't have to be proven to be bred from!!!! (think I may of offended people on there, but, I don't care. Whats the point in a forum when you can't discuss things like this without people throwing their toys out!
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You should put this in the appaloosa forum because I asked why breed from unproven stock and people went mad saying horses shouldn't have to be proven to be bred from!!!! (think I may of offended people on there, but, I don't care. Whats the point in a forum when you can't discuss things like this without people throwing their toys out!
Serenity087
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Dorey ended up at stud because it was that or a bullet. She had polycystic ovaries and the vets advised putting her in foal.
She also had a rough time on loan and came home ruined and unridable.
So after 3 years at grass (it took THAT long to get her in foal!) - she's won over the hearts of three stud owners, hopefully forgotton the trauma or loan, and come home.
If she's not ridable again, she'll go back to stud. She's a fabby all rounder with a perfect attitude, a real confidence giver, but is a bit on the short side and a bit of a wide load.
She excelled as a showing cob, but I held her back. She could have jumped too.
Hopefully when I get my pony back this summer, we'll get her a name and she'll be a proven broodmare.
But yeah, I know it's put a load of backs up to have bred her as a cure, but she's made enough of an impact on enough reputable stud owners that I know it's not a mistake. And, if she's showing again next season, she'll prove all her doubters wrong.
Neither her nor the baby are "just horses" - so I am really rather looking forward to baby's arrival!
She also had a rough time on loan and came home ruined and unridable.
So after 3 years at grass (it took THAT long to get her in foal!) - she's won over the hearts of three stud owners, hopefully forgotton the trauma or loan, and come home.
If she's not ridable again, she'll go back to stud. She's a fabby all rounder with a perfect attitude, a real confidence giver, but is a bit on the short side and a bit of a wide load.
She excelled as a showing cob, but I held her back. She could have jumped too.
Hopefully when I get my pony back this summer, we'll get her a name and she'll be a proven broodmare.
But yeah, I know it's put a load of backs up to have bred her as a cure, but she's made enough of an impact on enough reputable stud owners that I know it's not a mistake. And, if she's showing again next season, she'll prove all her doubters wrong.
Neither her nor the baby are "just horses" - so I am really rather looking forward to baby's arrival!