Help with Stallion choice pleae.

Where are you based....I have a funny feeling we know each other!! with all those Trakeners, are you in south Tip and did you go see a grass livery last year - Golden Vale Livery - if you did that's me. Anyway, if you're in Tip there is a great stud open day on today, not a million miles fro you, in Offaly - Belmont House Stud - great talks on breeding on as well there. Tons of top breeders here are bringing in foreign mares now too and they are registering them here, so I'll bet you can. Ask on Irish horse breeders facebook page and they will swiftly tell you. Have seen the add for the sparkling Clover horse, all i would say is there are lots of people keeping stallions here, he looks nice but check in the stallion book to see what his progeny have done to see do they produce the goods.

Boherdeal Clover is the one I would go for and he's in the midlands so not too far from you if you are around Tip?. Another very exciting one who will be on show today at the open day is Portlaoise first Tuch - total trad breeding - really tops bloodlines and show jumping really well.

Yes we are all running to the warm blood horses....we're so desperate to get back on top in the jumping rankings and know that mixing the good jumping mare lines - Clover Hill, Sky Boy, Cruising with the top European blood works. If you want eventing what about Puissance - he's 90% TB, extremely respectable progeny record. Here is a link to the facebook breeders page, you need to be a member but maybe you can read it from the link.
 
Coming late to the thread. You probably know that 6 Shagya stallions are approved for the Trakehner Stud Book?
 
I would have toput mare 1 to something like Jackaroo-

Hi, I was thinking jackaroo for my mare this year but he's quite small, have you seen or know if his offspring are bigger?
 
Thanks all.

Irish Gal will pm you. Like Portlaoise FT, great jump though not the best mover.

Zebe - All the really nice stallions by Clover Hill that I like are deceased. Typical.

Right think I am looking at Creevagh Ferro for mare 1. Have seen some lovely stock by him in the UK, lovely temperaments, great movers and jumpers though some could be sharp to ride, but still amateur friendly. If anyone knows more about conformation, temperament etc please let me know.

Mare 2 - I think I am going to swallow the large stud fee and go for OBOS quality. Probably a bit much for her first foal, but he is commercial and produces both show jumpers and eventers. May end up with not the greatest shoulder, being the main downside. Do a lot of his stock have upright shoulders? And again an idea of temperament of his progeny would be great.

Thanks.
 
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