sallyf
Well-Known Member
If stallions were graded on there own merits and not who owns or produces them i would have no qualms about sending my stallions for grading.
But when you see some that have passed and others that have failed and then been re presented with a face on the end of them and then passed i dont feel any justification in taking mine.
Most of the ones that are graded TBs for me just dont have good enough conformation.
As someone who only uses TB stallions and is on the lookout for an outcross for one of my mares i havnt yet seen a TB that is graded that i want to use so i will continue what i have done in the past which it is use the best that i can afford that fits the bill in pedigree, conformation and temperament.
Doesnt mean i breed bad horses.
The funny thing is no one quibbles about the likes of the Brendon hill stallions being graded which none are .
People flock to use them with good results and a majority of the Louella stallions these days arnt graded but no one seems to worry about that either.
Primitive proposel is very popular but has never been presented for grading and yet no one questions these stallions do they.
But when you see some that have passed and others that have failed and then been re presented with a face on the end of them and then passed i dont feel any justification in taking mine.
Most of the ones that are graded TBs for me just dont have good enough conformation.
As someone who only uses TB stallions and is on the lookout for an outcross for one of my mares i havnt yet seen a TB that is graded that i want to use so i will continue what i have done in the past which it is use the best that i can afford that fits the bill in pedigree, conformation and temperament.
Doesnt mean i breed bad horses.
The funny thing is no one quibbles about the likes of the Brendon hill stallions being graded which none are .
People flock to use them with good results and a majority of the Louella stallions these days arnt graded but no one seems to worry about that either.
Primitive proposel is very popular but has never been presented for grading and yet no one questions these stallions do they.