NFFR?

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just a quick question.. is the no foal free return only valid for the following year? my mare went to mill law last year, left the stud apparently in foal but lost it somewhere along the way
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and his year for various reasons we havent got round to sending her back to stud. i really want to have another go but dont want to have to fork out the stud fee again!
 
It can be at the discretion of the Stud...... Though some do state specifically that NFFR is for the following year only. Ring them up hun
 
Just curious - does it still apply if the mare left the stud confirmed in-foal then losing it later along?
 
she wasnt in foal by oct 1st, had the vet out to check her and he wrote us a letter stating that etc. will give them a ring, twemlows always seem quite helpful... fingers crossed!
 
Twemlows are normally v helpful - and I would have thought that surely most studs would let you defer the NFFR breeding for a year.

I do things a bit differently - my boy's terms are LFG, with no deposit - nothing at all to pay until the breeder has a live, healthy foal on the ground the following year. If the mare slips at any time, or even if the foal dies shortly after birth, there is no fee to pay. (I feel that the loss of a foal is sad enough without a financial loss as well.) The breeder can then choose to return to my boy, or not, as they wish.

I've been told that these terms are too generous (in fact I've been told I am stupid, naive, etc...) but I feel quite strongly that a breeder should not have to pay for anything less than a live, healthy foal. As I see it, what a breeder is 'buying' from me with the stud fee is a foal by my stallion, from their mare. Not a syringe full of semen, not the chance or possibility of a foal, but an actual live, healthy foal. If they don't get that foal, they don't pay me. Simple as that.

Free Return is all very well, but what about the poor breeder whose mare slips after October 1st? And what if the mare loses the foal and the breeder decides they don't want to risk breeding her again? It just doesn't seem fair to me. Well, maybe it's fair but it's not very kind.
 
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