What do you think of this stallion

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I am tempted to use him on my mare below, though I had not planned on putting her in-foal for at least another couple of years, I saw him & I am now tempted.
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He's handsome & well made, but I wouldn't say exceptional and wouldn't use him on mine - who is very similar to yours, because he has a very ordinary hind leg.
 
He looks a handsome chap and is obviously proving himself on the jumping circuit. However I would say going by the picture of your mare he would perhaps be a little too heavy for your mare and I agree with the other comments that you would perhaps need something with a better hindleg for your mare.
 
Very popular with Scottish breeders who have been breeding jumpers for many years, will see if I can look out a few youngsters locally. Could add good length of limb to the foal, a lot of blood, well developed wither, beautiful expressive face, would agree the hind leg could be better. Three top class bloodlines in his pedigree, Voltaire, Concorde and Burgraf, Voltaire and Concorde can be sharp but the Burgraff damline could soften that edge. Voltaire is reknown for producing a straighter hind leg but it has been commented that it "bends" well. As you would specifically be looking to improve on your mares hind leg this would not be my choice for her.
The other Stallion that I would look at would be Marius Claudius, has consitantly sired top class foals here in Scotland and remains ever popular and have admired everyone I have seen to date. Very strong powerful foals. Talans are exquisitely pretty.
 
Thank you all for your comments they are very useful, so I appreciate your time. I would obviously like to improve on the mare, that is the whole point of breeding. Well if anyone has any ideas of a possible husband for her, feel free to let me know. I have to take into account that I have not been able to trace her breeding, so if I get another colt it may be for sale, & will have to at least recoup the stud fee!
 
Could you tell us a bit more about your mare and what you are hoping to breed?

She looks v nice, btw!

I would not have chosen that stallion for her, purely on conformation, but to recommend another it would help to know a bit about the mare (height, age, breeding, temperament, achievements, etc.) and what you wish to do with the foal. (Sorry if you've said all this before and I've missed it!)
 
She is 15.3 & was showing a flair for XC, & SJ. She has quiet a fat tongue so bitting has been an issue as she gets marked down in dressage for sticking her tongue out! She is a very easy mare to do, can be a bit spooky to hack on her own, but nothing terrible. She adores being fussed & is always the 1st over when you go to the paddocks. I have never seen her put her ears back or offer to kick a person. As my daughter wants to Event or at least SJ then that is what we would hope to breed, having said that she trains with a dressage rider & I keep hoping she will get into that a bit more. She is no world beater that is for sure, just your ave riding club horse. She actually moves better then she looks (though she can be a bit lazy). I am not into huge horses I like them 16/16.2 I would like to breed a useful individual as there is no guarantee that we could keep the offspring if circumstances change. And yes I am breeding for sentimental reasons as I like this mare very much & would like to have something of her, which hopefully will be kept. Having said that if it did not show the ability we wanted & was yet another colt then it could well be for sale at some point.
 
I dont think he would give me the height, my daughter is not far off 5.7 at 15 & with her long legs she needs a min of 15.2. For all I know my mare might have pony blood in her which means she could throughback even with a larger stallion. On the otherhand if I was breeding to sell then it might make a very nice sports pony.
 
Well as ever I'm a huge fan of Sallyf's stallion High Tension.

Another one for you to consider could be No Submission - Langaller Stud, Devon.

We have a No Submission yearling, and he has really improved on the mare - adding real quality. Another friend has a foal by him this year. Both the yearling and foal (both colts) are proving to have wonderful temperaments and are real lookers.

Agree with the other comments about the stallion you posted about. Nice enough - not a good hind leg though.
 
I was at Meadows stud to pick up a colt yesterday and noticed that they have a smashing young stallion that looks gorgeous. He was quite refined and a lovely person. He's grey, sorry can't remember his name as i was pre-occupied!!
 
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I was at Meadows stud to pick up a colt yesterday and noticed that they have a smashing young stallion that looks gorgeous. He was quite refined and a lovely person. He's grey, sorry can't remember his name as i was pre-occupied!!

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I think you mean Chaos. He is lovely, bred for jumping. He is only 3 though, and already a little bit of a blob!!!
 
I think he looks incredibly atheletic, powrfull sort, i think it could be a good choice and you could get something half decent, good match i thought.
 
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