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it was of unknown breeding? assuming it is already mature and proven, would you pass it by because it doesnt have papers/ proof of parentage etc.

there is no particular reason for this post, just curious as i am a nosey beggar! personally, it wouldent put me off as a proven horse has shown its talent and is a finished article therefore knowing its parentage shouldent make much differance. i have no idea even what breed my horse is, yet i could be told that she was donkey crossed pit pony and it wouldent make a jot of differance to me! however that could be because i have no desire to breed from her.........
 
Wouldnt bother me
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my mare has unknown parentage(suspected but not proved sire) and it doesnt worry me at all. she does the job and is lovely, id keep any of her foals if i bred from her so i woodnt mind at all!
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No - although having bought a mare described merely as Anglo Arab I am delighted to have traced her breeding and found that it is excellent on both TB and Arab sides. The fact that she's a sweet person and looks like she's going to perform (and enjoy it) is much more important to me though.
 
This comes from my old horse (well my sisters old horse) who was shipped over from Ireland as a 3/4 year old by a dealer. His owner before us had done some novice eventing and won the horsemanship prize at the Pony Club SJ champs. My sister then went on to go to 2 JRN champs and 2 PC eventing champs. He was only 15hh and had we been looking for something with breeding then we would never have gone to even look at him.
 
Wouldn't worry me at all if it was proven. My first mare was a Heinz 57, but didn't really do much competing with her. Current horse is a TB so know his breeding right back - actually related to War Admiral (the horse that Seabiscuit raced against). Was asked yesterday if I'd be interested in riding a young horse (6 I think) that is believed to be TBx Shire. Now this is becoming a bit of a dream of mine to have a TB with a bit of Shire and take it out to do dressage. This mare moves beautifully and a pro rider has been heard to say she could go far - would love to take a horse of unknow breeding to a decent level.
 
have bought for breeding in the past but i was showing new forests/welsh sec a's.

unless doing breed classes then no,as long as it does the job i want it for i don't care
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I adore my boy, but have NO idea of his breeding. personally, if the horse is of the correct "stamp" for what I want, so what if you don't know? Breeding doesnt dictate the results the horse will get. :grin;
 
No it wouldn't/hasn't bothered me, the current horse that I have has a Sports Horse (GB) passport, no information on parentage, I bought him because he seemed to be exactly right for me. However the girl selling him told me that he was a full brother to an eventer I had heard of, but that was hearsay so didn't influence my decision to buy him.

When I was at a ODE I saw this supposed brother's name on the start list being competed by a person I knew so I found them and asked if the horse's owner was also there. She was there and so was her horse's breeder and trainer. I asked them if they knew of/remembered my horse and it turned out they did, had bred him and backed him and the information I'd been given was correct.

Still don't know why it wasn't given on his passport but heyho it made him a lot cheaper than he would have been and it was nice to hear about him as a foal and being backed as a very naughty 5 yo.
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Yes I would pass it by, but that is because I sell on horses and papered horses are a must for my business. I wouldn't consider buying a horse without very good bloodlines.
 
I don't know my horses breeding and it doesn't bother me in the slightest except people at shows and competitions keep coming up and admiring him then and asking me who he's by! They look a bit disappointed when I say I don't know.
 
Nope. With youngsters its a little different but who gives a.... If the horse can do it who cares if his dam couldn't? When I go new forest shopping I will look for lines because its all I've got to give me some chance of a good'n.
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It doesn't bother me, even if they're youngsters (I usually buy at 3 or 4, rather than foals, where I can see parentage could help more). If it's got good conformation and movement and most importantly a nice temperament, I'm happy.

A few months ago I bought a lovely just backed 3yo of unknown breeding to bring on as a show horse. I've managed to trace her back to her breeder, and are now going through the process of verirying things - she is by Loch Pearl, sire of a HOYS champion hunter and numerous other prolific show horses.
 
For what I've just brought, I was looking for something papered and nicely bred, but found that for what breeds I was looking at it was nigh impossible to find something sane and well bred. So I bought an unpapered pony who is just great temperament wise, and does his job really well.

I will be buying again later this year /early next, and will be looking for something papered. Simply because I want to do showing and know exactly what i want.
 
depends if it was a mare or a gelding?
a gelding of good breeding means nothing to me, as if it ever becomes un sound its worthless anyway, when i look at some of the geldings for sale sometimes the price is far more than a mare of a simular (sp) stamp of horse. at least if the worst happens to a mare then you could breed from her.

but i have had some very good geldings of un known breeding that have gone on to be wonderful for there new owners.
 
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