Would you, should you??????

No! I dont think it would be fair on the mare and I wouldnt like to risk breeding a foal with possible problems. Why do you ask? M.
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Just wondered because I think it would be the worst thing in the world to do.... but wasnt sure if these faults would definately be possible to pass to the foal.

And wanted to know for sure as vague friend of mine thinks it is the way forward for her mare who has all of the above but is 'a nice mare and would make a lovely foal'....... just wanted to confirm my thoughts!!!!

And no she isnt mine (i only do geldings)!!!!
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Roach back wouldnt put me off and it's questionable as to whether kissing spine would be likely to be inherited genetically. From the mare's point of view though, if she's in pain or carrying a foal would be likely to cause pain, she absolutely shouldnt be bred!
 
I bred a lovely filly (Sheba) from a mare with a pronounced roach back, but by the time she was 4 she was found to have kissing spine, and became unsound as soon as we started trying to get her to go into her bridle and on the bit.

So we decided to try and breed from Sheba to no avail. We had her covered in hand by two different stallions and then she ran with two others for the best part of four years. When we had her scanned the vet said that she had a dropped uterus, so I suppose it was just as well that she didn't breed a foal as she may have needed a caesarian.
This is Sheba with my daughter soon after we broke her in.

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On the other hand, I have bred seven smashing foals, by different sires, out of a sway-backed mare (the dun pony in my avatar) who had the most horendously twisted spine and dropped shoulder. I know I took a risk when I bred from her and perhaps, with a mare with kissing-spine it would not be recommended.

Incidentally, both these mares were by our own home-bred TB who had no conformation problems at all.
 
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