[18KaratSizzle]

Very much agreed

Originally Posted by Sandra-A1

For this one....
Does my mare represent a good example of the breed?
I advise getting at least 3 expert opinions....do not trust yourself to evaluate your mare.

Get people who are well known and respected Judges, as well as successful Professional trainers, in your chosen breed or equestrian sport/activity, are good choices to evaluate your mare and give you their professional opinion as to her quality, faults and breeding worthy ness.
Be willing to pay them for their time and expert opinion....if you have to take your mare to them (be it at their place or arranging to meet them somewhere else like at a show) be willing to do it..... IMHO...it is time & money well spent!

[Huntseat]

I said "yes" to everything except being willing to risk her life. I'm no more willing to risk her life during an everyday training session, but we all know in the very back of our heads that it can happen. She is my entire life, and I can't imagine my world if something happened to her, but I know that it is a possibility for some freak accident to happen whether I breed or not.

She has a few minor conformation flaws, such as her neck being a tad bit low-set for an arab, but a stud with a high-set, long, thin neck (not hard to find in the arab world) would compliment her beautifully. She has wonderful polish lines, great arab type, overall GOOD conformation (not 'perfect', but she doesn't have anything screaming "awful conformation!"), good temperment, good age to breed, and we have the facilities to breed, care for the mare and foal, and raise a baby.

Currently, breeding isn't an option for me because I can find much better ways to spend my money and time on her alone without a baby to worry about, but someday it probably will be on my agenda. When she gets a little bit older, I would like to breed her so that I can have a 4 year old about the time where she can't work 8 hours a day and take the stresses of showing, working, and everything else we do like she can now.

[Fiera]

Adding that the mare should preferrably be talented/athletic herself and/or have good bloodlines =] Your mare should actually be able to do something and do it well,; basically show promise towards the discipline you are breeding her for. For example, if you want a jumper it would be nice if she was competing 3'9+++ sucessfully. Breed her after her career, then. I hate when people depend soley on the stallion for talent and think he will also conter all their mare's problems. Great thread. I love it. I wish some people would consider these things before breeding on impulse so they can cuddle a fluffy baby out of their flawless mare

[JeffK-MN]

Great Post I also think this should be a sticky.

But I have to say that most of the people on this web site do look at the whole picture and a lot of them have great horses and would make their breed that much better. But so so many of the foals out there are back yard breeding that have only the idea of making money or want to have a baby and then when it gets too much work or cost too much they get rid of them and that is so bad.

Just my 2 cents. Thanks Jeff

[Little Red Dun]

Top-notch post! I also vote it get stickied to the top.

And I agree with Sandra-A1, I would have my mare evaluated by other experts to help me determine if she was breeding-worthy. I would not trust myself to take off the rose-tinted glasses if it was my mare.

[Skye]

Great post. I am pretty sure that it has been stickied, or at least something like this has.

[TB_jockey]

Wow,great questions! I could honestly say no to a lot of those! When it comes to the risk of losing my mare I cant do it!

[Sheza_Angel]

This should be a sticky indeed.

[gigga]

I dont think any one wants to risk looseing a mare if you are going to put that up on the list then why dont women think again befor haveing a baby? yeas things can go wrong in birth but that is not common and with a good vet around its not likely she would die if something went wrong...

I would never ever want to risk my Small Pink but I just feel like she is too good to not pass her genes on and her former owner encourage me to breed her. bla bla bla.. pay no attention to me.. lol.. just so tierd I dont why Im even on line

well Im just so happy she was sold to me.. a friend of mine sold her to me cuz I wanted .. she was only for sale to me
and just to show off I´ll put a pic of her and her stallion