Fw: exp. breeders, help!

["Whitney Bass" <bass@bigsky.net>]

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> From: Whitney Bass <bass@bigsky.net>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: exp. breeders, help!
> Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:28 AM
> 
> I have a question about a mare that I am thinking about breeding this
> spring, and was wondering if all you experienced breeders, could give me
> your opinion (privately, since not endurance related).  I have a mare who
> will be 14 this spring and has never been bred.  She was raced into the
> ground as 3, 4, and 5 year old, and as a result, her mind is hanging on
by
> a thin thread.  I bought her when she was about 8, I guess -- spent years
> working with her, and made incredible progress.  But there seems to be
> permanent damage, as she is still incredibly flaky.  She usually colics
> once per year, different kinds.  And she just can't handle much stress
> without seeming to get that far-away look in her eyes and kind of coming
> undone.  In case you are wondering, I quit endurance riding her a few
years
> ago because while I managed to get her and her HR under control, she
would
> still "lose it" if people started passing her.  So now she makes a
> wonderful pasture ornament!  But she is beautiful and very sweet and I
> would like to get a baby out of her.  But I don't know if I should.  I'm
> afraid she might not be a good mom, or would have problems because she is
a
> chronic colicer -- have any of you had experience breeders this type of a
> mare?  And if so, what were the result?  Thanks in advance!!
>