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[RC] {RC] Arabian Stud Fees are just too high - Nat Nelson<<The AHA wants us to breed more arabs, but who can afford the stud fees? I haven't seen any arabs I'd want to breed my mare to for under $1,000. Ridiculous>> Standing and promoting a stallion is not cheap. Most of the stallions advertised in the breed magazines will generally have higher stud fees. This is due to promotion costs such as show fees, trainer fees, and advertising costs. Heck just go research how much a full page add in a breed magazine can run! Try looking for a local arabian stallion just starting his breeding career. Sometimes you can get good deals going that route - or check into local futurity stallion service auctions (you can contact your local arab club for details) Many times you can get stud fees 50% or more off! Anyone standing a stallion under $500 is really committing financial suicide. Honestly there is ALOT of work and cost associated with standing a stallion. I currently stand two studs - last year I stood 4. The time involved is astronomical durring the breeding season - I also work a 40 hour work week - so I juggle breeding mares around my work schedule. It is not uncommon for me to bred a mare at 3AM before leaving work, returning to bred another mare at 3PM when I return from work and breeding a mare at 9PM before going to bed. This happens alot during the peek of the breeding season when several mares come to the same stallion all at once! In between those times I feed, fill up water tubs, clean stalls and run mares to the vet for ultrasounds in my free time (alot of times I take time off work to do that, just not enough time in a day durring breeding season!) I don't know about you but my time is valuable and it is compenstated partially through the stud fees and mare care fees. My job is to get the mare owner's mare in foal - I don't think I'd do all that work over a 3-14 day period for a mere $150 :) But if you found someone who will - treat them like gold - because they are priceless!! Collection fees for my stallion alone is $150 (I pay someone else to collect, so that's what it costs the mare owner if they chose to have shipped semen - on top of the stud fee and the actual shipping cost from Fed X). Again if you would like to bred to a purebred Arab check with your local Arab club to see if they have a stallion service auction. If not, many stallion owner's have reduced rates for mares with a proven peformance record or have get that have a performace record. Good luck! and happy Stallion Hunting :) ~Nat~ Buckeye, AZ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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