This is the Troll,I am 33 almost 34 yrs old.or young?This will be my 26th
yr riding endurance.
I was selected and rode the NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP in FRONT ROYAL
,VA
in 1987.Be careful of who you call a troll.You are right, great mares are
great mares.
Great stallions are great stallions.THAT IS NOT THE POINT! Endurance
records will show one
thing:
Lots of horses go fast for a short
time
Very few go fast over and over
again.
You pick what you want, we pick what we want.
Someone mentioned sexist that got me worked big time.Meaning all
Stallions are the same.
Better yet all mares are the same. NOT!
We have had mares , geldings ,and heck we have ridden MULES to
complete rides.
If you think for one minute that having a stallion is the same,go figure
again!
Not even trying to promote a stallion draws attention when you get to a
ride.
Most people do not even know Splash is a stud ( next to our other
horses)until
they hear his name.That is one thing you will never hear about a
mare.
Does anyone ever talk about how quiet a mare is?
I think not!
The biggest point of all:
Find a stallion you like, if breeding is what you want to do.Next
find a mare that is equal or better bred and has good
conformation,and a sound mind(yah)
Do not put down those that are trying to promote the breed of endurance
horses you will be
riding in years to
come.
M&T
SandyDSA@xxxxxxx wrote:
ok - one more time...
that nasty guy was the troll,
really?
well mares can be nominated, yes we know this, but a
stallion must pay a fee for every foal that is to be nominated AND heir fee
is much higher to begin with.
,
a stallion owner could make deals like you get one foal i get
the other,
this is already being done and mainly by the MARE owners who want a
foal without the cost or work - WORK - of owning a stallion
costs of housing may be more on the stallions part but vet
care for the mare and foal could be more,
really? yearly (or more) motility and sperm count tests, SCID testing,
regular vet exams and care, I don't consider our stallions to be worth less
care than our mares, in fact, at times they can be more. We also include the
cost of one preg check with our full service leases.
the foal from these superior mares could also benefit the
stallion owners in advertising right...
which ads are STILL being paid for by the stallion owners. Have you
checked into the COST of advertising a stallion, or of the insurance,
general liability, additional care costs?
bedoine...hmmm
tracked foals thru the mare line and felt that was where the value
is, i know our best horse came out of a
great mare and a stud that was gelded because he wasn't very
good. but regarless of who the mare was bred too her foals
were sold before they were born.
Sometimes stallions are gelded simply BECAUSE they will make a
wonderful gelding - or because someone does not have the facility to
properly care for AND PAY FOR a stallion. To be honest, I am offended
by the very notion that my time and my stallion's sperm - AND 3 decades of
experience and research - take a back seat to someone's perceived assumption
of the value of their mare vs our stallion.
In the end, we put tremendous value in our breeding program into our
mares. They have indeed been slighted in the past. However, the huge
disparity in the cost and workload of owning a stallion absolutely deserves
to be a shared 'cost". Morbid curiosity makes me ask - just how many of you
who actively own, compete and stand a stallion would go out and pay mare
owners a fee - what, $1000? - so that the mare owners could have a foal
of their own? Thought so. Me neither.
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