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Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I'm sure that there are, but I wouldn't breed my mare (if I had one) to a single one of them. I think it's detrimental to the thoroughbred breed by encouraging crooked horses by over breeding to unconformed stallions (Storm Cat for example.)

AMEN!!! It KILLS me to see some of the horses that are being bred these days. The aweful feet ALONE would be enough to make me not take my mare to them. Don't they realize they are just killing the breed?
I don't see why anyone would take their mares to such fragile stallions as Candy Ride, Ghostzapper, and Vindication. Yes, they were fast. Yes, they have nice pedigrees. But come on! What good is all of that if their babies break down before they even get a chance to run???

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Flaxen Mane

AMEN!!! It KILLS me to see some of the horses that are being bred these days. The aweful feet ALONE would be enough to make me not take my mare to them. Don't they realize they are just killing the breed?
I don't see why anyone would take their mares to such fragile stallions as Candy Ride, Ghostzapper, and Vindication. Yes, they were fast. Yes, they have nice pedigrees. But come on! What good is all of that if their babies break down before they even get a chance to run???

I agree completely, although I've never seen GZ close up. Does he have terrible feet?

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I agree completely, although I've never seen GZ close up. Does he have terrible feet?

I havn't seen him up close either, but I've heard he has pretty darn bad feet. And I know that the reason he was campaigned so lightly was due to his fragility.

Why would you breed you mare to that???

Originally Posted by Flaxen Mane

I havn't seen him up close either, but I've heard he has pretty darn bad feet. And I know that the reason he was campaigned so lightly was due to his fragility.

Why would you breed you mare to that???

If Perfect Drift had some sperm. That would be my choice. As far mares which I feel are more important for stamina (and I have a real genetic basis for this belief, not dosage points) I would have to rely on the masses to educate me. Perfect Drift's seconditis is behavioral.

Originally Posted by pgardn

If Perfect Drift had some sperm. That would be my choice. As far mares which I feel are more important for stamina (and I have a real genetic basis for this belief, not dosage points) I would have to rely on the masses to educate me. Perfect Drift's seconditis is behavioral.

That's a good point, everyone puts a lot of emphasis on the stallion, but mares really do have more to do w/the outcome than the stallion does. A good mare will do well regardless of who she goes to. Dear Birdie for example has 11 winners from 11 foals of racing age, she has only visited the same stallion on one occasion (Proper Reality).

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Flaxen Mane

That's a good point, everyone puts a lot of emphasis on the stallion, but mares really do have more to do w/the outcome than the stallion does. A good mare will do well regardless of who she goes to. Dear Birdie for example has 11 winners from 11 foals of racing age, she has only visited the same stallion on one occasion (Proper Reality).

I do think that distance ability comes from the mare, but if you're considering soundness, I believe it's a 50/50 deal. I still don't think I'd take my chances on breeding to a crooked horse.

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I do think that distance ability comes from the mare, but if you're considering soundness, I believe it's a 50/50 deal. I still don't think I'd take my chances on breeding to a crooked horse.

Agreed!!!!!!