Here's a hypothetical horse breeding question for mindless entertainment:
So...if you were going to breed a horse, which stallion would you pick and why. What would you be trying to produce, and what about this particular pairing (your mare with this stallion) makes you think you'd have a good, logical chance to acheive your goal foal.
This is a strictly hypothetical question, of course. I'm not advocating breeding, just wanting a little discussion about how others think before being responsible for the creation of an animal that can live about 30 years.
2008-08-01T10:01:00Z
Besides, it's a fun excuse to window shop stallions.
ClanSinclair2008-08-01T11:12:11Z
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Cns, I love to stallion shop. Sure is good to dream..... Here are 3 of my favorits!!!
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Primavera Brio-- Brio was a solid third in '97 World Jr Horse Reining at the Morgan Grand National as a 3 year old at 7 months under saddle.
I chose to breed her to a Friesian stallion. I choose an old style Friesian. I love the rounded cobby bodies that have oodles of curves and muscles (vs. the sleek long modern look).
I found a Friesian stallion of body quality and temperment that was EXACTLY what I was looking for.
Both the sire and the dam showed above average intelligence for horses. I also wanted ultra sound, rock hard feet.
The filly which was created by this mating turned out exactly as I expected in body type. She is bold as brass (not afraid of things, and ultra currious). Her hooves are gorgeous. Her temperment, and intelligence are wonderful.
She just turned five a few days ago. Her hooves are perfect in every way, and she's never even been trimmed, much less had shoes on (I like to keep my horses barefoot....good hooves are a big deal for me). To make sure her bones, tendons and joints had a complete chance to mature, she's never been ridden. I've been waiting for her 5th birthday (Friesians are a slow growing breed).
Her body radiates the explosive power of the Friesian, and the dancing grace of an Arab. My only disapointment was her color. I hoped for the coal black of the Friesian. She was born a blood bay. She is turning color as she matures, to a dapple grey, with four LONG black stockings, and a black mane and tail.
She is one of the most striking horses I've ever seen.
The Friesian stallion I bred the mare to has passed on, or I would be breeding to him again. The pairing between these two was remarkable in every way.
Soundness, health, longevity, good body structure, temperment, intelligence, hooves, teeth, were all things I concidered for both parents before I made this breeding.
~Garnet
P.S. The outcome of this breeding is named Canace. It's Greek...it means "child of the wind."
At this stage of the game, the only way I'd be involved in breeding anything would be if it would get me a Friesian...no color issues, since black seems to be easy to come by. I'd look for the best conformation and disposition, with a record of performance....the stallion's own performance....in choosing the stallion. If I were to even think of breeding this stallion with my own mare, it would be time to lock me up and feed me happy pills. I would breed with a Friesian broodmare with proven bloodlines, and that had been bred to this stallion before and I could see the results. That is the only way I would breed anything.
It would depend entirely on which mare I was going to breed. I would have to look at her weaknesses, and then pick a stallion that best complemented her shortcomings. If he just so happened to be a big stout purdy blue roan, so much the better, but color is the last thing of importance on my list. Given the nice foal that I got when I used Indigo Blue the last time, if I was going to breed that mare again, I'd use him again. Kind of a deal of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Pedigree Predicts Performance. The first thing I look at is pedigree, if I like what I see on paper, I take a look at the stallion. Ideally, I would like to see the get (offspring) of the stallion as well. We raise hunter ponies, so we look for overall confirmation, soundness, movement and way of going and temperament (crucial in a child's pony). I want a stallion that can deliver the whole package, focusing on improving just one area leaves room for a decline in quality in the other areas of focus. Some of my favorite stallions to breed to are: Farnley Bellshazzar Triple Hill Hidden Creeks Rainfox