Which Warmblood stallion to breed to? Update:Riding the mare!

[danischi24]

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It's easier for me to spend 20 000 over the course of 4 years rather than all at once. Also, I still think that it would be far more expensive to import but I'll look into it. Stabling here is almost free in any case seeing as we make our own food because of the cows & buy in huge bulk.

 

[2DogsFarm]

You want color?
Consider Sempatico:

http://www.silverwoodfarm.com/sempatico.html

He certainly seems to pass on color & his babies do quite well in the showring.

That said: I tend to agree with welsummerchicks & patandchickens - why invest several years & $$$ in the "possibilty" of a good riding horse?
Foals don't come with guarantees.
Unless you are a pro, breeding for a living, why gamble this mare will produce what you want?

 

[Indiana]

I'd choose a Trakehner stallion, but then I have two of them Mum and son I bred 6 years ago.

If I bred another I would be looking probably at the Trakehner Gribaldi line, Moorlands Totilas is from this line and is the WOW horse of the moment.

 

[danischi24]

I don't want a colored warmblood, just some white markings. I find Trakehners far too light. If I bred one to a TB, I'd have no bone.

 

[Whispering Winds]

I don't know much about horses, but the first stallion is a beautiful animal. He would be my pick!!!

 

[EweSheep]

http://www.bwbs.co.uk/stallions.htm

Hanoverians: http://service.vit.de/hvp/liste.do;jsessionid=D29108D690CCB611E9F71D43C2B21BF3

I agree with Pat and Welsummer's views. If you want the best or better than the Israeli WB stallions, then you can import one and offer him for stud service/AI to recoup or offset some of the cost you had to get him imported. After all, you want better horses than the Israeli horses, right?

 

[Anguissette]

My picks for refining stallions

http://www.hilltopfarminc.com/stallion_royal_prince.html

http://www.superiorequinesires.com/stallions/londonderry.shtml

 

[danischi24]

I'm not standing a stallion at stud. I've been down that road & it's not worth the headache for me. I just want a nice horse to ride & I'd like to breed one because it will give me time to sort out everything else in my life & get a good quality horse.

 

[Rusty Hills Farm]

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This sound so easy...and profitable, too. But having stood a number of stallions over the years, I can tell you that this is not for the faint of heart! And you need really deep pockets, too. Show expenses and advertising eat you alive. And any foal that falls into inexperienced hands and doesn't do well because of it winds up a black mark on the stallion's record.

There is a good reason why I went gray at 35!!!

Rusty