STALLIONS.
MAD ABOUT THE BOY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS ABOUT BREEDING, PARTICULARLY FOR A FIRST-TIMER, IS PICKING THE FOAL’S FATHER. HELEN TRIGGS GETS SOME TOP ADVICE FROM SOME OF BRITAIN’S MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE BREEDERS AND EXPERTS TO HELP YOU MAKE THE BEST CHOICE TO GET TO YOUR FINAL
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DESTINATION – OFFSPRING THAT DOES THE JOB YOU WANT.
here are a huge amount of photos and videos on the internet featuring testosterone packed specimens that float around the arena showing off their spectacular movement and muscled athletic bodies. s oodlander tud’s ynne rowden says when considering potential sires all that glisters is not gold’. ou need to be able to see through the hype to select the partner for your mare that will produce the offspring to match your aspirations. our planning needs to start well before you start eyeing up the boys’. ou need to ask yourself a series of uestions fi rst Is this the only foal I intend to breed r part of an e isting breeding programme hat do I want to produce Is the offspring for me to ride or to sell If it’s to sell do you want to sell as a foal a youngster or a produced horse If it’s for you what are your ambitions and are they realistic If you produce a
big moving hyper-sensitive horse are you able to ride it and would you en oy it hen you’ve honestly decided e actly what you are looking for it’s time to evaluate the mare. If you aren’t knowledgeable enough about conformation or tend to see your horse through rose-tinted spectacles get an e pert opinion. “I would take a good look at my mare and pick one or two things I would like to improve in the offspring then pick a stallion that is known for reliably passing on those traits. ong term soundness is very important so I pick stallions which have long and proven competition records reliability as a progenitor and e cellent conformation comments ara ongworth of averley tud. ABOVE LEFT: SARA LONGWORTH, BREEDER OF WAVERLEY FELLINI, LOOKS FOR STALLIONS WITH LONG AND PROVEN COMPETITION RECORDS. BELOW: CONSIDER THE GOALS OF YOUR BREEDING OPERATION WHEN CHOOSING A STALLION. THIS LOVELY FOAL FROM THE HEADMORE STUD IS BY SPIELBERG - CAMARILLA-CALIMERO (DAYANO). THE SIRE WAS SUCCESSFUL AT GRAND PRIX AND OBTAINED THE TITLE OF PREMIUM STALLION.
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