Hi Karen, I do not breed. As a rule, I prefer a nice gelding, but I do own two Icelandic mares and have ridden and shown a few very nice mares over the last 43 years.
Frankly, I do not breed because I would rather buy the results of your efforts. I bear none of the risk, none of the expense, none of the gamble. I just wait until they're four+ years old or so and buy exactly what I want ... well, not always, but I think for me, the chance of getting the horse I dream of is much higher when I have all of horsedom to shop in and am not limited to the foals of one mare. Of course, I don't have the fun of having babies or the opportunity to start them as I would want them handled. Nancy Sturm
