--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sandman looked to weigh around > 900-1000, > but Fox has his head, eyes and ears exactly, and altho his back > looks > different, I can spot the horses out of sandman a mile away because > they all have the same fat wide back, not like sandman. How on > earth > can a breeder be sure when they buy a stallion what it will > produce... > there is sandman, boney backed, boney hips, every horse he's ever > sired, literally dozens, have fat wide backs and almost no withers. > He's short and small, all his offspring are huge and stocky. He is > solid, but has a weird homozygousness in that every time he is bred > to > a spotted mare the offspring is spotted. every time. But all his > offspring are known to be gentle natured and like the spots, seem > 100% > sound natural gaited ---according to the old man... Just makes me > think jeez, I could have never looked at a horse and judged what > his > offspring would be like, never! Like Susan said, it is just a > crapshoot even when you give it your best shot... > Janice--
Well, it is a crapshoot....however, there is a difference between a Proven Stallion, and a young unproven one..... We spent a ton of money on a stallion from Iceland...it was a big financial risk...it paid off and then some because he fixes the mares issues every time, and blends well with them...had he not produced well, he would have been a loss financially, he would have been gelded.....breeding good stock means you have to be ready and willing to make and follow through with decisions like that. Sometimes you can not look at a stallion to see what he will produce, sometimes it goes back a generation or so.....once a breeder discovers a stallion does does produce what you are looking for, you have a tough decision ahead.... Storme ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121
