Breeding my appaloosa mare?

Question

I have a 13 year old registered appaloosa mare who has been bred 3 times before with no problem last faol was 3 years ago. I am trying to take and breed her again I was wondering what you would think about my mare

www.photobucket.com/britecheerio

and this stallion

http://rippling.startlogic.com/Stallion.htm

Answer 1

So your mare is breeding stock, so what.  She still carries a copy of the Lp gene and with this stallion (and his colored bloodlines), I'd go for it.  I would like to see the pedigree on your mare, though.  Can you post it, or at least the mare's registered name?

Answer 2

If you want a foal so bad, why dont you pick a weanling up at auction? They run really cheap and if your mare is already protective of foals that are not hers she would probably adopt him without a problem. You could possibly be saving a life. Please consider not breeding your mare just because she a has the ability to have babies.

Answer 3

Uh so your appaloosa mare is a chestnut? Am I the only one who sees a problem?

Answer 4

Is it really wise to breed a mare because you can't sell her? She looks a nice enough sort but rather expensive for a beginner horse with no competition history.

You could end up with two horses you can't sell.

I don't like the stallion. He looks stuffy in front & is short over his hip. Would he be entire if not for his colour?

If you want guaranteed colour you need a few spot sire.

Look on www.fuglyhorse of the day.blogspot.com before producing a foal - or ask this question there.

Answer 5

not sure about the mare cos i cant see her but the stallion looks a bit young to be breeding, he still has spots comming through...

Answer 6

I don't care much for that stallion.He seems to have a big blocky head (watched video). There's just not really anything that looks all that special about him.

I like your mare.

Answer 7

I would be careful because the older the mare, the more complications with foaling. You might like to consider and Embryo Transplant, where you get a donor mare and take the embryo and put it into the other mare. That way, your mare can still be ridden and showed, but you still get a foal out of her. And while you get her genetics, she won't ever have to take off loads of time for work to nurse her foal- the donor mare can do that. It would also prevent complications from foaling because of her age... By the way, your mare's link doesn't work. I do like the stallion though. He's gorgeous.

Happy Riding!

Allygirl

Answer 8

Both are nice horses and going to the stallion's web site, I hadn't seen names like that in AGES!  The stallion reminds me of a little Appy gelding I owned back in the mid 1980's, Michael Red Bird.  He was the BEST babysitter I've ever owned and the only reason I didn't keep him for the rest of his life was that I sent him to San Diego to a friend of mine who was up there in years and was going blind and needed a horse who'd take care of her.  So, Mikey got the job.

Anyway, seeing how your mare's breeding stock, I was looking at the colour percentage that the stallion sires, but didn't see anything on the site.  You should ask them.  Remember you're not only going for breeding, but colour as well.

Answer 9

why do you want to breed her again?  is there a shortage of appaloosas?