Thoroughbred stud?

Question

does anyone know who or where might be interested in standing a thoroughbred stallion, with "game plan" lines. in washingtron prefarably?

Answer 1

FWIW, unless an unraced or non-stakes-winning stallion has an absolutely dynamite pedigree (half-brother to a champion or proven sire), most farms aren't even going to want to talk to you about standing him at stud, unless you're willing to spend your own money boarding him at their farm and pay for the promotional costs yourself.

The major Thoroughbred farms in Kentucky usually won't even consider standing a stallion with a fee less than $7500, because they feel that even if the stallion can draw a full book of 80+ mares at that price, they aren't going to make money.  A regional-quality stallion can stand for less, but I think that you're probably going to be on your own unless you can demonstrate that your stallion can draw at least 40-50 mares at a fee of $2500 or more.  

This is the website of the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders' Association.  http://www.washingtonthoroughbred.com/  This would be a good place to start in locating farms to ask about your horse, but I have to tell you that unless he has some very good credentials, you probably aren't going to have much luck unless you're willing to PAY the farm to stand him at stud.

Good luck.

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Just read your addition;  to some extent, the same advice applies even if you aren't looking to stand a stallion to sire racehorses.  

Standing a stallion at stud costs money, because of the facilities involved and the advertising costs.  You don't say whether you're prepared to PAY a farm to stand your stallion, or you want them to stand him at no charge to you.  Unless the farm has an ownership interest in the stallion, they're unlikely to stand him for free.   If you call farms up that have breeding facilities and ask them how much they would charge to stand a stallion, you will know whether it's worthwhile for you to proceed.

People who stand stallions for public stud are doing it as a business, which means they have to see a way to make money doing it.  If your horse doesn't look like an attractive commercial venture, then commercial farms, which are in business to turn a profit, just aren't going to be interested.  It's a very simple business premise:  you have to make money at what you're doing, or you're going to go out of business.

Ask yourself this:  can you make a presentation to a farm that will show them how they can make money by standing your horse at stud?  If the answer is "no," then you need to be prepared to put up your own money to stand him.

Answer 2

okay if you are advertising on yahoo answers you must be desperate

this isn't the place

Answer 3

I'm afraid I agree with a lot of the other answerers here: unless your stallion has an excellent race record or very good bloodlines, no one will stand him.  

You may be able to get him to stud at a "sport horse" farm, where he will be aiming to breed showjumpers, dressage horses, etc.

One of the main problems we have in TB racing is over-production: too many bad stallions breeding to bad mares.  I'm afraid that if the horses don't produce the goods then they need to be taken out of the breeding population.  I'm not advocating destroying them, but we need to stop breeding from sub-standard animals before we ruin the breed as a whole.

Answer 4

I know quite a lot about horses, in fact I am looking at a horse who ran 2nd in the Kentucky Derby in his paddock outside of my office right now , I will be breeding him tomorrow to a mare who just got a slab fracture and has been whisped away to the breeding shed.  I kind of forgot what I was writing about, oh ya, people don't know what they are talking about on this site, yep well figure out how to breed your stud by yourself, if not find out where I am located show up tomorrow and maybe I'll give you a minute of my time.  Any one else I'll give you all day.

Answer 5

Eventers, Dressage and Polo  horses are  bred from very different and very  specific horses. No horse fits all three of these disciplines.Save yourself a worry and geld your poor horse,and leave the breeding and to the people that know what they are doing...and why. As for insulting YA,what did you expect?  We love horses,and  usually take a strong dislike to anything that sounds like foolish greed. Perhaps the question is just  in the wrong place.