THE HORSE GAZETTE
breeding
Things to consider when
shopping for a breeding stallion
By Todd Martin © 2009
Let me first state that invest into their own breeding daughter of Smart Chic Olena.
I have champagne taste and a program. If I have a foal for I have three top performers in
beer budget. I also train and sale that is out of a stallion that my barn that are bred exactly
show horses for a living so it is people can still see in the show this way and all three are great
important for me that I get the pen or at least see ads for them horses. One has won over
most bang for my buck. Un- in the paper and possibly some $95,000 in competition, one has
fortunately, right now with all of his offspring in training or shown twice and has made the
the worry about the economy, showing, that is a huge bonus. open finals the first two shows
I don’t want to turn loose of Third, is the stallion he has been shown and the third
a lot of my money, but I also has to be pretty with conforma- will be shown in the latter part
want to have livestock in the tion that is going to compliment of this year.
future when people start to buy my mare. If I am breeding a Peppy San Badger
again. mare that lacks a bit of front has always been a great pro-
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So I decided to write end or is narrow in the front ducer one of the best of all
an article to give you a couple and lacks the muscle definition time, and his offspring have
of things that I am taking into in the shoulders, then I don’t been very versatile. He has
consideration before I book a want to breed to a stallion that produced great offspring like
breeding this year. First, is that has the same faults. Rather I Gray Starlight, and Gallo del
I want a performer, meaning a want to look for a stallion that Cielo (Rooster), Peptoboons-
stallion that has proven himself will compliment my mare. mal to name a few and they
in the show pen. There is a big Particularly because the mare is have carried on with producing
reason for that, and it goes to going to ( in my opinion ) throw today’s great performers. This
the point that I train horses more of herself on the foal than is something that I take into
for a living and I want a horse the stallion. A very important consideration also, because I
that has a trainable mind. If the part of the conformation is the want to be able to go a couple
stallion is a proven performer head and neck. Not that this of different ways when it comes
and successful at it, that tells makes a great performer nec- to selling my offspring. I am
me that he was worth the train- essarily but because it makes a not limited to just one event.
ing money, the trainer liked pretty horse. If you see a horse Offspring of this bloodline can
him enough to keep him and with a big rear end and broad be sold or trained to become
continue towards the show pen, shoulders and very balanced reiners, cowhorse, cutters, rope
and that other people ( judges ) body, but the neck shoots up horses and ranch horses. Again
thought that he was good at it. out of the shoulders and the this is helping me get the most
I also will go as far as looking head looks like it belongs on a for my money.
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see how he won his money. By hard time selling the offspring. me and don’t want to spend
this I mean that I want to see if I hold firm to the saying pretty $5,000 to $10,000 on a breed-
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and never was shown again or that it never hurts an ugly guy planning on doing. I will look
was he shown several times. I like me to be riding a pretty for a stallion that is out of one
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like to see a stallion, and mare horse. This also follows suit of the great producing stallions,
for that fact, that was shown when showing. You can really one that also has a great show
a lot. To me it means that the grab the judges attention when record. By show record I mean
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horse made it to the show pen you have a horse that is a real one that has won a considerable
and was successful and liked it looker. amount, like at least $10,000 or
enough to keep doing it. Lastly, and just as more, not just $100. Remember
Second, I like to important is how the bloodlines this is your money you are
breed to a stallion that has an are going to cross with the mare spending and you want the
owner that believes in his stud that you are breeding. This will biggest bang for you buck.
enough that he or she will con- take some research but you There is a saying
tinue to promote their stallion. need to look into the breeding that rings in my head when it
Not just in the show pen but of the mare you want to breed. comes to looking for horses to
also through advertisement. There is a lot of method to purchase or horses to breed to.
The reason for this is that it the madness when it comes to It was told to me by a friend
will be at least a couple of bloodlines and how they cross. one time when I was trying to
years before I look at selling my For example: in the reining talk myself into purchasing a
offspring. I don’t want to have industry, breeding a daughter prospect. He said, “I would
a yearling for sale that the stud of Shining Spark to Topsail rather want something I don’t
is long gone and hasn’t been Whiz is a magic cross. Mean- have than to have something I
heard of for a couple of years. ing that it has been proven that don’t want.”
This makes it harder to sell crossing in this manner has You can contact Todd
my offspring. As a trainer it is proven to produce on average Martin at Todd Martin Perfor-
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