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By Gigha Steinman
You poured over pedigrees, studied stallion websites and memorized your registry’s guidelines backwards and forwards. You bought a breeding, and now a year later, your mare has foaled a healthy beautiful colt. Or perhaps you purchased a lovely young colt from a breeder. Either way, you are proud and excited about your new arrival and his potential. Your friends think he is fabulous. They assure you he will be spectacular some day! It suddenly occurs to you that maybe you should keep him as a stallion prospect. Visions of a cresty neck, glistening muscles, lofty passage steps or a glide over a giant oxer suddenly inspire you . . .
What is involved with raising and standing a sport horse stallion? The decision to keep a colt intact as a stallion prospect isn’t a decision to be taken lightly.
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Is He Stallion Quality? The first and most important thing to consider is whether or not a colt is high enough quality to be considered a legitimate stallion prospect. Of all the Warmblood and sport horse colts born each year, only a tiny percentage of
eing a stallion owner is exciting and rewarding, but at the same time it’s expensive, time-consuming and not without its risks and potential disappointments.
them will have what it takes to be approved for breeding. You must evaluate your colt honestly with a critical
eye. Remember that mare owners have easy access to top stallions worldwide using fresh and frozen shipped semen, so why should they select your horse? Is your colt as nice or nicer than other stallions which are already available? Does he have movement, conformation, trainability, and talent which will improve the breed and/ or sport? Does he have breeding and bloodlines which are desirable? Martin Richenhagen is an FEI judge and was the Chef d’Equipe for the German Dressage Team at the 2008
28 September/October 2010 Leatherdale Farm keeps all their stallions standing in Germany. This is
Damsey ridden by Steffen Framm. Photo by Kiki Beelitz
Just the Best, now 19, was bred and raised by Tish Quirk and proved to be a successful stallion prospect. She owned both his sire and dam, Best
of Luck and Timely Persuasion. Photo by Tish Quirk
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