Coming 2y/o TB colt N. Central FL has been PLACED

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I need to find a home for a coming two year old Thoroughbred colt who is by Skip to the Stone out of a Private Accounts/Key to the Mint mare.
From what I told Skip to the Stone foals make good show horses and there is no denying it from his dam's bloodlines either. Part of the deal of me getting the mare was I had to take the colt as well and I just do not have use for him when I have foals by my own stallion to promote. Located about 45 minutes north of Gainesville, Florida. Please PM if interested for the rest of the contact information. Photos will be posted soon.

Congratulations Kim! I hope he brings you happiness and remembrance of your old Skip Trial show horse! Best of luck with him!!!

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Pictures will available tomorrow.

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Pictures are available if you PM your email address! He has a whole album plus video!

[Canopach01]

PM sent!:winkgrin:

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If you have not received an email from me please PM!

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Still interviewing homes!

[unclewiggly]

Do you have any idea what the colt sticks @ now and where he might end up?
How much handling has he had? Halter broke, pick up feet ,lead?
Shots, Coggins De-worming program?

[freshman]

Currently does not have JC papers but everything is in order to get them, just send a check. I would want the home that takes him to be sure that that happens because its irresponsible not to get them when they are so easily attainable.

Easy, but not cheap. Looks like the fee to register a 2 year-old with the JC is $775.

http://www.jockeyclub.com/registry.asp?section=2

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Nope not cheap because the person I took him from never thought about the benefits of doing them when it was only $200, but then he never thought about WEANING the colt from the dam either so... But he is separated now, haltered and handled. PM if you would like more information.

[Calamber]

I am a little puzzled as to why you would require that someone register this colt as a precondition to adopting him. Unless they wanted to race or show him where papers are a necessity, why? I would not encourage anyone to breed at this point in reality, but if someone will take him who wants to train him for that which papers are unnecessary, why not? I would be more inclined to insist he be gelded. There are more than enough stallions, mares and foals out there to give everyone in the country, whether they wanted a horse or not, an option to have one and he would certainly be safer if he were gelded and trained. Besides the horse overpopulation issue, stallions as they get older are much harder to place when/if that becomes necessary.

[Baroquecoco]

he could be registered with the performance horse registry (now owned by usef, started by the jc) for $75. and the cost of a dna test (around $65).

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As long as he is registered I do not care where. I am thinking about how the lack of papers will do a diservice for him if he is ever needing to be sold. This way his history can be known and people can always get back to me if he ever gets lost along the way. What problem would it be to have him registered? None.

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We are still looking for the right home for Colton! Have had a TONS of great and perfect homes inquire, just need someone who can follow through! This colt has a wonderful personality and is coming out of his shell with more interaction.

[Calamber]

Problem is $750 to register. That and he needs gelding, shipping, training, etc. Horses with papers and tattoos get sent to the killers all of the time, that does not keep them safe. Careful selection of home and good training stands a better shot.

[Baroquecoco]

[QUOTE=time fault;3828810]As long as he is registered I do not care where. I am thinking about how the lack of papers will do a diservice for him if he is ever needing to be sold. This way his history can be known and people can always get back to me if he ever gets lost along the way. What problem would it be to have him registered? None.[/QUOTE
I think you are being smart about this. I always track back to previous owners if I ever need to rehome a horse. also when I buy a new mare I always at least attempt to contact previous owners to let them know their girl landed safely. I have notes on all our foals records that go with their papers sayong that we will always take them back. and we do get calls! we took back a mare this year that we sold as a 2 year old ten years ago. while paperwork is no guarantee I think it does give the horse some kind of record. jmo...btw, I never saw op use the term adoption and would recommend they anyone who hears that term being used run hard and fast. again jmo

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Thank you Baroquecoco! No I did not use the term adopt because I am not a 501.3(c) rescue, there will be no terms to getting this colt, once you have him you have him free and clear. Plus the future owners have until December 31st of this year to get his papers submitted and considering it is tax time, refunds could cover that.
I think it would be a great deal to someone to get a horse like him--conformation, pedigree and all--just put the paperwork and health care fees in him and have a good horse with out the track issues. This can all be easily done for under $2k and you have the guarantee of no track injuries. And honestly if someone can not afford $775 to have him registered then they are probably not the right home because it stands a very high chance he will end up right back in the same situation I took him from. Plus with all the costs put in you can get a cheap insurance policy and all the investment is covered if he has to be put down.
I really want to do right by this colt to make sure he has the best advantage possible and I really appreciate all of the people who have inquired about him!

[unclewiggly]

How long was he on the mare? Sounds like you just weaned him?
No chance he tried to breed that mare is there?
Could not find anything on the stallion.
I an earlier offreing was there mention of him having one testicle? or have both been verified? makes cost of castration a factor.

[Calamber]

Okay, adopting, selling, whatever you want to call it. The papers give you a means of identification but in reality, with the economy as it is, the cost of registering him, gelding him, since I think it very ghastly to promote any breeding at this point in time with an untried, unregistered, untrained horse, is going to hold many people back. There are alot of well bred, well conformed horses out there for free, just check the Bloodhorse sponsored site. If it is no big deal to register him and you are so concerned about his protection, pony up the money to register him and don't pick at straws or delude yourself as so many are doing these days. There is wholesale slaughter going on with horses, if you really want to protect him that way, then do so with the money you are making from selling horses you breed or the stallion you are promoting.

Unless the economic disaster has also hit Margaritaville.

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Could not find anything on the stallion.

I didn't have any trouble:
Yahoo search (http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=ytff-tyc&p=%22skip+to+the+stone%22)

The farm he stands at:
http://www.louroefarm.com/stallions/skip_to_the_stone.html

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I am not promoting breeding this colt. Because he is so race bred a lot of the times racing interests will want to keep them intact for the something extra that testosterone brings. If he were to go to a show home I would insist on him being gelded. Also there is such a thing as show stallions. But I am not going to get into symantics with you over my colt. People want what they want, every seller has terms for every buyer. These are mine. He is free and getting him registered along with gelding him would be the right thing to do.
I do not have the time, room or resources to have this colt. I do have it for his dam, who I also adopted and getting him was mandatory in order to get the mare, as I said in the original post. And being a twenty year old pensioned thoroughbred mare I think my resources are better put to her care than her two year old colt who can have more promise for the right home. Because I KNOW where she would end up.
So do not patronize me about doing the right thing just because it is not your version of the right thing to do.

unclewiggly, pm sent and here is the site for the stallion. Articles can easily be brought up by a yahoo or google search. But now you will have the luxery of video as well. ;)
http://www.louroefarm.com/stallions/skip_to_the_stone.html

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Colton is PLACED, loaded on the trailer and is on his way to his new home in Tampa! Thank you everyone who inquired, I talked to some very nice people who would have provided excellent homes had it not been for extenuating circumstances. I look forward to using Giveaways to place a horse again! Even if the final home was through thehorse.com. ;)