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Hi, finally found a few spare minutes to get onto the computer. Its been a long time!

I'm very pleased to be able to say that my latest Silvermoon baby has arrived. Its a black colt. His dam is...

Please don't let this thread fizzle out Terri! I love reading about Abba and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Its fun watching someone else's pride and joy grow up and seeing her jumping so well at her...

3 years ago I decided I was going to search the country for the best young dressage horse I could find. I was completely open minded about breed. After looking at literally dozens of youngsters of...

It always surprises me how similar horses trained by Edward are in their way of going. I think the man is a magician!

If I had a Minka line mare I would breed her to Gribaldi and hope to get something nearly as good as Toto. Although I do think Edward Gal had a lot to do with the success of Toto.

Or perhaps I'd...

That's a shame. I might ring the German stud farm that have him on their website and see if they can tell me any more. He does look like a lovely young stallion.

Everything with breeding is a gamble. It's been said many times but really is important enough to repeat. The most important things when trying to get an older mare pregnant are a good, specialized...

Has anyone seen this stallion in the flesh? He was champion jumper at the Trak grading in 2007 and seems to be a nice combination of a correct loose mover with a good technique over a fence. He is by...

I see where you are coming from Viney. I wonder if it is getting commoner because it sells well? Personally I would not want a dressage horse with a very high neck set because they tend to be tight...

The mare in question is 18. At that age her fertility will already be decreased. Added to that fertility goes down when a mare is very fit and on the lean side which describes most eventers. I think...

Desperados is a talking stallion in Germany at the moment. He is out there, competing at GP and a lot of breeders are using him.
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The issue about finding out accurate hit rates is that Germany does not release the number of mares covered by each stallion. I only came across the Hannovarian numbers by chance. If anyone does have...

Tasker I love reading your posts. A rider who breeds. :) (I love reading other people's posts too but I love the insights that come from people who have ridden the offspring of different stallions...

In all honesty Weltmeyer is a stallion I would not use, not because I dislike him or because I have any questions about his soundness or trainability. I wouldn't use him because as far as I can work...

Echo every word of this! And it isn't only at competitions as big as the WEG. Once you get past 2nd level you find that the horses who are competing are, in general, ordinary movers who have great...

BTDT congratulations on your successful breeding programme. Good luck with your youngsters, I hope they are as successful as your first foal.

It is clear from reading your post that you are a...

Beenthere... you asked if the market is more for fancy foals and the answer is a resounding "yes". There is a world of difference between breeding to sell as a foal and breeding a future GP horse....

Echo Siegi b. :)

One of the things that I avoid in a horse is lax hind pasterns. It seems to be being bred into modern dressage horses especially those with big walks. If I see a horse whose hind fetlocks touch the...

I would want to see her move and jump but simply from the photos she has a few red flags in the conformation department. Her front fetlocks are long and look soft. She is a little tied in below the...

It's funny Terri, I've often thought the same thing; that US stallion fees are very expensive and that is without including all the extras. Like you I don't understand why there is such a difference...

I still can't believe you have to pay booking fees and collection fees in the US. In the UK (and Europe too I believe) we don't have to pay either.

I knew an Emilion a few years ago. He was a lovely looking horse, successful showjumper up to about 1m40 level but went lame before he was a teenager. Shame as he was talented.

I'm only a very small scale breeder and breed horses as a hobby. I started with a very nice mare with an excellent competition record, life long soundness and a temperament to have achieved all this...

French Buffet died this year too. He was one of those rare GP showjumping TBs. He was 25 years old.
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