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Good post, Dbay55.

Not again,
It seems like that is up to you to decide if there is a benefit you do not already have.

I don't think Z is trying to twist anyone's arm in registering with Z.

Some breeders do not...

Thanks Bella.

I saw Coromino in person when he was in Valley Center and Corli has her sire's face and canter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onu2A12-VxI

Hope this will play.

Talk with Amy re an extension of the contract. Most stallion owners are aware of the uncertainity in the market, and will probably want your business next year if not this year.

I think the...

Coromino produces leggy with good temperaments and lovely faces. I have a young mare in his first American foal crop. Beautiful canter.

So how did Gold Luck finally get accepted by the AHS?

Frohwind won the 100 day test in his year with a 137.54 and was turned down by the NAWPN. That one always puzzled me. He's a lovely stallion...

I hadn't seen Darlyn's posts above when I just posted. She certainly adds some perspective.

A friend of mine presented a TB mare to the SF years ago and she was the highest scoring mare in the...

That's my point, i.e. horses that do well on the triangle may not do well under saddle, and vice versa.

Likely a different horse. The one I am thinking of was a hottie at Devon, then didn't do so well in her Mare Book inspection.

If I recall correctly, Willie took a number of horses to Devon that...

What's the current price range for the various ages?

A friend of mine has an unstarted 3-yr-old at $12,000 and her agent friend is getting questions like "what's wrong with him?" He's by Donatelli...

I agree with Yankee Lawyer.

There was no reason for the bitchfest.

Z is an optional registry for mare owners, or not. So walk away.

As Tom rightly pointed out, Z is not the only European...

I'm not implying that Siegi needs validation. She puts great foals on the ground and has been recognized as a top breeder.

I think inspections are important for mares, and obviously, for...

(sent to me by Dave Herndon)

Go to this website -- the owner of I Love You. You will get I Love You in
the list of photos. Click on him and you can see his Origin, Performance,
etc. You can...

Tom is in Ireland and he can go see what's what easily in France, Holland and Germany.

He is very successful. I don't think he needs inspections to tell him he has a good mare or a good foal.
...

Edelweiss de Bounce, approved by GOV.

He has the BEST French jumping bloodlines but the stallion was competed at FEI dressage.

Intro special for $600 this summer.

He is 17 H. With the AA...

There is a magazine in California that is very much a vanity magazine. To get mentioned, you buy an ad. You want more exposure, you buy a bigger ad. Want to be featured on the cover, now that is a...

No, I was not being sarcastic.

I just suspect there is much ado about nothing or not so much.

Lots of us mare owners can give our opinions but Kathy talks from the perspective of someone who stands a stallion, who put another one through the testing and failed, .... and has a...

Pwynne,
You haven't followed the thread. Z says the "vote thing" is "total crap." They are interested in "legacy."

Also, jumping talent is highly inheritable. So you breed a talented jumper to a...

Tom,
You don't have your Dutch fillies inspected for Main Mare Book?

As I said earlier, the inspection process in Holland seems to be focused on determining whether or not a given stallion is...

I think Rubino Bellisimo is a lovely stallion. What may give some MO pause is the every other day collection schedule and the collection fee.

I've bred sporthorses for 20 years and have never...

The biggie is having access to adequate turnout. I'm amazed at what some folks have for turnout. Yipes.

My youngsters stay out overnight in a 3 acre hillside field.

That's in SoCal, a turnout...

I sold a horse who went on to show in Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows. I never got any credit for him. Most of the people who buy do not re-register in their own names. A lot of stallions never get...

So how did this turn out?