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#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#As a mare owner who always researches stallions by seemingly the hundreds each winter to narrow down to a few top choices, I do both. I buy the Stallion Directory of the breed I want represented, in my case, Hanoverian. If I like what I see in the directory, I will go to the website that each stallion syndicate/owner/handler has to see more. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I want to know his pedigree and lineage as many generations back as possible, his papa's performance record, winnings, temperament, conformation, trainability, as well as his mamma's. I want to know the stallion's personal show and winnings record, his temperament, his conformation, his trainability and his handle-ability. If he has a tendancy to be hot, I would want to know he is well suited to a cool mare, and vice-verse. Temperament is top priority for me (you can have the most gorgeous horse in the world but if he's a devil to be around, what's the point?), so I want to know his personality and temperament right off the top. I want the stallion owner to be willing to let me come to their farm to meet the stallion in person and possibly see any some of his offspring too. I always meet the stallion before I decide to breed, even if means I have to fly there. And I ask many questions and if the stallion owner is not so willing to court me, they don't get my mare to service. TrueColours wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#For those of you that breed - where do you look for stallions and how important are these fancy schmancy print ads to you? . . . Do you flip through pages in the stallion issues of publications or scroll through pages on line to make your selections?
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