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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. I don't waste their time and I don't want mine wasted either, but on the other hand, I want a portion of their available time for me. When you go with photos, make sure they are professional photos that really show off his superb conformation and the kindness in his eyes.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I want to see good pictures, write-ups or web-links of the stallion's offspring over a period of years out of a variety of different types of mares or cross-breeds. I want to know how those offspring are doing in competition, how well this mating improved the offspring, how trainable the offspring are known to be, their temperament, their conformation, whether he has produced a number of approved stallions and mares and how much he has contributed to the improvement of the breed in general. I would guess for those who breed for a certain colour, they would want to see his probability at producing their particular "colour", so if you know your stallion is guaranteed to be homozygous palomino or chrome or paint, I would state it. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I spend all winter "window shopping" and looking around. By March, I have narrowed the choices down to the top 5 and those 5 I go visit and get "down and personal" in my shopping, from which I then narrow it down further depending on the number of mares and their individual pedigrees, type, temperament and conformation.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#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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