If A.I. were approved, would you use it?

Sam · Postby **Sam** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:54 pm

Follow up question. Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you will. So even if you vote that you think A.I. should be approved, doesn't mean you personally would use it.

edit to insert "mean" not 'me'

austique · Postby **austique** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:23 pm

Yes, I'd use it. I really don't mind the extra expense of shipping in for my better mares, but its cost prohibative for my regional mares who might benefit from seeing stallions like Slew City Slew, Silver Ghost, or Jade Hunter who are uncommercial, proven stallions that could improve those regional mares' pages.

summerhorse · Postby **summerhorse** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:03 am

Absolutely. There are nice stallions in FL I'd love to use (if I had good mares to breed) AND nice stallions in KY, NY, etc. I am NOT going to ship a mare or a mare/foal that far, for me even Ocala is 7 hours. So to be able to take my mare to the AI center (which is about an hour away I think) or learn to do it myself would be much better and I'd be able to use those stallions I'd not consider otherwise (like Slew City Slew). That doesn't mean I wouldn't use FL stallions though, there are some nice ones down in Ocala I'd love to get a foal out of.

And yes if I had a really nice mare I'd use ET too.

Postby **Roguelet** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:28 am

I'd use it for our stallion if someone wanted me to ship his semen, just like we offer for non-JC mares now... but it's a pain in the rear and I prefer live cover. For my mares I'd just keep using live cover... it wouldn't really save anything when breeding for our regional program, by the time you haul the mare to the vet and back over and over again you might as well just take her to the stallion. Of course, if I ever wanted to breed to a "far away" stallion I might consider it, but it's just so much easier in this small regional market to cover as nature intended. :wink:

LSB · Postby **LSB** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:09 pm

Maybe. My mares live just outside Lexington, so in most cases, I'd rather continue with live cover. But last year, I had a mare that I really wanted to breed to Peace Rules. I didn't do it because he was in Florida and I wasn't about to ship. So if a situation like that arose again, I'd certainly at least consider it.

stcath95 · Postby **stcath95** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:59 pm

My OHhhhh My...would I ???...I absolutely believe I would not !!!...That is one of the mysteries that makes a Thoroughbred a thoroughbred.....I don't raise or breed anything else !!...but I love them all !!

reenci · Postby **reenci** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:27 pm

IN A HEART BEAT....................... :wink:

also ..i could afford a more expensive stallion as my costs would be lower.

Sysonby · Postby **Sysonby** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:38 am

reenci wrote:IN A HEART BEAT....................... also ..i could afford a more expensive stallion as my costs would be lower.

That's what it comes down to for me to. It's not that it will lower stud fees but shipping semen instead of a mare and baby is just cheaper and I don't have board except where I want to board. Not to mention the whole safety issue. The idea of shipping a mare practically across country is giving me the willies. I know other people do it and she's done it since she's a Kentucky bred but I don't have to like it. :wink:

DerbyDude · Postby **DerbyDude** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:48 pm

Hell yeah! Think how much we would save in boarding fee's. We wouldn't have mares coming back starved, barron, hurt or sick, foals getting deseases and dying and the like. Could breed to an out of state sire that is more marketable for the same price, without all of the above. Sorry if I repeated anyone haven't read anyone else's post yet.

No wonder people quit or don't last long in this business

too many things can go wrong when an owner isn't personally in charge of his own horses.

Like the old saying goes no one will LOVE and take care of your child the way you do! Same for your horses.

TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:59 am

Yes. 100%. Without ANY question whatsoever. In a heartbeat. I could go on and on and on ... :wink:

I am really hoping that within my lifetime it actually DOES happen so I can gloat from my wheelchair or look up from my crocheting or knitting or something ... :roll:

reenci · Postby **reenci** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:05 am

just think.....your mare is in NY... match's up nice with a stallion in CA......no problem...call ups...or your mare match's up with a stallion in brazil......no problem...call ups..............austraila...no problem.........it's all greed on kentucky's part......the outcrossing that would be avalible with south american horses would only help the breed.....no more foal's colicking on long van ride ...less accidents in transport...ect...ect...

reenci · Postby **reenci** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:10 am

Like the old saying goes no one will LOVE and take care of your child the way you do! Same for your horses.
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HOW TRUE HOW TRUE............... :wink:

DanN · Postby **DanN** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:07 pm

I wish they would make it so you at least could do it once in a lifetime per mare.. I have a mare I would love to try with a nice ky Stallion but without AI it will never happen..

skeenan · Postby **skeenan** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:32 am

I'm finding it funny that half of the voters don't want AI approved, but yet 75% of voters would use it if it were approved... :roll:

Doesn't make sense to me at all... :roll:

AfleetAlex#1fan · Postby **AfleetAlex#1fan** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:39 pm

I would use A.I. in a heartbeat faster then ever.

Thanks!

Yours Truly,
Jordan