Pedigree Query

How many of you actually run or breed horses?

Seems like there is a ot of players who don't particiapate in the game!

I've been racing TB's for 18 yrs. and breeding for l7 yrs.

Breeding and racing home-breds since 1996 in Texas. Have also purchased a yearling at public auction (QH) to train/race and privately purchased at the track (an Appendix/QH) to race at suggestion of trainer. Currently have no breeding stock and no racehorses. During this same time I have re-careered all my homebreds (except for one I had to euthanize) and the privately purchased AppendixQH when their racing careers didn't pan out and I still keep up with most of them. Their careers range form dressage/eventer to polo pony to youth camp lesson/riding horse and to personal pets/riding horses. The QH filly I purchased at aution was sold to a barrel race trainer by my trainer and sadly I do not have contact on that horse. I have also taken on the re-hab/re-homing of two less fortunate horses off the track during this time as well and my original TB broodmare is still with me at age 21 going on 22, along with her 4yo daughter that has had a year's turn-out and is ready for her careering.

Have one at the track now, have been breeding for about 5 years & my husband was starting youngsters for the track back in the mid-90s.

I do.

How about you?

griff

Have worked at the track, retained OTTBs, worked the sales, worked on commercial breedings farms, have had a small stable of my own runners and breedings stock. (currently dont have my own), but working on a commercial breeding farm in NY. And did the whole showhorse thing for about 15 years... I'd like to consider myself a player, not a texas-hold 'em level player, but I roll with quite a few folks I'd like to learn what they already know.

We race about 5 and only have one low end mare - but I am personally finding it difficult learning (for me) the relatioship between racing and breeing. Although they feed each other - there seems to be a disconect somewhere. Or maybe its not a disconnect - just my misunderstanding.

Here is a question - what % of weanlings or yearlings actually make there sales price back?

Race and breed on a very small scale.

Ditto. A very small scale (two kids in Catholic school!)

da hoss wrote:Here is a question - what % of weanlings or yearlings actually make there sales price back?

Depends on the market. This year, break-even is a blessing.

I have a farm full of horses. I have a stallion, mares, weanlings, yearlings and some two year olds. We have one in training right now.

Small breeder here, two mares bred now. Two year olds in training and one running. I have been lucky that everything I have had running paid its own way but none have put money back in my pocket yet

I understood this was a public forum for all those interested in everything about thoroughbreds and racing. When I joined I never read that I had to own ( I do) t-breds, or race ( I do not, cant afford it at this time) or breed ( I have and will again) to join in discussions etc. I want to learn all I can, and I love reading everybodys posts, not just those IN the game, because trust me , I have read some posts from some In the game, and I try to figure out how they never heard of some of the things they ask about, but yet they have horses at the track. However, I rarely post anymore, because of the viciousness of some particular posters, who are quite nasty to anyone not actually racing or breeding. You do not have to be in the game to have some knowledge, you could work at a t-bred farm for years ( I have) and know more than some of the peops on this forum. or anything else. It is quite apparent when you read though, who knows who, and whether they know they are IN the game, because their posts are never ridiculed, put down, dissed, whatever. So, no I own, but dont race, so I guess I am not In the game, which again, is why I rarely post anymore, unless it is something so benign that it would a hard nosed person to be able to lambast me for it.

Own, breed on a small scale. Used to train.

Just curious - why is this thread under the topic of "Stallions"?

When I said I'm in the game on a very small scale, I mean it ... I have a Malibu Moon mare in foal to Chips Are Down (a son of Distorted Humor), and she's all I can afford right now. I'd like to get more, but I don't want to put myself in the position of not being able to pay all the bills. My main goal is to get the resulting foal into the hands of a trainer who'll run him/her in Pa. so that I can earn some breeders' awards. She's on a farm right now that also breaks/trains young horses, so that's the route I'm going to follow. Even a cheap Pa.-bred can earn its breeder some decent money if it can finish one-two-three.