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When I was going through my boys I saw these two who were getting up in years, and I know that I'm going to miss them so I was hoping to get some pretty breeding stock from them.


2G AWS Drool Over You

2G AWS A Wanted Spot

Ideally I would cross them with an appaloosa pasture, but they weren't in the pasture at the time and I figured that for their last breeding season (most likely) they deserved girls with full pasture bonus. So I managed to find some miscellaneous mares that had full pasture bonus, 44 of them in all.

Drool Over You got 20 covered and A Wanted Spot got 24. So really not that many each, but oh well.

Kulling procedures were the same for both of them.

1. SBA all foals. (11 (45% alteration) remained intact from Drool over You, 15 from A wanted spot 37.5%). (Please remember that this number more represents how closely they match the mares, not necessarily how quality the foals are).
2. In this case I immediately rejected all altered. I need auction rejects right now and start PT testing with 4G foals (3G parents) (So 40% Kull already)
3. Name and keep all mares. (In this case whether they were red papered or blue papered I would still keep them, so I didn't want to spend the money for BI)
4. Individually go through each stallion to see if there are any that are aesthetically pleasing. Warmbloods automically Kulled ( I think 3 were kulled just for this). Frame is allowed in stallions but they must be "Wow" not just look ok. I think this kulled another 2).
5. BI the stallions that are left, kulling all B papered. (I require A by 3G. Especially since I have a good amount of 2G A's and I have a stallion problem). (4 in all made it through SBA, then visual inspection just to be culled by paper)


Overall Drool Over you had 15 Kulled. Divide 15 by the 20 he covered and you get 75% Kull rate. A Wanted spot had 16 Kulled. Diving that by 24 originally covered and you get 66% culled.

Recap

Drool Over You
Alteration rate: 45%
Kull Rate: 75%

A Wanted Spot
Alteration Rate: 37.5%
Cull rate: 66%

I thought it would be fun to look at this boy. He is from my Tagamon show line is probably the single largest influencing stallion on my show herd.

Star papered


A4B Tagamon Forrest

He had a full compliment of mares. (I think) all blue mares.

46/50 were keepers.


Procedures:

SBA all stallions. (None made it)
Performance test all geldings
Breeding inspect all mares.
Go through one by one and cull geldings lower than 11 PT. Performance test all red mares. If a mare is red papered and lower than 11PT she gets culled.

58% overall alteration rate.
8% Cull Rate

I didn't think it was a real word so just going by sound.

Please note that while it is OK on a VERY limited basis, we do not encourage folks to use the forums for personal journals. It could take over the forum and make things a real mess! (Not meaning to call you out HUSG, and you are not in any trouble whatsoever, but, I don't want people to get the idea that it is something everyone should start doing. I see yours more like a process you are working through and looking for input, not like a journal. Maybe it's just the wording! ) :)

I think it was more my thing with the word journal. What you're doing is ENCOURAGED, (trying out a theory and working through it) but we've had folks, in the past, try to use the forum like a personal memo for planned breedings and stuff like that.

Anyone have any stallions that they would be willing to share with us?

This is the only boy I've used so far. Bred to a wide range of mares; all of which are still in my pasture.


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