Dee
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Hey guys!
I was thinking...OH DEAR
!...I’m just trying to think how I can word this...With it being foaling season and all I have noticed there seems to be a bit of filly favouritism in the mini world. Now I don’t mean at all to offend any mini breeders I just am confused when it comes to why.
I come from the standard horse background and have only had my minis since about 2003. Being in a jumping barn we had mares and geldings (no studs) with no preference to the sex of the horse as long as it could jump. Even in showing I saw very few stallions at shows. Now I know it’s due to the fact that you need to have the right set up for a stallion and on the show grounds that just isn’t always possible especially with mares around. Also behaviour is a big thing when it comes to what you choose to do with your horse so gender of the horse plays a big role in that part. In the jumping world it was mostly geldings.
With all that said I don’t know why the Filly Fairy is mostly wanted in the mini world.
I have also noticed that farms tend to keep the fillies. Colts are always the ones up for sale. I’m assuming that they keep the lil ladies to add to their breeding program. With that said it seems that a filly born has a more likely of a chance of being bred when matured than a colt, but why?? Isn’t genetics luck of the draw? If we are always gelding colts because they aren’t stud material then why are the girls being bred so much? I guess what I’m trying to figure out is for every not so perfect confirmation colt that is born in the world there has got to be a not so perfect confirmation filly born, yet most fillies have a higher chance if becoming a dam then a colt becoming a sire.
Also you always see farms of all different breeds of horses advertising their stallion(s), but what about the mares? You can breed a butt ugly mare to the nicest stallion in the world and end up with an ugly foal (even though every foal is cute). You just don’t see too many really nice mares being bred to mediocre stallions.
I guess what I’m trying to say is do you think sometimes when breeding people might over look a mares confirmation flaws? Do people want fillies cause fillies means foals?
Now I don’t mean to offend anyone or single out anyone! PLEASE correct me if I’m wrong and don’t flame me :-( I know there are many responsible breeders on here that don't breed just for foals and are using the best of the best horses to breed to the standards of the miniature horse.
I was thinking...OH DEAR
I come from the standard horse background and have only had my minis since about 2003. Being in a jumping barn we had mares and geldings (no studs) with no preference to the sex of the horse as long as it could jump. Even in showing I saw very few stallions at shows. Now I know it’s due to the fact that you need to have the right set up for a stallion and on the show grounds that just isn’t always possible especially with mares around. Also behaviour is a big thing when it comes to what you choose to do with your horse so gender of the horse plays a big role in that part. In the jumping world it was mostly geldings.
With all that said I don’t know why the Filly Fairy is mostly wanted in the mini world.
I have also noticed that farms tend to keep the fillies. Colts are always the ones up for sale. I’m assuming that they keep the lil ladies to add to their breeding program. With that said it seems that a filly born has a more likely of a chance of being bred when matured than a colt, but why?? Isn’t genetics luck of the draw? If we are always gelding colts because they aren’t stud material then why are the girls being bred so much? I guess what I’m trying to figure out is for every not so perfect confirmation colt that is born in the world there has got to be a not so perfect confirmation filly born, yet most fillies have a higher chance if becoming a dam then a colt becoming a sire.
Also you always see farms of all different breeds of horses advertising their stallion(s), but what about the mares? You can breed a butt ugly mare to the nicest stallion in the world and end up with an ugly foal (even though every foal is cute). You just don’t see too many really nice mares being bred to mediocre stallions.
I guess what I’m trying to say is do you think sometimes when breeding people might over look a mares confirmation flaws? Do people want fillies cause fillies means foals?
Now I don’t mean to offend anyone or single out anyone! PLEASE correct me if I’m wrong and don’t flame me :-( I know there are many responsible breeders on here that don't breed just for foals and are using the best of the best horses to breed to the standards of the miniature horse.
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