AMHA hardshipping & WCMHR awards

[luvsminis]

Checked on the AMHA hardshipping, and they will close it to outsiders in 2013. Until then, they have to be at least 3 yrs old, DNA'd twice, once by a director and inspected by the director. Plus, it will cost me over $1200.00 to hardship my little 29 inch stallion, who is already AMHR, into the AMHA. Guess I will be waiting for a while to do that, money is a little tight right now. But, I do plan on doing that because he has such pretty conformation and no dwarfism. Not to mention what a little sweetheart he is.

WCMHR did send me my awards, received them today, very nice trophy, neck rosette and ribbons. E-mailed them to let them know that I appreciated it.

Good luck to all in the AMHR Nationals coming up. Wish I could be there!

 

[Songcatcher]

Checked on the AMHA hardshipping, and they will close it to outsiders in 2013. Until then, they have to be at least 3 yrs old, DNA'd twice, once by a director and inspected by the director. Plus, it will cost me over $1200.00 to hardship my little 29 inch stallion, who is already AMHR, into the AMHA. Guess I will be waiting for a while to do that, money is a little tight right now. But, I do plan on doing that because he has such pretty conformation and no dwarfism. Not to mention what a little sweetheart he is.

Consider that when all those fees and the related expense are added together, it is likely to cost in the neighborhood of $2,000.oo to hardship a stallion. If he is such an OUTSTANDING individual that he would be a tremendous assett to the breed, it is worth it. If it is worth it to you for personal satisfaction to spend that much money, I say, "Go for it!" That advances the economy. BUT, if you think it will add that much to his value, you may be tremendously disappointed. I have seen many VERY nice stallions, double registered, DNAed, with winning show record, and even producers of show winners, sell for that much or less.

I am NOT trying to tell you to not hardship him, just saying, think out the long term and see if it's worth it.

 

[ruffian]

Another avenue to explore is gelding. It takes a GOOD stallion to make a GREAT gelding! I'm not saying that your little guy isn't worth staying a stallion, but the hardship fees are much less as a gelding, and geldings are so much fun! Plus there are a lot of great programs geared towards geldings, including payback classes. If he's already a sweetheart, he will only get better as a gelding.

Best wishes whatever way you go.

 

[luvsminis]

[Yes, you are probably right, I will think on it. That is a lot of money for these hard times.