This message is from: Steve McIlree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Carol--
Saturday, January 20, 2001, you wrote: > That's a lot of money, I know, but wouldn't it be worth it for a > good stallion? A stallion that can earn $1,000 stud fee? A stallion > that, as an Approved Stallion having done the 100 Days might attract > ten mares ($10,000) the next season? I'm one of the first to agree that there are probably far too many stallions of all breeds in North America, but get real! As much as we may love the Fjord breed, they will never be warmbloods. We can always point to individuals who, with a lot of hard work and good training, can excel in some equestrian discipline, but it takes more consistent performance to make a breed of sport horses. I'm sorry, but irregardless of the quality of stallions from which you may choose, you are never going to see Fjords becoming dominate in any currently recognized horse sport. Unless you propose that the breed be changed radically from the current standard, Fjords will continue to be great all-around horses, but not serious competitors in the sport horse arena. And to sell successfully in the versatility horse market, I think the last thing we need is $1000 stud fees. BTW, I notice on your Web site you have a 1999 colt that you think is a stallion quality horse. He's just the right age to go through the North American Sport Horse Registries 100 day test to be held in Ohio in 2002. Why don't you send him? -- Steve McIlree -- Pferd & Skipper -- Omaha, Nebraska, USA Then we began to ride. My soul smoothed itself out, a long-cramped scroll freshening and fluttering in the wind. --Robert Browning(1812-1889)
