Breeding a TB

Bwana Charlie colt

Texas Glitter Filly

City Zip filly

 Here i will be bloging about the process of breeding and waiting and raising a Tb. The process seems like it takes forever. You have to find the right mare worthy of breeding or worthy of spending your money on. To me I look for diffrent things in a mare to breed then most Tb breeders. In my group. I have 2 mares that are complety diffrent. 1has what we call allot of comerical in her pedigree. The other has what i like to call old school pedigree.

 

The first mare has allot of black type in her pedigree. That means she has stakes places winners in there. Her mother was a stakes place winner and did very well for herself. This family has done very well. So hince why she is a comerical mare. All of her  foals will go to the sales as weanlings unless I think they will sell better as a yearling. This is how i support the other mare I have that has no comerical in her pedigree but has some hard knocking runners in there. The second mare is what we call breed to race. That means all of foals will go to training and I have to support everyone unless they are sold before hand. Most Tb breeders hate to take chances on mares like this since they do not see a return quick enough. I have faith in this mare so I am willing to put it on the line for her till she proves me wrong.

It takes 320 to 350 days waiting on your foal. You spend mths picking the best stallion for your mare. The whole time praying to God you made the right choice. When the foal hits the ground the stress is not over by any means. You start juding the foal as soon as it hits the ground. Poor thing judged from there first steps. I like to judge them hard at 3 days, 3 weeks and 3 mths. Generally at those times I get what i am going to get in the foal. They will do allot of changing but you get the best idea of what you have. Now your job is to keep them alive and teach them everything you can till they either sell or go to the trainers.

Breeding Tb’s is not for the faint of heart. The hard work, money and mental stress is enough to put anyone over the edge. But when you see that mare give birth and all your hard work pays off. It’s the best feeling in the world:)