Re: dumb question (not really endurance)

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

It seems to me though that breeding a grade mare to an Arab stallion makes
the foal worth more than if it were bred to a grade stallion or even a
purebred of another breed which does not register half breds.  Around here
purebred Arabs are NOT necessarily worth more just because they are
purebred.  The justification is that regardless if the mare is purebred or
grade, the same amount of time and effort goes into the breeding of the
mare.  
Maggie

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> From: Linda Romander <romander@foothill.net>
> To: Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
> Cc: AERC <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: RC:    dumb question (not really endurance)
> Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 4:17 PM
> 
> I always thought the different fee scale was a sort of market
segmentation:
> Higher fee for purebreds because the resulting offspring would be worth
more
> as a purebred, and the lower fee for non-purebred, or different breed,
> because offspring is worth less.  What would be justification for
charging
> higher stud fees when the offspring is going to have lower value? 
Unless,
> of course, as a disincentive to having a lot of part-breds around.
> 
> Linda
> 
> Lif Strand wrote:
> 
> > Personally Maggie, I figure the fee is for semen and the effort the
> > stallion owners put into the breeding process, not for what mare is
> > involved.  I think grade mares (or non-purebred Arabs) should pay
*more*
> > rather than less if there is any price difference at all, but we
stopped
> > doing the price difference thing pretty early on.  If you were breeding
> > for the show ring, that might be a different story, though.  Lif
> >
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