New Posts For Thread: national hunt breeding...https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breedingHI. Can anyone help me as to what makes a good horse. im very interested in breeding but persumably its more compex than getting a good nh mare in foal to a good nh stallion?I'll look him up Megan. Don't know much about him. Can you help?https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=469116929#469116929I'll look him up Megan. Don't know much about him. Can you help?Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:08:21 -0500What about Tikkanen?https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=469103921#469103921What about Tikkanen?Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:15:59 -0500As I understand it, one small (first) foal ought not to be too much to worry about. A second, and it might be time to get the thinking caps on.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=468917501#468917501As I understand it, one small (first) foal ought not to be too much to worry about. A second, and it might be time to get the thinking caps on.Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:12:47 -0500Hopefully, that's so, pm. We'd really want an NH sire based in this country, who can inject a bit of pace into the pedigree as our mare and her half brothers were all 3 milers. Alan King suggested Tobougg to us as a sire he's very keen on, so we coulhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=468723393#468723393Hopefully, that's so, pm. We'd really want an NH sire based in this country, who can inject a bit of pace into the pedigree as our mare and her half brothers were all 3 milers. Alan King suggested Tobougg to us as a sire he's very keen on, so we coulSun, 03 Oct 2010 17:01:08 -0500Cyclops a word of encouragement, if your mare had the size and scope to go chasing, I'm sure with the right sire choices she'll do you big enough foals from now on.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=468516741#468516741Cyclops a word of encouragement, if your mare had the size and scope to go chasing, I'm sure with the right sire choices she'll do you big enough foals from now on.Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:29:35 -0500No, we want to race her if she is up to it. We're missing a year with the mare this time around (we got her in foal very late last year as she got a leg when schooling her over fences)because we don't want four foals before we discover if any of themhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=468511309#468511309No, we want to race her if she is up to it. We're missing a year with the mare this time around (we got her in foal very late last year as she got a leg when schooling her over fences)because we don't want four foals before we discover if any of themSat, 02 Oct 2010 07:34:07 -0500have my own land and stables and come from a farming background. i realise that theres a pouplar misconception about the profits to be made from breeding. my intention would be to sell as a 3/4 year old at the sales. cyclops, have you sold your horsehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=468419073#468419073have my own land and stables and come from a farming background. i realise that theres a pouplar misconception about the profits to be made from breeding. my intention would be to sell as a 3/4 year old at the sales. cyclops, have you sold your horseFri, 01 Oct 2010 13:38:29 -0500Cyclops, I'm sure your list isn't definitive but well done for having a balanced crack at some starting costs for revedesivola and any other person in the same boat.I am always a bit daunted when similar questions arise but I am sure your ideas are ahttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=468413345#468413345Cyclops, I'm sure your list isn't definitive but well done for having a balanced crack at some starting costs for revedesivola and any other person in the same boat.I am always a bit daunted when similar questions arise but I am sure your ideas are aFri, 01 Oct 2010 12:56:07 -0500reve - if you have your own land and can look after mare and foal yourself, then great. If not, costs just go up and up and, with a single mare, you would be looking at at least 15k - 20k expenditure before your horse ever sees a racecourse.I've justhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=468392177#468392177reve - if you have your own land and can look after mare and foal yourself, then great. If not, costs just go up and up and, with a single mare, you would be looking at at least 15k - 20k expenditure before your horse ever sees a racecourse.I've justFri, 01 Oct 2010 09:48:00 -0500Spend a bit of money and go to King's Theatre. He gets plenty of nice bumper winners who graduate to decent hurdlers and his chasers have a bit of quality about them.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/25952857/national-hunt-breeding?post_id=468272669#468272669Spend a bit of money and go to King's Theatre. He gets plenty of nice bumper winners who graduate to decent hurdlers and his chasers have a bit of quality about them.Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:23:53 -0500