New Posts For Thread: Broodmare slow to come in season?https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-seasonMaybe it's because of the very cold winter, but has anyone else had any trouble getting a mare to start cycling? I've heard a few stories from others of mares being painfully slow coming in this year. Is this affecting anyone else?Very interesting to read, Slick. I do enjoy coming here to read such stuff - makes a change to hear about people's genuine passions rather than most of the drivel you read on other forums.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=491374009#491374009Very interesting to read, Slick. I do enjoy coming here to read such stuff - makes a change to hear about people's genuine passions rather than most of the drivel you read on other forums.Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:16:40 -0500Looking in the mirror Pot M no!https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=491323837#491323837Looking in the mirror Pot M no!Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:19:48 -0500Was there ever any doubt? !https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=491321261#491321261Was there ever any doubt? !Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:54:42 -0500Monkey am I then!!!https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=491135741#491135741Monkey am I then!!!Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:44:32 -0500Thanks for that Slick - nice to hear from the Organ Grinder I'm sorting out December Sales right now and everything but mares 3 and 4 is going to go. I feel sure that they too will produce a ton of stakes performers and form dynasties - it's that eashttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=491125501#491125501Thanks for that Slick - nice to hear from the Organ Grinder I'm sorting out December Sales right now and everything but mares 3 and 4 is going to go. I feel sure that they too will produce a ton of stakes performers and form dynasties - it's that easFri, 01 Apr 2011 13:00:15 -0500Well Potentialmillionaire your mare does sound as though she may be the type to uphold your high hopes! As long as her niggly problems were not of a nature that would be inheritable.It is not so much the importance of being 'Alpha' mare, as being menhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=491030853#491030853Well Potentialmillionaire your mare does sound as though she may be the type to uphold your high hopes! As long as her niggly problems were not of a nature that would be inheritable.It is not so much the importance of being 'Alpha' mare, as being menThu, 31 Mar 2011 15:46:42 -0500I've got a young mare who would have won on the track but she was the niggley problem type. No way would she have been particularly talented but when we had to finish her she did have a large Timeform P. So with that and her being a bit aggressive -https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=491021161#491021161I've got a young mare who would have won on the track but she was the niggley problem type. No way would she have been particularly talented but when we had to finish her she did have a large Timeform P. So with that and her being a bit aggressive -Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:24:59 -0500Pot M,I known that 'the lads on the stud'do not share my passion for quirkiness,all of us a some point hate the effing mare,but we all like her as well its a case of 'going along with her'rather than going against her.My point about temperament rollehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=490908705#490908705Pot M,I known that 'the lads on the stud'do not share my passion for quirkiness,all of us a some point hate the effing mare,but we all like her as well its a case of 'going along with her'rather than going against her.My point about temperament rolleWed, 30 Mar 2011 14:42:25 -0500No wonder you were having a bit of a hair tearing moment Snowy! Welcome to the world of horses! It always seems that when it's happening on the track then it doesn't run smooth in the breeding shed and viki verki. Hopefully you've chosen a nice fertihttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=490903365#490903365No wonder you were having a bit of a hair tearing moment Snowy! Welcome to the world of horses! It always seems that when it's happening on the track then it doesn't run smooth in the breeding shed and viki verki. Hopefully you've chosen a nice fertiWed, 30 Mar 2011 13:53:47 -0500Rip Van, that scenario has been known, yes! When I say tough, i say that the horse has got to be one of those bloody-minded b*stards. Stallion or mare. This ingredient when breeding horses, generally, is the key to if that horse (mare or stallion) ishttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/27290769/broodmare-slow-to-come-in-season?post_id=490864921#490864921Rip Van, that scenario has been known, yes! When I say tough, i say that the horse has got to be one of those bloody-minded b*stards. Stallion or mare. This ingredient when breeding horses, generally, is the key to if that horse (mare or stallion) isWed, 30 Mar 2011 07:24:28 -0500