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If you are new to the breed and interested in starting your own Foxtrotter breeding program, you might want to take a few moments to listen to these successful breeders as they share their breeding practices, theories and ideas. Even if you are an established breeder, you might learn something new that you can apply to your own program. As you know, or will learn, it takes much more thought and preparation than just finding a stallion and mare and hoping for a nice foal in 11 months. Successful breeding programs take years to develop and follow a well defined breeding plan. Although breeding programs might be based on some scientific facts (color genetics for example,) breeding is far from a science and quite often good old fashioned luck and chance play a big role. But you can minimize the "chance factor" but following some of the recommendations you will find from the breeders listed below. Although these are all Missouri Fox Trotter breeders, even those breeding other breeds might find much of this information useful for their own breeding programs. |
Breeding is a combination of experience, skill, insight, and luck. Of course the best philosophy to use is to find two horses that exemplify everything you find important to the breed and cross those two horses. But unfortunately, it is not always easy, or even possible, to follow that course. More often than not, a nice horse that is breeding quality will be somewhat less than perfect and you will find yourself needing another breeding option. When we make our breeding decisions, we follow.... Read more..... |
Deciding to breed your mare is a big decision, especially when you stop to consider the implications. You are not just creating a foal to sell, you are creating a life that is going to have to fullfil the wishes and goals of it's owners for the next 20 plus years. Nobody wants to think of their precious, cute little foal ending up in a bad situation, but luckily, a bit of planning before settling on a breeding decision can go a long way at ensuring that foal has a great future..... Read more..... |
I love looking at pedigrees, they are filled with so much history, looking at the names reminds me of all the wonderful, or not so wonderful, things I have read, heard or seen in person, about these horses. Although I look at the entire pedigree, back all five generations, I pay most attention to the granddam, grandsire, sire and dam of the horses I am looking to breed. I feel they are a true representation of what genetic material has actually filtered down from the horses farther back on the papers. If I can see what these close relations have produced, I consider that to be even more helpful, as it will tell me if these horses are likely to pass on the traits I find valuable. Read more..... |
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The future of the Missouri Fox Trotting horse rests solely in our hands today. What breeders produce and sell today are the international ambassadors of the breed forever.. The basics of buying and/or breeding is to look first at the horse in front of you, or in the case of long distance buying/breeding - a good video and conformation photos. Decide if you are buying/breeding the show horse type with extended reach and animation, or the older original type of Foxtrotter. (My breeding practice addresses the latter only)..... Read more..... |
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We breed because we believe that the Missouri Fox Trotter is one of the best horses there is. We believe it is a horse that is truly untapped in the equine market. It is one of the most versatile breeds out there - they are a trusting trail companion, a beautiful show horse, a steady mount for the National Forest Service, great ranch horse, and the list goes on and on..... Read more..... |