Points to Ponder . . . Continued
**You will not know what you have produced until the horse is six or seven years old or has reached maturity. Most good Arabians, because of their long lifespan, do not mature early. By selecting early, you could inadvertently dispose of a horse that with more maturity will meet your goal. Sometimes an ugly duckling at two or three years becomes a beauty at six or seven. Vice versa, a beauty at two or three may fall apart by six or seven years of age.
**If you build a breeding program around only one stallion and your mares are of a variety of bloodlines, you are not likely to produce a large percentage of desirable offspring no matter how good the stallion is.

As a stallion owner, be ethical. Don't let selling a stud fee take precendence over the quality of the mare to be bred. Only breed mares that you honestly feel will cross well with your stallion. In the end, the mare owner will be happier and will end up with a better foal. You will minimize the production of inferior offspring. Remember - the stallion either gets all the credit or all of the blame for his offspring. NEVER underestimate the influence of the mare in the breeding equation.

Above all, enjoy your horses. Involve family members - as many generations as possible - in the fun of breeding, training, and showing of Arabian horses. Preserve and perpetuate the quality of the breed in all aspects through common sense practices - FOR THE GLORY OF THE HORSES THEMSELVES . . . . . .
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