Million dollar race winner?

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1405932&share_this=Y

Okay I checked up on the claim of the sire and dam being million dollar race winners both. The stallion checks out.http://www.pedigreequery.com/al+mamoon But the dam? http://www.pedigreequery.com/wizard+of+roz+h Last time I checked $24,975 isn't a million dollars. Also the stallion pictured is less than desirable. Geld him and he would be a nice riding horse. There is already million of nicely bred Thoroughbreds out there searching for homes or out at stud. There is no need to be making more of him especially in this economy.

Now here are some ads I just shake my head at and sigh.

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1148851&share_this=Y (Ack! Is all I have to say. Another horse being bred for color but not form.)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1342722&share_this=Y (Please clean your horses up before you take pictures of them for sale or at stud!)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1359828&share_this=Y (Downhill isn't he?)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1387876&share_this=Y (WTH? What happened to his legs?)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1378018&share_this=Y (Is that lead rope tied around his front legs?! Oh My God! Just a way for him to break his neck or leg!)

Colored disasters

Now I'm going to highlight some stallions that are just being bred because they are colorful so they have a right to pass on their color and bad conformation.

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1401238&share_this=Y (This guy, it's hard to get a real grasp on his conformation because of the angle of this photo but who would want to breed to that?)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1386871&share_this=Y (Another horse being bred just because he has a pretty color on him. Note the lack of any accomplishments mentioned except High Percentage Dun Factor Producer and Homozygous Tobiano.)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1359604&share_this=Y (Rat tailed, pig eyed, small eared appy for his first year at stud. No accomplishments listed except for siring one black and one dark bay foal.)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1326885&share_this=Y (Straght shouldered dirty horse here.)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1330597&share_this=Y (Another straight shoulder. And they say his gaits are so soft you feel like your floating. No accomplishments except for siring color.)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1367189&share_this=Y (No one wants to breed more Mustangs. There are already enough as there is.)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1351176&share_this=Y (Never breed a POA and a APH. You end up getting this.)

Now I'm not saying that all colored horses are bad. Just most seem to get bred just because they are colorful. Like the people couldn't see past the perlino, appaloosa, palomino, cremello, pinto hide. Here is a colored stallion I think is not only gorgeous in conformation but in color.

http://www.palominowarmbloods.com/blueeyeddream.html

Kirsten

Photoshopping Blues

Now I can say that Photoshop is a very useful tool but sometimes people just go way overboard! Here are some examples.

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1370124&share_this=Y (The top picture of this one. WTF? Is his head that small in real life? He looks like a horse on steroids with a tiny neck and head with bulging shoulder and hindquarter muscles.)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1370478&share_this=Y

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1345257&share_this=Y (Another picture with fake background. To me this seriously makes you seem very unprofessional.)

http://www.lakeshastapaints.com/html/home.html (What the heck is with that paint trotting over the rock filled riverbed?)

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1346652&share_this=Y (Another Photoshop failure. Fake, fake, fake.)

Now for some Photoshopping that isn't fake and actually makes you look more professional.

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1358486

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=895238

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1304514

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1235594

http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1368711

Now I know that many of you are probably saying to yourself, what does it matter if the background looks fake and altered looking? It reflects badly on yourself and your farm. Fake, obviously altered photos of your horses in fantasy-like flower covered fields makes you look very unprofessional. Like I said, not only does your stallion need to have some credentials before you even consider breeding him, and have the correct conformation, he needs to shown accordingly!

More Stud duds

Here is some more good stallions against bad stallions.

Appaloosa

Stud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1312512&share_this=Y

Dud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1330597&share_this=Y

Miniature Horse

Stud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1356283&share_this=Y

Dud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1320174&share_this=Y

Missouri Fox trotter

Stud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1356465&share_this=Y

Dud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1331166&share_this=Y

Tennessee Walker

Stud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1377638&share_this=Y

Dud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1348608&share_this=Y


Now what stallion would you choose? The one that is proven and a World Champion with a stud fee of $600 or the horse that has DONE NOTHING but eat grass next to a paved road where he could get hit for $500? I think I know what you are thinking.

AQHA World Champion
http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1341122&share_this=Y

Grass eater
http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1294251&share_this=Y

Seriously PLEASE go out and do SOMETHING with your stallion before you allow him to breed. Get some credentials that are better than lazing around all day waiting to get hit by oncoming traffic.

Stud Duds

Here are some common breeds of horses with one stallion being worthy of a being a stud while the other is a dud.

American Quarter Horse

Stud- http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1334125&share_this=Y

Dud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1380075&share_this=Y

American Paint Horse

Stud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1209202&share_this=Y

Dud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1350996&share_this=Y

Arabian

Stud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1353304&share_this=Y

Dud- http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1270938&share_this=Y

Morgan

Stud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1348919&share_this=Y

Dud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1354259&share_this=Y

Thoroughbred

Stud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1059371&share_this=Y

Dud-http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1373837&share_this=Y

Hope this short post gives you an idea about what this blog is about. Now what I'm basing my stud/dud is on their conformation, their show records or something they've done that is at least shown they can do something very well and basic overall appearance.