Send Me Your Broken, Unrideable, Fugly Mares!

I both Love and Semi-Hate Holidays. Love them because, well they are Holidays, and who doesn't Love Holidays. Semi-Hate them because the normal course of life tends to get disrupted and wonky. Start with a major US Holiday like the Fourth of July, mixed with a major MAJOR sale at the retail store where I'm employed, toss in my son's 10th birthday tomorrow, friends that want to go see Toy Story 3 AND Eclipse (2ce!!! :D), top off with some ice cause its just too darn freaking HOT, and shake well; you'll end up with something like the last week I've had LOL. One Giant melting mess where all the ingredients are all over the place and mushed together into a giant slushy. 

I'm also working on a new project too, that is becoming a real challenge but I'm super excited about it! (Details soon to come on the other blog.)

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I got this ad in my email a few days back, and I told the sender (Ok, this is where I get confused because the email header said Nick, but the Email itself said Lisa?) that I would post it up on Monday. 

This person is asking for people to just basically hand over their Unsound and Unbroke mares for breeding to her paint stallion. 

I am looking to purchase a few mares to add to my broodmare string. I am looking for inexpensive or even unsound for riding 3 to7 year old APHA or AQHA mares to breed to my Paint stallion. They would be well taken care of and would also be willing to work something out if you wanted the baby next year. Color not as important as a good temperment. My stallion will throw 100% color even on quarter horse mares. You could also come visit and play with the babies in the spring. Not looking to spend a lot just looking to give a wonderful home to a few lucky mares. Vet refrences available. In need of minor medical attention and farrier work also alright. Looking to save a few nice mares from going to the sale barn to a uncertain fate. Looking for well built and calm halter broke but no need to be saddle broke, I have the time and training knowledge to work on issues they might have also.Will be looking to find show and or performance homes for the little ones but most will be held over to be sold as started 2 to 3 year olds with a couple to be kept and shown. If you have something you are unable to care for right now and would like to have the opportunity to purchase back next fall we could work that out also. My stallion is well behaved and well bred for a working cowhorse and has started under saddle and on his way to being great. If you have something that might work please email some pics and a brief description of what you are asking and of bloodlines. Thank you and have a great day. Hope to hear from you soon. 

Of course there are no pictures to her stallion, no links to a website, basically NO information about the stallion except every mare owner in the area should just RUN over to let their mares have the honor of being bred to this stallion. 

PHLEAHSE spare me. Whether this stallion owner is willing to pay to purchase the mares, or keep them on a breeding lease is unclear. Either way, this ad has several issues that I can't leave alone.

I am looking to purchase a few mares to add to my broodmare string. This is fine, but broodmares should really be the HIGHEST quality mares one can find/afford. Their job is to IMPROVE on the stallion. I am looking for inexpensive Read that as Fugly horses, horses that can't find new owners for whatever reason, or those low end horses we constantly see advertised on CL for $100-$300 or even unsound  for riding 3 to7 year old APHA or AQHA mares to breed to my Paint stallion. They would be well taken care of and would also be willing to work something out if you wanted the baby next year.  Cause the stallion owner probably won't have a market for the foals.... so its perfect to dump them back on the mare owner!  Color not as important as a good temperment. The only statement that makes sense My stallion will throw 100% color even on quarter horse mares. Ok, once more - Stallions don't "THROW" anything. Especially foals. They SIRE them.  You could also come visit and play with the babies in the spring. Not looking to spend a lot just looking to give a wonderful home to a few lucky mares. Vet refrences available. In need of minor medical attention and farrier work also alright. Does this mean that mares that need regular medical attention and regular farrier work will be accepted? WOW! Looking to save a few nice mares from going to the sale barn to a uncertain fate.  BUT you are willing to create foals that will ALSO have an uncertain fate, and THATS OK WITH YOU??? WTF? Oh, but its ok because its your stallion thats siring them, and he's the bestest stallion on the face of the planet, right?  Looking for well built and calm halter broke but no need to be saddle broke, I have the time and training knowledge to work on issues they might have also. But I would say you are lacking in common sense here....Will be looking to find show and or performance homes for the little ones but most will be held over to be sold as started 2 to 3 year olds with a couple to be kept and shown. Are you rich? Really? You can afford to keep x number of foals for 3 years and you can't afford a REAL ADVERTISING PLAN FOR YOUR STALLION? You are resorting to this ad asking for inexpensive and broken mares to breed your awesome stallion too?  If you have something you are unable to care for right now and would like to have the opportunity to purchase back next fall we could work that out also. Cause that wouldn't be a breeding lease at all. My stallion is well behaved *yawn* they all need to be well behaved, this isn't anything that impresses me and well bred for a working cowhorse OK, then TELL US WHO THE BLOODLINES ARE! and has started under saddle Um, wouldn't this mean the stallion is around 2 or 3 years old?  and on his way to being great. See prior comment about your stallion being the bestest stallion on the face of the planet. What about the concept of prove the stallion has talent, athletic ability, beauty, grace, and all that stuff by the one method we have thats nearly fool proof by SHOWING him first? Does he really HAVE to breed this early?  If you have something that might work please email some pics and a brief description of what you are asking and of bloodlines. Thank you and have a great day. Hope to hear from you soon. 

Sad part is there are actually mare owners that will respond to an ad like this because they are desperate to find a 'good home' for their mares. I always doubt whether the person behind these ads are the real deal or not, will actually give good care or not, etc etc. If you ever consider answering an ad like this do your homework first. Check references, check out the property first hand, and make surprise visits. Make sure you write into the contract that you have full access to all of the veterinary records. Keep your wits about you, and make sure you don't get swindled by an 'insurance salesman'.