Palomino Horses

What would be a good stud fee for a Palomino Quarter horse and/or a Andalusian horse???

I am going to open a stud farm, so I want to know what would be a good stud fee for both of theses horses.
This is no joke, I am creating a business plan at the moment so I would like to know the stud fees….

You’re lucky I’ve had plenty of sleep last night and am in a normally “helpful” mood.

First of all you have to take into consideration WHAT accomplishments your stallion has done to make the stallion something a mare owner would want to breed their mares to your stallion. You can have the BEST stallions in the US but if they haven’t proven their worth, then they are just another backyard stallion and there’s too many of those around.

With the Palomino QH, besides accomplishments, is he AQHA or AQHA Appendix (AQHA and TB cross)? Appendix stallions can only breed to AQHA mares, where as a regular AQHA stallions can breed to AQHA, Appendix and TB mares (Gives you a wider field.). IF your Appendix Stallion has accomplished enough points, your papers would be changed to Regular AQHA and the field opens up again for you.

As for an Andalusian Stallion there again it’s a matter of accomplishing things, and getting him out and seen. I know a beautiful black Andalusian Stallion who tried to get that done at the Nationals a few years ago only to end up being brought home with a full blown case of founder and a painful road to recovery if he ever does. I’ve seen a LOT of beautiful Andalusian stallions who simply sit in their stalls until their owners decide to go down the trails on Sunday rides (I spent 27 years in the greater Los Angeles area and most of the Andalusian stallion owners there, bred indescrimantely, I know, I own one of their offspring, a now 19 yr old Azteca.).

Now with this information, you have to look at what your area will pay for a stud fee, how you plan on servicing each mare, AI (Then you get to train your stallions on a phantom) or Live Cover (Then you need 2 or 3 people to assist in that proceedure and this cost more $).

Then of course there’s the charges for “mare care”, having the vet come out, do a culture on each mare then coming back out to check for a folicle, then back again after you’ve bred to check and make sure there aren’t twins before you send the mare home. Of course the mare owner gets billed for all these vet charges but you need to include a daily rate for feed and handling, not to mention farrier charges for trims, etc.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to really be able to put a dollar amount on what you should charge, because I don’t know your area and what people will pay there but you now have a list of things to keep in mind when determining IF you really want to go this route or not.

I’d also recommend that you find a local stud farm and ask them for a “tour” of their facilities before you start to set it up.

Best of luck.

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