Who should I breed my mare to??

Breeding my Appaloosa mare has been a dream of mine since I got her when she was 6 months old, she is now 8 and doesn't have a show career.. but is fantastic to ride, has amazing colouring and hall of fame bloodlines on both side. I was planning on breeding her last season but nothing was working out for me so I decided not to. I had the stallion and breeding contracts in my hand ready to sign too but I decided not to. Which Im glad I waited because I love riding her, she is a 2004 15hand appaloosa mare which I ride her English hunter/jumper. A few sires I have in mind are:

My little Secret:
2009
15.3hand bay with white blanket appaloosa stallion, standing at Char O lot ranch.
Stud fee:$1000
Saudi Arabia prince owns him
3X world champion already, his grandsire "The Secret" is also syndicated

Acore:
2005 16.1 hand
Bay canadian warmblood stallion
Jumper/Grand Prix

Westporte:
Westporte is an imported Hanoverian, standing 16.3 hands, dark bay, has competed hunters, jumpers and has produced some fancy hunters and champion offspring.

There are many others to choose from.. I definitely want to breed her to another appaloosa to see what I get, I have a few foals that I want from her also to continue her bloodlines. My search will continue....

-Meaghan S.

An Equestrian Future

Hello fello Equestrians

I have been thinking for a while about doing a blog post about myself and my personal equestrian experience so far (up to 2012)  so lets get started...

DeeDee winter 2011 

Back in December 2006 my Dad bought DeeDee as a weanling as a christmas present for myself and my sister, my dad and i trained her, and i was doing riding lessons at a different barn, she was always strung out on sweet feed, she was a good horse though, fairly easy to train. At 1 year and 7 months we moved her to the barn I was taking lessons at. At that time it was the top training barn in the area. I broke her myself with little help from the coaches at the barn, and she was really easy to break, I was the first one to get one her and there were days where we had our good times and our bad. I kept her there for 5.5 years and I had alot of good times and bad , which was all part of training and I over came alot of confidence issues with my self as a rider.

September 26 2011 DeeDee 

The summer of 5.5 years came and I had made the decision to leave the barn and go to a smaller private barn, it got to be too busy and a big lesson barn. On August 1st I loaded up my horse and went to a smaller barn just about 5 minutes away from the barn I was at. I was really busy with school and being in my last year of college I just needed to focus on school and not so much riding. So I just wanted my mare to have a year of light work and I didn't have to worry about lessons and such. It was a good year for my horse to just learn to be a horse instead of being at a big show barn (hunter/jumper). Exactly a year later while at the small barn, it went up for sale, so I made another decision to find another barn to go to.. and now that i was done school.. i wanted to get back into some serious riding and working with horses. so i moved to a barn that wasn't so far out into the country. The person leasing the barn wasn't the greatest, but new people took over as of (may 1st 2012) and it all worked out, I now have a chance to ride and show in many difference areas and expand my riding skills and meeting tons of good equestrian and horse people and also travel and look at stallions in the states for breeding opportunities. Im definitely looking forward to the up coming opportunities. :)

DeeDee with her eye's closed, my sister is holding her

My Little Secret "Doug"

My Little Secret 

2009 Appaloosa Stallion

                                          Sire: Secret Kid- APHC Multiple World and National Champion 

SireDam:  My Prety Centerfold- APHC

My Little Secret Syndicate is proud to announce their new ownership, H.H.
Prince Waleed Khalifa Al Saud of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia The Prince plans to have frozen semen shipped from the US to Jeddah to breed to his band of Arabian mares.
My Little Secret "Doug"
Will remain in the US at Char-O-Lot Ranch and his book will be open to a limited number of mares for the 2012 season at $1,000.00 per mare.

Groupon:$17 for $70 at Vista Print

Chocolatey Appaloosa stallion

Chocolatey

The 2005 stallion Chocolatey has been successful at the Appaloosa National and World shows and also on the Open circuit. Making an impact in western pleasure classes at prestigious events like the Southern Belle and Reichart shows, Chocolatey is a great ambassador for the breed.

He is a descendant of two Hall of Fame (HOF) stallions on both sides of his pedigree:
The Executive rose to prominence in the 1970’s with Lew Eklund and George Minic campaigning him and sired 301 registered foals who earned over 5000 points, 57 bronze medallions, one silver medallion and multiple championship titles. He was inducted into the HOF in 1993.

Bright Eyes Brother and the legendary Cecil Dobbin were one of the most influential horse-human pairs in Appaloosa history. Though Bright Eyes Brother only sired 146 registered foals, many of them excelled in show events and race, and three went on to be inducted into the HOF. He was inducted in 1988.
Owned by Noelle Schmidt of New Jersey, Chocolatey’s first foal crop hit the ground in 2009 and promises to be as talented and acclaimed as their Hall of Fame ancestors.

http://www.appaloosajournal.com/2010/08/chocolatey/