How much would a middle aged broodmare be worth?

Do not tell me your going to sell her when she is capable for all that your saying and get her pregnant just to get a little more money because she has a baby in the oven. Trust me, it doesn't work. She's middle aged which would make her harder to get pregnant and honestly, there is enough foals out there from nice mares with lovely conformation who win shows.

Honestly, I have the same situation except my mare almost retired herself. You could tell she didn't want to compete anymore and jumping just wasn't the highlight of her life. Coincedentally, she had her first recognizable cycle in three years. She was legitamitely banging her hip on her stall wall. It was almost like she was telling us that she wanted to be a mom; this was her new career choice. So we (my veteranarian and I) decided just to keep her in shape, but I'm planning on breeding her to a sport horse stallion in 2012.

Generally, (in my experience) the worth of a broodmare comes from her conformation, pedigree, her ability to throw her (should be) excellent conformation, health, hardiness, her overall show experience/winnings, and her talent as a mom. In the show jumping scene the best and most saught after brood mares are the ones that have competed, won, and then retired after a rigorous and successful show carreer. They want a mom that has performed; it offers buyers/breeders some solid evidence of the success of the foal before it is born. And yes, most of these mares are over 10 or 11 years old. I also say ability to throw because I have met many mares who were buffers and threw the sires conformation solid, which sometimes can take away from the foal who also has a successful dam.

Look, being a mom is a wonderful way for many mares to live out the rest of their life with purpose. Whether to call her a broodmare and sell her is a good idea, I would say no. Pre-existing offspring and a long list of show experience is the only way to do it. Honestly, I would breed her a time or two and then keep her until the end of her days, don't let her turn into a stock mare.

Its prob your best option because she has been injured before and needs special attention some times. Id sell her for it. iv been selling off my brood mares for $500 each they have great papers but i don't need them any more they are also broke to ride. What breed is she? papers? Bloodlines? please give me some more info and i will price her better. Middle age has nothing to do with breeding! i have a 20 year old brood mare she produces just fine! Shes at the right age to breed if she has been shown before then that helps. If she has papers then even better! How big is she? is she thick or skinny? When selling her make sure people know the ancestors on her papers. Bloodlines are a big part of breeding also a good brood mare should be thick and built like a tank so she has no difficulty birthing. People want an easy brood mare she foals with no problems.

Post that she may be riddin again if the injury were to heal and that she has been shown and is a quality brood mare when you are trying to sell her.

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Is she going to be able to live her life without the injections and stay sound? If she is and you know the person who has offered you cash for her and you know they are going to look after her, I would snap their hands off. Unless you keep her as a broodmare yourself.

What would your alternative be. Do you have insurance for loss of use?

You don't say if she has been bred before... has she? If so, what have her babies been like/ done?Honestly in today's market, an unproven broodmare (meaning her babies have to be good and do well) isn't worth much.

As heartbreaking as it is to you, $3000 is a pretty good offer.

If you need to ask, then the mare isn't as quality as you think she is.

People with mares of breeding caliber don't ask such basic questions on Y!A.

She isn't a proven producer, either. She is a broodmare PROSPECT at best.

Ah yes, the classic "I can't afford to keep a horse I can't ride." Yes. You can. You just don't want to be bothered. The horse is not paying your bills.

She would be worth less as a broodmare than a show horse. Keep her in the show pen. Their are a thousand PROVEN broodmares and even more young prospects.

there's lots of lovely mares ready to be shipped out to slaughter at any auction yard.

breeding at middle age? lol. WHY? that's a better question.