Hypothetical Matings Allow Budget Breeders to Dream Big

Tara Madgwick - Thursday July 6

Test your mare with any of the Premium stallions on Breednet to produce a five generation tabulated pedigree with highlighted duplications – it’s addictive and fun, you might not be able to afford to send a mare to I Am Invincible, but there’s no harm in seeing what the mating looks like and how about one of his more affordable sons!

Click to visit his page and type in your mare.

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Click here for our Sires by Bloodline story on I Am Invincible featuring all his sire sons at stud with click through to his Premium sire sons for further investigation.

The most read story on Breednet for the past week was about Group III Winx Guineas winner Knight’s Choice, who was bred by Elswick Park’s Norm Bazeley from a mare he bought for $1,000 and then sent to Extreme Choice, a son of the stallion he really wanted to go to which was Not a Single Doubt.

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