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 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.

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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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