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Loan/Lease of broodmare
Topic Started: Jul 30 2007, 07:43 PM (272 Views)
Truly
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I Visited Candy Mountain and All I Got Was This Lousy Incision
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I have a question please :) ....how popular is it for stud farms to borrow/loan/lease broodmares? I know of a 16.3hh bay TB race winning broodmare that would be very useful.
What are the normal terms /contracts with these sorts of arrangements?
Thanks in advance :)
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Truly
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Sorry I forgot to add she is in PA
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Blazing Colours
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I have leased several mares for breeding purposes over the last several years. The terms vary a bit but generally I (the stud farm owner) pay all expenses and care for the mare for the duration of her pregnancy up until the foal is weaned. Some mares have been insured where I pay 1/2 and the mare owner pays 1/2 and some not insured. With most all mares, a part of the agreement is that, I will return the mare in foal to one of my stallions. So what the mare owner gets is about 16 months of free care for the mare and a free stud fee. I have never paid a fee for leasing mares.

Insurance can be quite reasonable and it does give you and the mare owner piece of mind to know that if anything happens the value of the mare is covered as is mojor hospital expenses. On a 10,000 horse a years full coverage of insurance is about 500.

Hope that helps some...
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NZ Loopy Lou
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I have done this a few times - In fact I have had one of my girls on lease for 7 years now!! I often cannot afford to purchase the sort of mare that I like so leasing is an excellent way for me to bring in bloodlines and quality that I could not otherwise get.

I usually insure the mare for a value agreed upon by both parties and she is my responsibility fully whilst in my care. I therefore ensure that she is always well fed, wormed and has her feet attended to regularly. I have a contract somewhere that I usually negotiate with the owner. I have just secured a new lease mare for this coming season. After losing my ISH mare Bo (whose insurance had lapsed six weeks prior to her death!) I was desperate for a nice 1/2 or 1/4 bred Irish mare to put to my ISH colt. Serendipity stepped in and I am taking charge of 'County Clare' in a month. Clare is full sister to the lovely ISH mare that I have had on lease for 7 years - such a small world! I am leasing her with a foal for foal agreement so basically we will send her back to her owners in foal.
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Thankyou !
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I have done it once. It worked out well & it was a free lease. The mare was already in foal when I leased her but I was responsible for all costs associated with her pregnancy, foaling out & anything related through weaning. The lessor was responsible for expenses related to getting her back in foal. The mare had an uneventful pregnancy, foaling & got right back in foal on her 30 day.
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