All I Want For Christmas Is...

For Santa to hire a vet to geld these horses.

Seriously.

Santa, if you're listening, I will forego all Christmas gifts and good cheer in lieu of setting the genetic record straight and disabling these horses from reproducing.

While this horse's pedigree might be passable (for a gelding), his conformation most assuredly is NOT. And yet... he's a stallion, advertised as having potential in 'breeding.'
http://agdirect.com/scripts/hrsdetl.exe?1196978514&0

Oh. My. God. His neck, his shoulder... his HYPP status. What in the HELL is wrong with you? Santa is definitely bringing you COAL, and he SHOULD be bringing you a CONSCIENCE and a GOOD BOOK ON EQUINE CONFORMATION.
http://agdirect.com/scripts/hrsdetl.exe?1196828850&0

What about this paint says 'stallion prospect'? His messed up hind leg and hip conformation or his "14.5" hand height?
http://agdirect.com/scripts/hrsdetl.exe?1192462588&0

Hollywood Dun It is rolling over in his grave.
http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1126188

Yes! This two year old ungelded, unregistered stallion with no withers will make a PERFECT Christmas present!
http://www.horseville.com/php/view.php?id=129099

WHY? Unregistered stallion... just 'rode in the pasture'... but of course, he's trained to rear and 'kick out while rearing' on command. What a deal, and all for $1,000.00!
http://www.horseville.com/php/view.php?id=128225

ANOTHER Unregistered stallion with horrendous front pasterns... only $200! Don't you wish there were 5 more of them, so you could have a 6 pack? I know the meat buyers do!
http://www.horseville.com/php/view.php?id=127942

With the market the way it is, why do people keep breeding what does not sell? Why do people keep breeding what there is already too much of?

The question I want to pose to the folks that say it's the OWNERS and not the BREEDERS responsible for the way the market is now is as follows:

How do they propose we go about tracking horses for their entire life?

Once they are sold, they are sold... no going back. You can only do so much with keeping track of them after they're gone, and you can only do so much to insure that they will have a good home. No matter how hard you try, you WILL have some slip through the cracks.

If you think we can all track down every single horse that is sold 4-5-8-10 years down the line to whomever we sold them to, you are SERIOUSLY smoking crack.

You CAN'T predict other people's financial or personal problems that will arise in the future that will limit their horse endeavors. Duh.

You CAN'T predict if someone will get sideswiped by a big rig on the way home from work, and their horses will go to their relatives to settle their estate. Double Duh.

YOU CAN'T PREDICT THESE THINGS. Since we CAN'T predict these things, how on EARTH do we rationalize breeding tons more that are ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to keep track of for the rest of their lives, and then saying that it's THE BREEDERS RESPONSIBILITY to keep track of them?!

Morons.

This is why it is SO IMPORTANT to breed horses that stand on their own merits with conformation, pedigree and ability.