a 'free' horse

Every once you  get that offer to take a free horse. Now if you own a horse you know nothing about horses are free. however, every once in a while one comes a long that could do something for you. As it so happens this one is a cremello Quarter horse stud.

A few things to consider before taking on a free horse let a lone a stud.

A) Can I afford another horse? this means unforeseeable things like that late night vet call. where to keep the horse is another, after all I'm talking about a stallion here. just turning him out with the herd is a bad idea.

B) how long will it take to get this horse going? In this case I'm looking at about a year because he has never had anything done with him and he's five now.

C) what will the long term cost be? true he is a nicely put together horse even with a stud that you can keep booked through breeding season. you have to look at showing expenses (to get their name out there.) Promoting, and advertising expenses. Remember this is a business after all. If you have horses you know that it is complete myth that you can make money off them. your doing great if you just brake even at the end of the year.

So back to my main point there is no such that as a free horse.