Anonymous asked: I am a backyard breeder and I honestly felt guilty about it at first but last year I bred my Thoroughbred mare with Hickstead semen and then he passed away in the fall. We eagerly await the baby though we are upset by the tragedy surrounding his death, and also hoping it is not a genetic condition.
If you bred to Hickstead, you are not by my definition, a back yard breeder.
I don’t think you would be considered a backyard breeder by anyone.
