Quote Originally Posted by mango View Post
Hi Winston

Personally it doesn't matter me what age a mare is but the thing you will notice is that very few people are willing to spend good money on service fee's for older mare's and a lot of buyer's steer clear of progeny at sale's that are out of mare's 15yrs or older. And i wouldn't say that a 2min mare would throw a better foal but you would hope that it would throw a horse with the same or if not better ability. There has been a lot of unraced mare's throw great horses, so what it probably come's back to is how strong the family is and what sought of type is it.
Totally agree wth you mango, I'd much rather a foal from an average performing mare with a good genetic heritage than from a mare that has had a long racing career. There's been very few mares(and that includes the champions) with extended racing careers that have been hugely successful broodmares.