Pros

• Discounted price

• Stated-sex contracts are possible

• Prevents seller from increasing price for very good looking foal

• Prevents someone else from buying your foal out from under you

• Lends itself to an installment purchase, since foal cannot leave mother until weaned

Cons

• You are purchasing a baby sight unseen, based on bloodlines, sire, dam, and the results of previous breedings

• You have to wait for your horse

Mares Available for Prenatal Contracts for Foals in 2005

Mare

Stallion