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If he's up for public, he's up for public. All horses that are for sale are supposed to for sale to everyone (aside from buddy sale) and a horse up for public breeding is up for everyone. That's in the rules. You can't say "oh this amount means the public can't breed to it", and have any guarantee. That's no rule, unwritten or otherwise.

If someone did breed to him and the owner didn't want that to happen, they would have no one to blame but themselves. They can offer to buy the foal or whatever, but if the person didn't want to sell ...*shrug*..their only recourse would be to block that person.

If you're concerned about keeping your lines to yourself, you need to either use straws or be diligent about taking the horse down. This is just tempting fate at best.

Having said that, I think people would be foolish to spend that much on any breeding.

I seem to remember that wayy back a few years when I used to play, there was an ability to breed privately to your own studs without having to put them up publicly. This would have been pre-pastures. Am I remembering this wrong? If not, how come this feature went away?

Hmm I must be remembering wrong.

I think anybody who is going to pay that breeding fee would be choosing their mare very carefully.

And of course, people breeding to that stallion is far more likely to happen now that someone came on the forum and posted all about it for everyone to see whereas before most probably would have never noticed... Just sayin.

As a satin owning member, I would say I'm not happy about satin being left up public, but there isnt anything I or anyone else can do about it. Hopefully the owner will take it down, and hopefully it was just a mistake putting it up, but I have been seeing a few of these lately and I know of atleast a couple people that are upset about it too. I fear satin may become a very common gene in the coming years if this continues, which would be a shame considering how expensive the gene is to get in a foundation and the work some members have put into it.

Best rule of thumb, and I always do this now, is I breed from the mare's page. I put her up for brood and breed her right then. I started doing this after I accidentally left one of my in house studs up and he got bred by someone that wasnt on the forum and could not be contacted. If they are up for public brood/stud then anyone can breed them.

I would hope someone who posted here would have messaged BlackMagic about it. Considering said satin is from my own lines, I am not THRILLED, but I am also of the sort that "once it is out of my barn, it is out of my control".

He is up for a lot of money. Doesn't look like that many people have even bred to him. Still sucks, but it's personal choice. Once a person owns a horse, it technically is theirs to do as they please. Even if verbal agreements were made as part of the sale, they still own it, and there isn't much you can do to get control back.

Hi guys! This is quite the surprise I come home to after a family get-a-way, lol! And I'm sorry that real life has gotten in the way :p But on a serious note, I apologize, especially to Dreamcrest, seeing this is her descendant. I will do all that I can to try to this under control. But before I say anymore, satin was on sale for ALL public at Christmas time, right?

Thank-you CJ for clarifying that for me. I should have no problem fixing this then :)