Refuse a reserved mating

The confirmation before refusing matings that have been reserved for you.

As for a horse, a refusal aims only at reserved sales: a fixed price or an auction cannot be refused. And it costs nothing, on either side.

Why refusing is more useful here

Because putting them up for sale consumed the stallion's quota of matings. As long as your reservation runs, those matings are tied up: the seller can neither offer them to somebody else, nor use them on his own mares.

Your refusal immediately gives the quota back to the stallion. It is therefore a real service, and far more concrete than for a horse — a breeder waiting for your answer in order to serve another customer will be grateful to you.

If you let it run, the reservation expires at its deadline and the quota comes back in the same way. But a mating's deadline can go up to 30 days: letting a reservation you do not want sleep can block a stallion for a whole month.

Before refusing

Check the stallion's speciality and look at his birth genetics: a mating reserved for you is often a good bargain, because the seller has chosen his buyer rather than putting it on the market.

And if it is only the price that holds you back, write to him before refusing: the price of a reserved sale remains changeable.

For the market, see Buy a mating.