It pays to talk to the stallion's owner too. I bred my mare to a stallion that normally had a $1,200 stud fee but after seeing my mare and her pedigree she wanted the breeding to happen just as bad as I did so she dropped the price to $500!!!! I ended up breeding to her stallion 3 times because the outcome was so nice and the price was great! :) I still have all three foals, now 3,4,5 yr olds and she wants my 3 yr old for herself :b I don't know if the QH people are usually more set in their stud fees but it doesn't hurt to talk to them.