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If you don't have prior mule experience, I really don't think you need to be breeding. I would buy a two year old or something if you really want to start one. But I would recommend buying the mule you want rather than breeding/training one. While the initial cost may be higher than you'd like, I think it would pay off in the end to buy an older, trained mule that fits your needs rather than breeding one or training a baby yourself. Do you know how to train a mule? Are you prepared to send a young mule to the trainers for a good while so it can learn the ropes? If someone else would be training the mule for you, that cost needs to be factored into the cost of breeding/raising/training your own mule or buying a young one and training it. Mules shouldn't be broke to ride until late in their 3 year old year at the earlier. 4 is better and some mules need to wait until they are 5 to be started.
And while you may think that because your mare has a long back, you can choose a jack with a short back and get a foal with a medium length back, it really does not work that way.
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