No matter how much you prepare for an unfamiliar task, there's just no substitute for in-the-trenches experience, and breeding Paint Horses is certainly no exception. Luckily, the Paint Horse breed is proud to call many veteran breeders part of the family. A few of these seasoned hands shared their advice for those small-time breeders expecting their first Paint foals and those breeding their mares for the first time. Gleaning from their years of experience, these breeding pros—whose operations include those with both hundreds and handfuls of mares—share the advice they wish they knew when they first began breeding Paints.