Re: RC: Re: Re: Amblin/Racking/what ever

[Suzanne Mounts <mountss@usfca.edu>]

>truman.prevatt@netsrq.com writes:
>
><< So given not breeding back pure Arabians into
> morgans, then it would not take long before the Arabian influence would be
> washed out. >>


<snip>
>The modern breeds of the world DO NOT resemble 
>Tarpans very closely--in fact, for the most part, they share more traits
with 
>the Arabs.  That would be suggestive of the fact that more Tarpan ancestry 
>has "washed out" over time than the Arab portion.  Color is an 
>example--Tarpans tended to be (as near as researchers can tell) duns, 
>buckskins, etc.--and only a few modern breeds even HAVE individuals of these 
>colors.  The very absence or rarity of the Tarpan influence in color alone
is 
>genetic evidence that the Arabian influence still remains.
>
>Heidi
>

You may just have proved Truman's case re Morgans, Heidi.  There are only
about a dozen grey Morgans alive in the world.  Guess they bred all that
Arab blood out. <vbg>

Suzanne