Re: RC: endurance prospect

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/4/00 7:44:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
jcmiller@jackpine.com writes:

<< The horse can have nice bloodlines, but whether or not the horse will do
 well on trail depends on the rider, training, and heart of the horse. >>

The rider and training are vital parts, but no horse can do better than its 
genetic potential.  (Worse, certainly, but not better.)  As for 
bloodlines--it all depends on how you define "nice"--fame in the glossy 
magazines doesn't do a thing to "improve" the actual genetic potential that a 
given ancestor has (or does not have) to offer.  The conformation, metabolic 
capability, and that all-so-important "heart" are inborn--all of that comes 
from ancestors.  If you are "surprised" by what you get, all that means is 
that you didn't know those ancestors very well after all.

Heidi