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Re: [RC] To breed or not to Breed - Karen Sullivan----- Original Message ----- From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> If I dare make a rash comment here, I would submit that perhaps it is the "impressive bloodlines" that may well be at fault, since you follow that comment with the mare being a halter winner. Hello Heidi, The bloodlines I am talking about ( many old Polish and Crabbet) are some of the very same ones that crop up in a number of extremely athletic endurance Arabs.....so just becuase a horse won at Halter, does not preclude it from going on to have an athletic career. I really do think we agree that it comes more down to the individual....rather than the bloodlines; although some folks have great success knowing how traits are passed down (and I willl never claim to be a breeder, or expert on Arab bloodlines)...i am only speaking from what I observe.... For every bloodline someone just raves about...I have seen extremely badly conformed individuals.....bad temprements, other problems. A lot of people seem to be blind to their horses faults, or the faults in a breeding program. Gosh, I don;t have the books in front of me, but sure remember some photos of early imports (even CMK horses), that have just awful conformation faults.....and some extremely lovely horses. Coffee has not kicked in and the names escape me at the monent......but I would like to do this sometime.....(go through old photos of examples of revered stallions and mares and point out what I think are the conformation faults, and get your feedback......it all helps me understand this all.) (And I am quite willing to admit when I am wrong! <g> I am talking about long, weak backs, extremely high croups, etc.....(horses not falling into that ideal, balanced 3 circle diagram). HOWEVER, another thought came to me in the night......as far as actually breeding 3 year old Arabs.....isn't the current thinking that Arabs don't mature until age 5 or older....and that the bones in the back are the last to mature? So wouldn't it follow that breeding a horse that is not finished growing, a bad idea? Karen ============================================================ It is how we "feel" deep inside that matters, cause each of us knows the truth, regardless of how we try make it complicated. It just isn't. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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