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Re: [RC] new vs old bloodlines - heidiIn studying bloodlines, how is it determined what is "new" and what is "old"? Is "new" what is bred in the U.S. and "old" what is bred off continent? What are the resources out there to figure this stuff out? Thanks, Erica DeVoti Actually, it tends to be the other way around... <g> With "new" being from off-continent and "old" being from here... But that is an oversimplification. The changes in the breed began occurring in the 50s, and really gained momentum in the 60s and 70s. Many people use WWII as a turning point. CMK uses pre-1950 as the cutoff point for accepting non-CMK dam lines. What is "new" is anything that comes from a program that aimed toward altering the breed from that point on. What is "old" is anything that comes from a program that tried to continue to breed classic horses from that point on. The majority of the CMK horses are of "old" type. Horses like Edie Booth's Sa'ud horses are very classic. Those Polish breeders who have clung to lines such as the Patton Polish imports and the Travelers Rest horses and have bred them true to type have "old" horses. I am less familiar with Egyptian breeding, but one can find "old" Egyptian horses as well. Horses that come out of the "big name" show programs are the ones that tend to stray from classic type and classic capabilities. Since the "new" programs started with "old" horses, many of their early "culls" were pretty good horses that threw back to their "old" ancestors and therefore were not used for breeding. So what has happened is that the "extreme" types of horses have been selected to breed, so there is a shift in the population of the "new" horses AWAY from using-type or classically functional horses. As this shift gets further and further from using type, and as it goes on for more and more generations, there are less and less "culls" that are suitable for riding, as the rejects begin to have more and more of the traits for which their immediate ancestors have been selected, and simply don't have the "charisma" to be show horses. Dunno if that answers your question, but there it is... Heidi ============================================================ ...but then, I do ride my horses a lot more than most people ~ Karen Chaton ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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