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Re: [RC] My take on Aladinn - heidiAnd so many people forget that Polish bloodlines are in a LOT of horses that we dont' associate with Poland! This includes Crabbett and Russian. Skowrownek was imported to England from Poland. The Russians got their start in breeding Arabs with help from imported Polish stock. Remember that nationalities of horses do not always tell you the quality or direction of their breeding. The Poles bred some outstanding using horses prior to WWII, and I'd rank horses like *Witez II right up there among the more useful sires of the breed. That said, these horses bear very little resemblance to the modern Polish horses, which have been bred either for racing (the closest to the original functionality of the Polish horses) or to cater to the American show ring (Aladdinn falls in the latter group quite firmly, IMO). Skowronek is about as atypical of modern Polish breeding as you can get--you will still sometimes get a few that resemble the *Witez II era. And although the Russians and Poles have both used quite a bit of Crabbet stock, they have not bred their modern horses in the same directions that American CMK breeders, English breeders, or Australian Crabbet/Old Colonial breeders have done. Bottom line--the older Polish horses bear far more resemblance to the modern CMK horses than they do to the modern Polish horses. I'd not gotten around to replying to the original post yet, but go back and look at pictures of Aladdinn. He was a shallow-bodied horse with weedy bone, and not at all what you would want in an endurance horse. Yes, one runs across him occasionally in successful endurance pedigrees--but generally crossed with horses that are far more suitable. And one also runs across him a lot more in the "also-rans." He sired a heckuva lot of foals, and given the numbers with him close-up in the pedigree that have come into the sport and have tried, he is not very well represented at all among the successes. Although I wouldn't go so far as to paint all the horses of ANY nationality with one brush, he is one Polish horse that I would consider to be a negative in assessing an endurance pedigree--and I'd want to see a lot of other stuff there to offset him if I were to recommend a prospect by pedigree. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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