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Re: [RC] Would you turn down $1.9Mil--Heidi's Jar - Dabney FinchHeidi wrote:
Think of a jar which you
> need to fill to the top, and you have half a jar of genetics and half a > jar of training with which to do it. If you put in your entire half jar > of genetics but don't add any training, the jar is still only half full. > If you don't have any input from genetics but you train your brains out, > the jar is still only half full. You have to have both to get a full jar. > Dabney's Response:
Thank you so much Heidi. That "visual" helped
me understand this question so much better.
Probably like most American endurance riders who've
been successful with different bloodlines, even "grade," Arabs, I've always
thought genetics not as important as conformation, mind, heart, and
training. But I think at the elite 7 hour 100s, where the horses have
already been preselected for those good qualities, genetics might be a much
higher percentage of the success rate than even 1/2.
SO, are we seeing any "trends" out there as far as
these elite horses' breeding? (A friend who's an Arabian racetrack trainer
tells me owners only want French bred Arabs these days on the
track....)
And, just to "stir the pot" a little more, are the
French Arabs so successful on the flat track because they're "pure" rather than
"show" bloodlines--or because some TB has been snuck in there way back when no
one was looking? And, yes, Kat--I already am guessing
your response to that!
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