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It seems to me that too many people rely on "bloodlines" as being a good 
determination of endurance performance.  My dad had a registered 1/2 arab 
who was 7/8 arab, 1/8 welsh pony and 15.2 h.  If you just looked at his 
bloodlines you would never even consider him for endurance, but 2200 
endurance miles later and a National 5th place middle-weight finish 
obviously proved that bloodlines are not the biggest determining factor.  
For those who like to look at performance his name is Rikki Tikki and was 
ridden by Richard Cameron.

My horse is unregistered, at least to my knowledge, I bought him from an 
unexperienced horse person who really didn't know what he had and/or didn't 
know what to do with him.  I could care less what his bloodlines were, he's 
15.2, has tremendous bone (8 3/4 cannon's) great feet, and absolutley loves 
to go down the trail.  I don't think it's really appropriate to encourage 
newbies to rely so heavily on bloodlines for determining if a horse is going 
to be good at endurance.  IMO, have an experienced endurance individual that 
you trust go with you when you look at a prospect.  If your looking for 
papers, than by all means go for it, but if you are looking for a partner 
who will carry you down the trail and you will bond and grow with, don't let 
the fact that he or she doesn't have papers, keep you from making the 
decision.

Jessica Cameron and the boys, both unregistered pure-bred Arabians who have 
competed successfully at endurance (Cyclone and Cysco Kid)

> From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Laney Humphrey" <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   unregistered pure-breds
> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 07:03:52 -0700
>
> Papers on a gelding also represent his bloodlines, which may indicate 
> whether he will be good, or great, at endurance.
>
> Barbara
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laney Humphrey" <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] unregistered pure-breds
>
>
> > It's true a gelding can't breed on, but I think that registering a gelding 
> > is proof that the horse is cared for, respected and honored. Think of all 
> > the arabian geldings that have done well in endurance.  If they are 
> > registered, their achievements can contribute to the breed history and 
> > speak to the quality of their bloodlines and to the expertise of their 
> > breeders.
> > Laney
> > Truman Prevatt wrote:
> > > Amen to that and the AHA is an a guilty party in this who sorted mess. 
> > > With the current process of DNA testing anyone that buys an Arabian and 
> > > can prove it by DNA should be able to register it independent if they 
> > > "bought the papers" or not.
> > >
> > > Of course for a gelding I could never figure out why anyone cared.
> > >
> > > Truman
> > >
> > > Laney Humphrey wrote:
> > >
> > > >   Selling a horse without them is a kind of blackmail in my opinion and 
> > > > the one who suffers is the horse because it cannot be sold for it's true 
> > > > value.
> >
> >
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