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[RC] unregistered purebreds - Barb Peck

I agree with the statement below posted by Lynn.

Just about all the breeds have had the book open at some point, and other blood 
mixed in -
30 years ago, one could NEVER confuse a Morgan, Saddlebred or Arab- as they 
were each dinstict looking types... lines and looks are kinda blurred now with 
those 3 breeds.

Registration papers (In my opinion) are like a legal birth certificates.  Sire 
and Dam, and lineage right there.  

And I think any breeder would be just as proud to have bred a champion gelding 
(as mare or stallion) as a rider is (or trainer) to have been involved with 
getting the horse there.

Regardless of opinion though - in my area - it comes down to money.
You pay less for an un papered horse (UNLESS it's already a proven money-maker 
in any discipline), 

 We have a few shippers that bring in the West's rejects- arabs included - by 
the hundreds of head - 
and if a horse comes with papers, then his/her history is able to be traced - 
that's always better IMO than not knowing.

Barb








IMO, without the "chain of evidence" provided by the registration pedigree (and 
a registry that is totally anal about verifying the accuracy of that parentage 
chain) one can't say that a horse is a pure-bred anything. It might look like 
an Arabian (be phenotypically Arabian), but in its genes (genotypically) it 
could be a mix. Which for the purposes of using a horse for pleasure or in a 
sport might be just fine. But to be able to brag that a horse is a "pure bred 
Arabian", you really need proof. Otherwise it is a very attractive and athletic 
grade horse that looks like most people's concept of an Arabian.-
Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/

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