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RE: [RC] Arabian bloodlines - John TeeterAt 08:27 PM 8/17/2006, you wrote:> ... to ignore the quality programs here and to pretend that they don't exist is just plain > insulting to US breeders who have been trying to educate riders about this very need for > well over three decades. ... not intending to either ignore quality programs or pretend things done exist or insult anyone or worry about US breeders trying to educate riders. (stay on point:) Rather trying to contrast the approaches in play today. Again, can you list, in your opinion, the top 10 endurance breeding programs in North America today? it would be a good starting point. and then maybe go on to list the top 10 in Europe, in South America, in Australia/NZ, in the GCC -- what are the top 50 organizations producing endurance mounts today? What is the size of the annual crop from these outfits? how many 5 year olds do these top 50 start in their careers each year? and yes, what are the prefered lines of these top global breeders? jt (and btw: next week - in France, the WEC for Young Horses is going to provide a venue for those top world breeding programs to present themselves. are there going to be any US participants there? There will be breeders from SA (i've heard), GCC, Australia. just another data point)
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