In a message dated 8/18/2006 9:59:40 AM Mountain Standard Time,
heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Unfortunately, the term has been picked up by
people who only "preserve" names on paper. If you haven't brought
the traits along with the names, you haven't preserved a
thing.
That's what I've seen.
Heidi, your statement "If you haven't brought the traits along with
the name, you haven't preserved a thing," is telling for some
programs who, once producing very usable, sometimes great, horses now
perserve nothing but the name.
I've seen incredible endurance horses changed in an effort to
pretty up a head...usually with the thought that "we'll get the
"endurance, legs, correct angles, etc." back next generation", which,
sometimes, doesn't happen, irrespective of whether it's carried in the
DNA or not.
I believe every horse added to the genetical pool brings
something to the genetic mix. Prudence in exposing quality mares
to pretty boys is not something, I believe, Americans do very
well. <snip>
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