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Re: [RC] [RC] QUARTER HORSE PEOPLE - HELP! - Sky RanchHere's something funny -- the first time I saw a photo of Secretariat, I thought he was a quarter horse. I'm not kidding.... Carla Richardson Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: "steelsidedown" <Steelsidedown@xxxxxxx> To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] QUARTER HORSE PEOPLE - HELP! I think part of the trouble explaining this is our mental picture of a modern TB. Most of the "historical" TBs have a very heavy QH build by todays standards. Here's a site with pictures AND info -- you'll need the info, as you can't tell the TBs from the QHs in most of the pics! http://www.circledhorses.com/some_great_horses.htm Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sky Ranch" <skyranch@xxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] QUARTER HORSE PEOPLE - HELP!The formula, the limit on TB blood, just does not wash with me. The early *true* foundation horses DID have TB blood, quite a bit, in fact, and also Arabian and other breeds. In fact, some of the QH foundation horses were 100% TB, registered TB. My grandfather (E.G. "Gus" Scroggins) is in the AQHA Hall of Fame. He knew how a performance horse should be put together, and he liked TB's. He is in the Hall of Fame because he was an inspector and a judge in the early days of AQHA (1940's and 50's), traveling around inspecting horses, helping to establish the registry. Horses were inspected for conformation, and if they met the standard they could be registered as a QH. The QH was supposed to be a horse that could do it "all." A true performance horse. To say that a foundation QH qualifies just because he doesn't have TB in a set number of generations? That's not really a good definition, imho. If you want to really say you have a "foundation" type of QH, then go back to the early standard and look at the type - conformation - *not* the pedigree. The early pedigrees were often VERY vague, because the horses were crossbred, grades, or purebreds that they didn't want to *admit* in the pedigree, if you get my meaning. There were plenty of TB's and Arabians in the early QH. Especially the much-revered King Ranch of Texas -- for example one of their foundation sires, Old Sorrel, a thoroughbred, was used extensively in their lines. They did a lot of close, or line, breeding to cement the look, performance, cow, and speed, in their horses. The dished face and small stature of the early King Ranch horses, as well as the great cow sense, and the nimble footed cutting horses owe a lot to the Arabian and Spanish lines. As most of you know, the horse that has completed the most Tevis Cup rides was a Quarter Horse. I think that's pretty great. Anyone who's working to produce that type is my kind of QH breeder! Carla Richardson Colorado =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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