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RE: [RC] [RC] [RC] What the? breedingstock? working stock?) - heidiSo it's not so much working stock vs. breeding stock as it is breeding stock = working stock but working stock doesn't always = breeding stock (assuming you're ignoring non-genetic defects and injuries and stuff that might render an otherwise good horse unable to perform). Bingo! That's it in a nutshell. Or at least that's the way it should be. And that's the problem. Breeding stock SHOULD have the aptitude for performance and, preferrably, be proven in the showring/on the track/etc... provided the horse is free of defect or injury. But somehow people got it in their heads that if a horse can't perform it's only good for breeding, as if breeding is something that should be saved as a last resort for an otherwise useless horse. Precisely. Just because somebody breeds an "empty uterus" does not make the mare in question suitable "breeding stock." Am I hitting even close to the mark there? As Henry Higgins would say, "By George, I think she's got it!" Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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