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> Heidi said:
>
> > Again, that's why generalizations about ANY breed are silly.
> Actually, if a breed doesn't share some traits that can be "generalized"
> then it isn't much of a "breed."
>
> The WHOLE idea of having a breed is to have horses that are more alike
> than different from each other.
>
> That's why breeds have "standards."
>
> To NOT make generalizations about a breed is silly.
>
> However, to not understand that some individuals lie outside the
> standard is also silly.

Kat, I usually appreciate your logical approach, and admittedly I should have 
been more specific.  But actually, you took my quote entirely out of context, 
since the context was making generalizations about faults and poor quality.  
Taken with the rest of what I said, I thought my quote was pretty clear.

Certainly every breed has a "standard" and horses that fall within the range of 
that standard are said to be "typical" of the breed, or to have "type" (a word 
that has been terribly misused, and has become synonymous in all too many 
breeds with "extreme," which is actually the exact opposite of "type").  

I stick by my guns--generalizing that one breed has more horses of poor quality 
than another breed is patently silly.  There are good and bad individuals in 
every breed--part of that has to do with being true to the breed standard, and 
part (IMO the larger part) has to do with whether or not they are just plain 
good horses.  I've known good and bad in every breed I've dealt with, and I 
suspect you have, too.

Heidi

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