ridecamp@endurance.net: re: [endurance] Horse color and distance

re: [endurance] Horse color and distance

Allen Randall (maven@foothills.eznet.com)
Wed, 3 Apr 1996 19:53:19 -0800

Linda, I beg to differ...most of the quality breeding done in this country
is for conformationally correct horses. Color is so far down the line with
most of the foundation breeders of "purebred Arabians" that it hardly even
counts. The exception would be those "few" that are trying to breed
straight "black."
"Mother Nature" can be cruel. We have noticed, over nearly twenty years
that the ranches that have focused on "color first" have not done so for
long. We believe that one should breed good horses to good horses and take
what "Mother Nature" hands out in the color department. Just my thoughts.
Best regards, Al

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>Eighteen years ago, when I first started endurance riding, the greys had
>the majority of the field in any given competition. But now all the
>breeding is for color.

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>Linda Van Ceylon
>lvanceylon@vines.colostate.edu
>phone: 970-491-1428
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>From loomis.102@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shannon Loomis), on 4/1/96 6:06
>PM:
>To: endurance@moscow.com
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>hello,
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>I read a post saying that they want a dark horse in a check and a white
>horse on trail. I am curious as to what people prefer. I noticed a wanted
>ad for a grey horse for trail not to long ago. Does everyone prefer a
>light-colored horse? My dark horse has never ever overheated and cools
>down very nicely. I try to avoid greys for several reasons, even though I
>really like dapples. First of all, I can't keep them clean. Secondly,
>white legs tend to get scratches worse (of course, socks on a dark horse
>are just as vulnerable. Third, sunburn, no explanation needed. Finally,
>in the neoplasia course I had last year, every other signalment was grey
>horses. They seem to get every cancer known to horsedom. My prof said
>there is no such thing as an older cancer-free grey horse.
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>Any opinions?
>
>Shannon Loomis and Quail Meadow Star (and Quark, the grey emergency back-up
>Arab)
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>hello,
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>I read a post saying that they want a dark horse in a check and a white
>horse on trail. I am curious as to '.
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>To: endurance@moscow.com
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>hello,
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>I read a post saying that they want a dark horse in a check and a white
>horse on trail. I am curious as to
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