Re: Arabian Bloodlines

["spencer" <spencer@inu.net>]

Where did it come from to stay away from BASK if you wanted to do distance riding?? ???  Not so!!  Bloodlines DO make some difference, but it should be taken into consideration for the overall picture.  Otherwise you are using tunnel vision.  Horses get characteristics from ALL in the bloodline.  Some unfortuately were LINE bred so that undesireable characteristics showed up more and more.  Some of the 'line breed' horses are simple 'inbred"!!  So the 'show' people in their attempt to get a horse that looks like the art's picture, did a LOT of close breeding.  When that happens, the offspring can have bad characteristics.  The ones not good enough to show, were either dumped out in cheap auctions or taken to slaughter so no one else would see the results of the bad breeding.  Genetics are complicated, but like a computer, GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT!!
Mary Ann
Zavalla, TX

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> From: Loribelle1 <Loribelle1@aol.com>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Arabian Bloodlines
> Date: Monday, March 16, 1998 5:34 PM
>
> I agree totally with Debby's post stating Arabian bloodlines are very
> important to ridecamp & hope to see lots of imput.
>
> I recently started paying attention to bloodlines after years of trying not to
> be "prejudiced to any particular bloodline influence"  mostly because I felt
> lots of nice horses (quarter, T-bred, & arabs) were getting a bad rap ie:
> "That horse has Impressive breeding  so if it's a mare, she will have pms
> every day", "That arab is Bask bred stay away from this line for distance
> riding" & on & on.  The funny thing was, I didn't find these things to be
> true, so I quit listening.  I also admit that it was also easier not paying
> attention to bloodlines as far as who was doing what.  Now I not only find it
> interesting, but valuable information.
>
> Lori & Sky
>