Re: RC: Re: What kind of stallion?

[Maureen Mathisen <blueoak@snowcrest.net>]

Heidi,

I am NOT arguing your point.  In fact, that is why I said "this is where
to START--with a pedigree" but then go on and TRY to find a stallion who
has put this pedigree to WORK."  As far as I'm concerned(there's NO
substitute for trying to get inherited traits, AND a record that proves
that they WORKED! ) That what breeders have done for centuries!
Maureen

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 4/19/99 8:37:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> blueoak@snowcrest.net writes:
> 
> <<  I want a performance endurance record, and
>  if possible, I want a heritage that says"he can pass it on to my
>  foals".  >>
> 
> Many stallions simply don't have the opportunity to race.  I still would far
> rather breed to one who is very closely related to successful endurance
> horses and is unraced himself than to one who is a success but whose
> relatives I have seen to fail.  There is a LOT more to endurance than
> conformation (not that one can ignore that)--cardiovascular capability,
> enzymatic function of liver and muscle, digestive capability, competitive
> desire, etc.  Every one of those things is just as heritable as the
> straightness of the legs, the quality of the bone, the length of the hip, the
> angle of the shoulder, and the shape of the nose.  The pedigree is the only
> indicator one has as to whether those not-so-visible traits run in the family
> or not.
> 
> Heidi
> 
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