Re: RC: Muscat

[Horsestwo@aol.com]

Linda;

You stated:  "The mediocre offspring in turn
produce mostly horses no better (and often worse) than themselves.
This second generation gets advertised all over in horse
publications as "grandson of So-and-So."

So, if you want to understand what a horse is and where he
comes from, you can't just focus on famous grandsires.  Most
horses have numerous famous horses in their pedigrees, even
close up.  It don't mean diddly."

Truer words were never spoken!  I have a gelding that has Khemosabi, Bask and 
Naborr up close and is of average quality at best. ( He was a freebie when 
the Arab market crashed).  He had terrible feet BEFORE he foundered at a 
young age and so never tried him at endurance. Because I was around the 
Scottsdale breeding barns (and worked at Lasma) I saw great pedigrees being 
bred without anyone ever looking at the individual horses to see their flaws. 
 It put me off from ever looking at pedigrees after that but the recent 
discussions about endurance pedigrees has changed my thinking somewhat.

I agree wholeheartedly about being careful choosing a horse based on 
pedigree.  There are more "lemons" than bargains out there!

Melanie in AZ


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