Re: RC: Bloodlines and age

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Heidi
Now you're making me feel really good because I've chosen an Abu Farwa
grandson (x Alfarwa) for my outcross stallion and have been crossing him
with my Halynov daughters very successfully. Not only do I get beauty,
but a beautiful rounded trot. Of course Jumper's dam lines to *Bask and
Comet don't hurt either. Let's face it, there are star athletes who've
come out of every breeding program-- the trick is to combine the best
traits and then pray for 11 months---it's still a crapshoot, though;
you've simply banked your bets when you start with the best.
Happy holidays
Bette

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 12/23/99 1:48:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> MBlanchrd@aol.com writes:
> 
> <<  Has anyone ever done a study of the life spans of bloodlines? Is there
> any
>  appreciable difference, with one line being notably long lived and others
> not
>  so?
>   My gelding, Jordan, is Egyptian on the top half (the most prominent
> stallion
>  on the sire side being Ga'zi) and CMK on the dam's side, with Abu Farwa
>  showing up all over. He'll be 23 in April and shows no signs of his age
> other
>  than he's white (actually fleabit grey) and has a touch of arthritis in the
>  rear.  >>
> 
> Not a very complete one, but enough to make one think that is a worthy topic.
>  And yes, there seem to be differences--not only for general "groups" of
> bloodlines but also more noticeably among specific lines within groups.  The
> Abu Farwa horses are notoriously long-lived.  (Ga'Zi, BTW, was a CMK horse
> and a son of Abu Farwa himself--I don't think the Egyptian folks would claim
> him...)
> 
> Heidi
> 
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