Re: RC: re: endurance bloodlines

["Becky Huffman" <TOS@htcomp.net>]

Bette, No problem. This is one area where there is a lot of misinformation
and confusion.

Becky Huffman
Huffman's Arabians ~ The Original Series
http://www.htcomp.net/Huffman/


-----Original Message-----
From: Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>


>Sorry, Becky
>My ignorance about the ins and outs of Egyptian breeding programs is
>showing. I just know that I love their beauty and fire. The first
>Egyptian I ever rode was a gelding and he snorted his head off on the
>trail---lots of fun and I was never bored.
>Happy New Year
>Bette
>
>Becky Huffman wrote:
>>
>> >woa@stormnet.com wrote:
>> >beauty and athletic ability. Let's face it, all the Arabian breeding
>> >programs as well as the thoroughbred programs have their roots in the
>> >Egyptian breeding program---and they didn't do so badly for their Arab
>> >masters. How many other horse breeds could sleep in a tent with their
>> >owners or travel for days and weeks on virtually nothing? Heart,
>> >temperament, physical endurance---we have it all in our Arabians.
>>
>> The Egyptian breeding programs have their roots in the horses of the
nomadic
>> tribes of the Arabian Peninsula.  Many fine horses went into programs in
>> different countries without going thru Egypt, some coming directly to the
>> Good Ol' USA.  Egyptian breeders have bloodlines that meet specific
>> criteria, as do CMK, Polish, and other programs.  While many Egyptian
horses
>> are also Al Khamsa (meaning there is actual documentation or reasonable
>> assumption of documentation of their desert origins.), there are some Al
>> Khamsa horses that are not 'Egyptian'. Davenports and  the straight
desert
>> BLUE STARs are two examples.  For the most part, the breeders that manage
>> these programs, breed to recreate the original Bedouin horse, in
conjunction
>> with high performance ideals.
>>
>> Becky (Very Proud and Slightly Oversensitive about my Sa'ud bred horses)
>> & RS SHADOWFAX (BLUE STAR of Sa'ud breeding + *FADL, who was one heck of
an
>> Egyptian)
>>
>> Becky Huffman
>> Huffman's Arabians ~ The Original Series
>> http://www.htcomp.net/Huffman/


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