In a message dated 5/8/00 8:03:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, SandyDSA@aol.com
writes:
<< > We look for outstanding Pedigree, incredible disposition, floating and
free movement, stunning beauty, flawless conformation,
history, Showing record,
and so WHY would show record prove anything, I have always wondered. >>
Gotta comment here. First, I have yet to find a horse with flawless
conformation. Better than average conformation is certainly desirable, but
when folks boast about "flawless" conformation, I run like heck, because they
obviously aren't looking at the beast in front of them!
Second, in this day and age, I almost run from a show record, too. For what
I want, there is no earthly reason to want a horse that has been pinned in
halter classes that reward long backs, long cannons, skinny necks set on in
such a way as to make the whole horse hold himself upside down, etc. Nor is
there any reason to want a horse that flails around the ring like a crippled
windmill, or that can tuck his nose to his chest and drag his hind end along
as if it were a poor relative in the next county. Nope, you can keep your
show records--unless they are earned in non-mainstream disciplines such as
dressage, cutting, reining, etc. where athleticism still has some meaning.
But, as Charlotte said--whatever turns you on. If you want those sorts of
horses, that is your perogative, and it's a free country. No, the site you
offered didn't turn me on, either--but as others have said, the photography
was so poor that other than questioning the web site owner's camera skills,
one really can't say much.
And, ditto what Sandy said--with those photo skills, the odds of these
stallions populating the earth is pretty low...
Heidi