Re: Polish Competitors

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In a message dated 98-06-05 22:12:13 EDT, sumralls@gateway.net writes:

<< Also in his bottom line is Sureyn's son 
 Sur-Knight. [I wonder if you've heard of Sur-Knight, Heidi.  Just curious
 since Surrabu was sired by Sur Valiant (a Sureyn son).]  >>

Most certainly have, and an awful lot of successful endurance horses came out
of the Draper breeding over the years...  Have noticed that the vast majority
of successful "Bask" horses come out of lines such as this or others (such as
*Serafix, as you mentioned)--most are at least half or more old Crabbet-
Maynesboro-Kellogg (which includes old Babson, etc.) or else "Patton Polish"
(*Witez II, *Wierna, etc.).  I think all too often *Bask gets credit even when
he is a very small portion of the pedigree, just because folks don't recognize
the several other great progenitors in the pedigree that may have pulled his
chestnuts out of the fire for him...  Also have found that some of the
successful racing Polish lines seem to contribute more to successful endurance
than does *Bask.  However, because *Bask sired so many horses and was such a
fad, there are certainly some successful *Bask horses out there.  One just has
to look at the percentages of certain lines within the breed as compared to
the percentages of those lines among successful endurance horses, though, to
get a feel for what does or doesn't do well..


Heidi