Re: RC: Spanish bloodlines for endurance

[Farafix@aol.com]

Brenda,

A mare I owned until just recently selling her to a friend, is 1/4 Spanish 
--- her paternal grandsire was *An Malik, plus her paternal tail female dam 
line went back to the Draper Spanish imports.  Kadance+/ top tenned the IAHA 
national CTR all 3 times I took her (the 1st time I went I was strictly a CTR 
rider, having done no endurance), and has about 7 or 8 50 mile top 10's now.  
She has over 3000 miles & is still going  strong.  Her other lines are 
Crabbet & Polish.
Her son, now 6 and 1/8 Spanish, has a National CTR top 10 & 7 50 mile top 
10's.  He has 1000 miles
Both horses have been very sound, have excellent bone (something the Spanish 
horses are noted for), as well as sweet personalities.  Kadance, especially, 
has a very no nonsense, "professional" attitude (as one vet noted) --- 
supposedly the Spanish horses have a more laid back attitude.
Juan de Shawn, an Arab racehorse in NJ, is half Spanish.
Kadance & Tempo also have excellent recoveries, but I suspect that part of 
that is the conditioning as I've noticed that when they are coming back from 
a vacation, their recoveries are slower.
The Spanish Arabs were a very closed breeding group for several decades when 
Franco was in power, so they can be quite inbred, which is a consideration if 
you are breeding them.  However, for endurance, some Spanish blood has been 
very, very good for me.

Shamelessly touting my horses in the name of SPanish bloodlines,
Nancy
md


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