Re: Stallions in endurance

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

----- Original Message -----
From: Louise Burton <firedancefarms@prodigy.net>
>  Championship in her second endurance year.  Neither of these facts means
>  diddley squat about whether your foal will win a ride in five years (see
>  above reasons).
>
>  So what does mean something?  A good strong heart with low heartrate and
>  recoveries, straight legs, good slope of the shoulder, GOOD BACK, easy >
going >  "go anywhere" personality, and  SMOOTH!  Look for the QUALITY of
the horse >  itself and the quality of the foals.

The fact that so-n-so won a race, or fifty, doesn't mean anything in itself,
but Chances Are..., if several in the family are successful at
something(performance) that there are contributing factors that are being
passed along, such as correct performance conformation, strong efficient
metabolic and a good, steady mind.

Obviously, the endurance successes themselves are not genetic, but physical
and mental characteristics/traits/types are.  Characteristics that
contribute to a horse being able to do the miles or not, or maybe he can do
them, but he needs a lot of, or special, management.

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