RE: Re. Sac. sale, "bred for endurance"?

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

Good point.  We had discussions earlier this year regarding
a statistical rundown of winning endurance horses ancestors.
My point was then, and still is now, is that a lot of the
names that pop up in endurance pedigrees are the same names
that pop up out of other breeding programs (read "halter").
A good horse is a good horse no matter what the pedigree
is, and everyone has a different definition of their ideal
horse, huh?

Also, what kinda struck me is that the Sacramento sale
was rather a small gathering compared to other horse
related events.  And being that endurance horses do not
quite catch the same price ranges as dressage/hunter/jumper/
racers, and person breeding for endurance is most likely
doing it for the love of breeding and the sport and/or
being able to cut down their overhead by simple geography.
(e.g. not here in California where a two bedroom shack can
sell for a million bucks!)  So figure the numbers:  small
percentage of horsie people being endurance riders and
an even smaller percentage of endurance riders that are
breeders of endurance horses.....  Doesn't leave a whole
lot left in the gene pool if you stick by plain endurance
performance standards. 

And then there are some horses that were so good at 
throwing good get that they never left the breeding 
facility to put in the endurance miles.  Doesn't mean
that their get can't be great endurance horses as you
well pointed out.

Okay, won't bore you anymore either!!!  Thanks for
letting me ramble.

K.






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Subject: RC: Re. Sac. sale, "bred for endurance"?


Sarah Seward drive@nccn.net
In response to Kathy Mayeda's comment on the Sacramento sale,
What do you consider to be "endurance breeding"? Most of my friends 
would have an individual answer to that question, but some things 
in common. Bey Shah has some impressive performers out there, 
but I know some breeders who give the credit in most of those
cases to the Kellog /Crabbet bred mare lines. I also know 
endurance breeders who drool over Bey Shah lines. Karadjorge has
been in so many endurance pedigrees for so many years, I think 
he's earned credit there. Bask, although my CMK friends shudder 
at the thought, is favored by many breeders of endurance athletes.
If you are looking strictly for the get of endurance champions
(Kharaty, Bezatal, Zane Grey,etc.) OK, but the background 
bloodlines of horses who've done well over the long term are 
usualy considered. Won't bore you any more. Sarah


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