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Re: [RC] Breed standard - DESERTRYDR1In a message dated 3/15/03 3:25:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, woa@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I am not implying that people could not breed to unapproved stallions---- merely that it would be nice for such a registry to exist for the person not really knowledgeable about conformation issues nor about what to look for in movement My take on this is that if a person is not knowledgeable about conformation and movement, they need to become so BEFORE they start breeding. If they don't want to take the time to learn these things, they have no business breeding! That's part of the problem with the Arabian horse today. People who have no idea what functional conformation or correct movement are, are breeding because they want to produce "living art". It's still happening, it didn't go away with the 80's. Just look at halter horses today. I had a discussion today with a gal who had boarded her horse at an Arabian breeding farm. Her horse was getting hurt every other week, because these people really didn't understand horses, they just wanted to breed Khemosabi lines. I had been to their stable when I was looking for a new place to board, They don't ride their horses, if the horses are broke to ride at all, it's because someone else has been riding them. Their stallion is ill-mannered to the point of being dangerous, but by far not the worst I've seen. I am a back yard breeder, having raised one baby from my mare. But I am proud to say that baby is an improvement on her mom, and will be my horse til the day she dies. I plan to breed her in a couple years so that I'll have her replacement. The stallion is already picked out, after long thought and looking at lots of stallions. jeri =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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