Re: [RC] Breeding "No-Names"/CMKs for WSTR - Renie M burnett
Oh Yeah, talk about the gorgeous photography in the "slick"
magazine!! i once had one of those "glamourY" shots done of myself;
by the time I was all highlighted and backlighted and all, i ended up looking
like a pretty fancy chick!! Didn't look a thang
like me, however...come on, admit it, have you NEVER taken a BAD
shot of your horse? Like, when he looks like his head is the biggest thing
on his body, or the shadows make him look all out of
proportion?? I am all of 55 years, but had a mentor who
dragged me to Arab shows and farms and events all over the place;
I saw (in their prime and during later years) Fadjur, *Serifix,
*Bask, Gdansk, Ferdine, Bay Abi, *Bachantka (my favorite) Zenophon, *Eluzeus, NV
Elite, Saxxs (winning Tevis horse owned by Cris Knox), Rowel, (Jim Jones' horse
for which we have the Aerc stallion award), and on and on...it is what I have
done with my life when not riding!!!! I have seen and
studied every bloodline of each and every arab horse I see; my library is to be
envied; mostly given to me by Jim Jones' widow, Lucy. I am the one you
will meet on the trail and if I like your horse, I will ask you
his bloodlines; if I DON'T Like your horse, I
will ask you for his bloodlines!!! I have an almost photographic memory of
horses and their pedigrees; I am the one that can tell you what your
horse's lines are before you reveal that fact to me. Bragging? Heck
NO! I can't remember what I had for breakfast; horses are too danged
interesting. Incidentally, I also do this with Quarterhorses; I know the
working families, the families with the bad genetic problems, which
ones who do good in reining and cutting, which are pleasure-oriented
or halter champs. Sheeesh, Come to my place and I point out my
horse's faults before I tell you what he's done...explains why I've never made a
dime on MY horses, but have had one hell of a good time with putting them out
there and winning, occasionally.
This, I am afraid, will get me butchered
and fried on Ridecamp, and I truly am not trying to call anyone's favorite horse
(our babies, after all) unacceptable, but this is what I saw; a herd of
horses, supposedly new Egyptian, mostly mares; one 4 yr. old supposedly
pure polish gelding; the gelding had a pretty head. end of
story. No, I can't resist; He had a narrow chest, overlong cannons,
too long back, green broke and just not much horse; only $4000...My
friends(potential buyers) said "Ixnay". I studied the mares; one,
about 8, was already exhibiting sway back. OHH, the saddle search SHE
would begin....most had 6" croups; I mean, these horses had no "engine". I
don't believe the Arab needs a QH butt, but please, the rump is the
engine!!! Lots of pindley legs, long cannons, no muscling or a place to
grow it, awful shoulders. No obvious athleticism, no power, no substance,
no reason for me to ever want one; The
former post about SEOUL would never apply to a single
horse I saw on this place. But, I will keep looking at your horses, and I
figure i have a few more years of evaluations to make. Just remember,
you buy a cow for how much milk she will give, but the old bitty
better be able to walk from the pasture to the barn.!!
Renie
