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> If you add to this the fact that quality of even a carefully bred horse
> is not completely predictable, you have culls from large breeding
> programs on the market.
>
> GM and Ford do not have to produce 100 trucks to find one that can win a
> NASCAR race, horse breeders do have to produce many horses to find that
> race or show winner.
Ed, you are right that even careful breeding is not 100%, but if a breeder
has to produce 100 horses to get one that does it right, then something is
wrong.  Nearly a third of our horses over the years have done well in
endurance (high completion ratios, high mileage horses, several consistent
winners and Top Tenners, etc.) and another large percentage are still
right here in our own breeding program.  No, it isn't 100%--but a GOOD
breeding program DOES have a large degree of predictability.  (And those
of our horses that haven't gone into endurance are often out in trail
riding homes, just making folks happy to own Arabs--several I'd LOVE to
see in the sport, but I don't complain, because they have a good job and
they're happy!)

Heidi



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