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RE: [RC] [RC] [RC] thoroughbreds and endurance??? - Homer SafferwiffleFor those interested in the subject, a trip to the web via Google will provide a link to places like http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/tbred.html where statements such as: " The Thoroughbred originated in Great Britian and its genitic origin is Arabian" can be found. One of the first links on the site is to the history and origin of the TB. According to this site, the "foundation" stallions fo the breed were: the Beyerly Turk, the Darley Arabian and the Godolphin Arabian. Actually, some of the Darley Arabians probably were Arabians and for sure some of the TB's of this century were Arabians. In fact, Gudea(spelling possibly wrong, but horse was real) himself was a pure Arabian and a pure Thoroughbred, as defined by the Jockey Club, that is if you consider a set of Jockey Club papers as being proof of being a Thoroughbred.Perhaps short replies meant to enlighten others fails to answer all the possilble ways that a message can be taken but I guess that is what chat groups are all about. If in fact it were true that, as you said, "even though they all trace back to the Darley Arabian", wouldn't they be line bred Darley Arabians? It would certainly seem that way to me. The real question is "do they really all trace back to the Darley". As pure as the registries like to believe themselves, I personally dont believe that, but I do believe that the influence of Arabian breeding is very strong in the modern TB. I see a great similarity to "racing Arabians" and TB's. I have seen and owned TB's with very strong Arabian characteristics. No doubt that it would be an oversimplification to call modern Arabs, big Arabians, but the fact remains that the TB's have a great deal of influence from Arabian bloodstock and I am comfortable with the generalization. One of the great joys of being a pompous idiot is that you can do and think whatever you want. The TB site mentioned above also has the following regarding Eclipse: Eclipse won 18 races in his career and he was never whipped or spurred. He went on to a distinguished career at stud, siring Pot-8-O's who passed on his influence to such descendants as American Eclipse, Hyperion, Kelso, and Sea Bird. The list of Eclipse's distinguished descendants is virtually endless, and he is the reason for the predominance of the Darley Arabian line over the lines of the other two foundation stallions. I agree that that sprint racing is the product of modern economics and a sorry thing that is indeed. I wish I could have married money and done something about that. I would have a stable of classic distance horses and be sitting on the veranda drinking mint juleps this next May, instead of mucking the stall of a puny half starved Arabian. Perhaps I could have done better if I wasn't such a pompus idiot. HS
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