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Thanks for the info.  It wouldn't matter to me if he was a "purebred mutt" 
because I love him just for being  himself.  But it is fun to learn from 
those of you who know about the different breeds.

Lonnie

> From: The Colliers <collier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Dbeverly4@xxxxxxx, lonnieruesch@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   [RC] Standardbreds.. & part..
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:54:50 -0500
>
>  Saddlebreds are taller, showier, and used more for english pleasure/park
> under saddle and driven.  Some are gated.   Standardbreds are bred to be
> cart horses.  Either pulling an Amish buggy, or trotting on a race track.
> Standardbreds are nowhere near as refined, or standardized to a
> phenotype--as someone else mentioned here--as the Saddlebred.  Correct me 
> if
> I'm wrong, but I believe the Saddlebred was developed in the South as a
> plantation owners horse--tall and narrow to step smartly between the 
> tobacco
> rows while overseeing their plantations.
>
> Your new horse can be registered NSH (National Show Horse) because of his
> Arabian/Saddlebred parentage.  A NSH is a Arabian/Saddlebred cross breed,
> which really does not bred true (as in phenotype) when two NSH's are bred
> together.  However, the product of a NSH/NSH mating is still registerable 
> as
> a NSH.  But, if you want a NSH that looks like a NSH, you need to breed a
> purebred Arabian to a Saddlebred.
>
>
>
> Corrine Collier
> Nagnou Farm
> -------Original Message-------



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