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So does she end up with the Colt.  Is the mare also hers?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Teeter" <johnt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] BBC E-mail: Champion endurance horse cloned


> Val happens to be here in Argentina:) She is very pleased. Cloning is not 
> easy at all and this one was no exception she said.
>
> Also, while competition would be interesting, the primary reason for doing 
> the clone was to get a start at a bloodline - i.e. breeding champions. She 
> mentioned that in our sport, it is most common that gelding happens before 
> a proven endurance champion emerges. This was a way to get the breeding 
> line of Cash back!
>
> At any rate, it (cloning) is a very difficult process and one that is 
> still very experimental in most species. It will be very interesting to 
> see you it evolves in this particular sport where being a registered 
> Arabian is  really secondary to being an champion! It's too bad Rio just 
> passed away ... it would be ... no I don't want to go there yet:)
>
> johnt
> (from the heart of the Pan Americans where everyone who is riding is 
> heading to a prolonged siesta!!)
> At 01:54 PM 4/14/2005, you wrote:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4443881.stm
> >
> > I  don't know about all this. I find it extremely weird. Pretty foal but 
> > is it really such a good idea? Didn't they find that the cloned offspring 
> > of Dolly the sheep aged quickly?
> >
> > Shivering a bit and preferring messy breeding,
> >
> > Maryanne
> > Cairo
> >
> > On Apr 14, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Melissa Alexander wrote:
> >
> > > The funny thing is... there's no guarantee the horse will be anything 
> > > like
> > > the horse that was cloned.
> > >
> > > A clone is an identical twin. Identical twins generally have a lot in 
> > > common
> > > -- and a lot that's absolutely not the same, including talents, skills, 
> > > and
> > > frequently even looks!!
> > >
> > > And then there's the nurture part of the equation. Nature's influence is
> > > pretty much set at conception. After that it's environment and 
> > > experience.
> > > This horse will, I assume, have all the best endurance-specific 
> > > experiences
> > > from birth, but that still doesn't mean, in the end, he'll be one whit
> > > better than any other individual.
> > >
> > > I'd hate to think how much they paid for him!
> > >
> > > Melissa
> > >
> > >
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