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Re: [RC] did AHA give in or did they have no choice - heidi

The *Vast Majority* of 'purebred' Arabian horses registered by AHA have
documented other blood and unknowns.

The difference here is that when they came into the registry (with a
couple of obscure exceptions that have not bred on to any great degree)
the pedigrees were truly unknown and were thought to be purebred.  The
documentation of Skowronek's pedigree is a fairly recent phenomenon.  The
fact that those pedigrees are now known is still no reason to add more.

Additionally, there is still controversy over some of the horses you
mention with regard to Skowronek, although undoubtedly there is something
in the woodpile there.

So what is the point of introducing several MORE non-purebred ancestors,
many of which are up far closer than the distant ones in Skowronek's
pedigree?

Only a very low percent (10%????)  of the horses registered can really
trace in all lines to Desert Source, these are your BLUE STAR, Blue
List, Al Khamsa, Davenport and Straight Egyptians, - (apologies, I know
I've missed some of the rarer groups.)

It is interesting that as long as she lived and as much as she loved
Skowronek, Lady Wentworth to her dying day maintained a non-Skowronek
breeding group of straight Blunt horses.

This DOES NOT change the fact that they are wonderful horses who perform
and reproduce according to type.  As far as I know, Arabians are the
only breed with a 'religious' basis.  Every other breed known has a mix
of quality foundation horses who were linebred to produce performance
and type, which is how most breeders outside the Nejd managed their
Arabian breeding programs.  -based on type and performance rather than
only blood once they left the desert. (doesn't that sound familiar?)

This is true.  It does not change the fact that it is insulting to add
MORE known non-purebreds with far closer-up sources of non-purebred
breeding--just to appease a few financial high rollers.

But however wonderful those horses are, it doesn't change the fact the
most of them are only 99.9% percent 'purebred' and do not in all lines
trace to the Kuhaylat of Ishmael. - which, honestly, means nothing to
most people, and admittedly, means entirely too much to others.

Well, actually the percentage goes out more decimal places.... <g>  And
you are right that there is over-emphasis in both directions.  That is
still no excuse to include the horses under discussion, IMO.

Heidi



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Replies
[RC] did AHA give in or did they have no choice, Truman Prevatt
Re: [RC] did AHA give in or did they have no choice, Diane Trefethen
Re: [RC] did AHA give in or did they have no choice, heidi
Re: [RC] did AHA give in or did they have no choice, Diane Trefethen
Re: [RC] did AHA give in or did they have no choice, Becky Huffman