"...Your
paragraph about how amazing it is that any survive the training is sort of
contradictory to your paragraph right ahead of it that states that those who
don't get the time and LSD to build bone don't become the
parents...."
Sorry for my unclear paragraph. It was my
intention to express the thought that no (with the possible exception of some
who follow TI's reccomendations) TB actually gets anywhere near the amount of
LSD (either voluntary or under saddle) that would be required to build sturdy
bones joints etc.
As far as cleaning the gene pool, those who break
down catastrophically and are put down certainly do not breed on. This was
the group I was thinking of. I'm sure that there is a much larger group
that is still used for breeding. Reminds me of a QH owner I knew who was
breeding his mare because she was unrideable because of Navicular.
It really is a minor point, the most important
thing is racing very young, secondarily a confined living style that prevents
bone building exercise, with a bunch of stuff contributing.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
