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[RC] Endurance lines and breeding endurance horses - k s swigart

Kim Fuess said:

I think it is important to look at lines and individuals
which have produced successful endurance horses.  For
example let's just look at what Rushcreek Leeann has
produced and contributed to endurance.  This mare
produced 6 foals and was bred to well known the well
known endurance stallions Cougar Rock and Sierra Fadwa.
Out of the six foals she produced four that by any standards
are superior endurance horses.

Rushcreek Leeann is a perfect example of what I meant that you needn't
restrict yourself to looking at horses that have succeeded in endurance.
Rushcreek Leeann doesn't appear in the AERC's database as ever having
entered a single ride, yet she still seems to have the ability to
produce quality endurance foals.

Becaue her name is Rushcreek anything, this suggests that she comes from
the Rushcreek breeding program, and because she came from the Rushcreek
breeding program and was born in 1977, there is a good chance that she
would produce quality endurance horses despite never having been proven
at rides.

I am not saying that you shouldn't choose horses that have recent
ancestors that have proven themselves in endurance (this is, in fact,
one of your best chances; although you haave a better chance of choosing
ones that have recent ancestors that have proven themselves as producers
of endurance horses, whether they ever competed themselves or not, like
Leeann); however, I wouldn't limit myself to those, because people not
competing their bloodstock in endurance are also capable of producing
quality horses that can succeed in endurance.

kat
Orange County, Calif.




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