Re: [RC] Foundation QH calculations - Renie M burnett
In my old Travelers Rest Catalog, printed
about 1948, many of the Arabian foals bred by them were purchased by
Texans-- fillies and colts. They never seemed to have had any progeny
after going to Texas, just seemed to have dropped off the earth. Never saw
their names again in the Arab registry. However, I see a LOT of the
reining type Quarterhorses up in this part of North
California. When I saw Skip Brown's head stallion, he looked JUST LIKE THE
OLD LINE POLISH Arabs I knew. Also, some of them carry thier tails way
high, (they deaden the nerves for the reining competions ) and have dishy heads
and are very quick moving, and more sensitive than the "pleasure type"
Quarterhorses. renie
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:28:43 -0500 "Sky Ranch" <skyranch@xxxxxxxx> writes: The
formula, the limit on TB blood, just does not wash with me. The
early *true* foundation horses DID have TB blood, quite a bit, in
fact, and also
Arabian and other breeds. > There were plenty of TB's and Arabians
in the early QH. Especially the much-revered King Ranch
of Texas -- for example one of their foundation sires, Old
Sorrel, a thoroughbred, was used extensively in their
lines. They did a lot of close, or line, breeding to cement the
look, performance, cow, and speed, in their horses. The
dished face and small stature of the early King Ranch horses, as
well as the great cow sense, and the nimble footed cutting horses
owe a lot to the Arabian and Spanish lines.
