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Good point, Dawn.  Presumably the degree of "blood" increases with more 
lines back to the same horse.
Laney

Dawn Carrie wrote:
> One or two crosses to Raffles probably doesn't mean much...but if a 
> horse goes back to him many times, then one starts adding up the amount 
> of "Raffles blood" in the horse in question.  Quite a few crosses can 
> mean that the horse has a good percentage of Raffles.  He was pretty 
> prepotent, if I remember correctly.  Of course, one would need to also 
> consider the other horses in the pedigree.  But I am a huge fan of 
> heavily Raffles-bred horses...we just lost our 31 yr old gelding last 
> fall to a freak accident, and he was still going strong.  He was very 
> heavy Raffles (name was HH Rafazon, if anyone is interested in looking 
> him up).  I would have loved to have owned him when he was younger...we 
> didn't get him till he was 23.
>  
> Dawn Carrie
>
>  
> On 3/6/07, *Laney Humphrey* <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Raffles is so far back that many American arabians trace back to him.
>     I'm not a genealogist but it seems to me that it would be hard to
>     attribute success to a horse so many generations back.  I'd be very
>     interested to hear what others who know more about bloodlines have
>     to say.
>     Laney
>
>     Jessica Spoone-Raines wrote:
>      > I was researching my Morab mares bloodlines today and it seem she
>     has a
>      > lot of crosses to Raffles. I was just idly curious as to how Raffles
>      > bred horses do in endurance? If anyone wants to take a look at her
>      > pedigree its at http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/lm+sterling+dynasty
>      >
>      > Jess Spoone-raines
>
>
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