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Re: [RC] Fw: appaloosa endurance horses-CK - Laney Humphrey

Closed stud books and dog breed registries may be why mixed breeds are now so popular in both horses and dogs. Among dogs, "designer dogs" now command prices comparable to purebreds because supposedly one can combine characteristics to create the "perfect" dog. I'm sure the same thinking is behind lots of horse crossbreds.
Laney

Linda Marins wrote:
----- Original Message -----

*From:* Jan Kennedy <mailto:rollin000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

    I started the sport in 1977 and have always ridden appys...I have a
    mare right now that is bay with a blanket and has all the heart in
    the world...she is reg 1/2 Arab but not appy so couldn't compete her
    for any app awards.She has lots of attitude to go with it.Would I
    have her spayed just to be eligible to ride her as a reg.
    appaloosa?Nope...

We sometimes forget that closed stud books are largely a late
19th century invention, and largely a preoccupation of the rich
and well-to-do people who founded the registries.
*Accurate* stud books are very old. Some of them are 500+
years old. But the whole concept of "pure" and all the weird
forms with which it resonates in some people's souls is very
recent.
I sometimes think that the worst thing that has ever happened
to the Morgan breed was the introduction of DNA testing.
All those under-the-covers Saddlebreds (and maybe Hackneys,
and maybe Arabians) were the last source of genetic variety
this all-too-narrowly bred breed will ever have. I suspect
in 50 years we'll have little but a bunch of 13-hand cretins.
But they'll be "pure."
Linda Marins

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