ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Endurance Bloodlines

Re: Endurance Bloodlines

Beaux (beaux@concentric.net)
Sun, 11 May 1997 01:05:33 -0500

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>The top endurance horses will continue to come from those persons willing to
>cull the poorly conformed horses (and in my estimation that includes 95% of
>the show stock now in existence) raise the good ones as horses should be
>raised with room to exercise, condition them for endurance and not for an
>afternoon in the park and maintain them as HORSES not playthings.

Bob,

Great statement! And if you replace "horses" with any other animal bred by
people for show, it still rings true.

>I am waiting for all the arab show flame throwers now!!

The show ring does have a place. But when you look at your animals as an
investment opportunity and breed for fashion trends instead of for
improvment of the breed, you end up with animals that can only survive in
the show ring.

Not to pick only on dog breeders, but can you say "hip dysplacia" ? Good -
because I can't spell it!

Beaux

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