Re: RC: Endurance Horse Breedline project

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In a message dated 4/20/99 12:38:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu writes:

<<       Anything else I should use? >>

Yes.  You have to also consider the frequency of a particular bloodline in 
the gene pool.  For instance, a popular show bloodline that is pumping out so 
many foals that they are readily available in the classified ads and through 
rescue may be extremely well represented on the circuit and may produce a few 
winners just by the law of averages.  By the same token, many of the older 
lines that really excel at the sport are only a very small percentage of the 
Arabian gene pool.  The fact that a line is rare in the breed but quite 
common at the top of our sport speaks volumes compared to a line that may 
produce some winners but is available on every street corner.  To figure out 
the difference, you also have to look at the failures and run THEIR 
pedigrees, and see what they have in common.  That's what I love about having 
nearly two decades behind me as a ride vet--I have watched the successes AND 
the failures, and it is truly fascinating to see how many of the failures are 
related, too, and how many individuals in a particular line tend to fail in 
the same way.  Sure wish I had had a number cruncher following me around all 
these years...

Heidi


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