Re: Muscat

["Becky" <bechack@sierratel.com>]

Pedigree smedigree, breeding is a crap shoot.

I am not very good with pedigrees, but I know what I like.   I have bred my
old mare twice, each time improving on what I have in the mare, but I look
at the individuals involved.   Improvement is the purpose of any good
program.   I also don't follow any fad.  I go for function.   (Just look in
my closet!)

Becky Hackworth
Coarsegold, CA

 Tezmarc and baby Rami.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Horsestwo@aol.com <Horsestwo@aol.com>
To: Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com <Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 11:02 AM
Subject: RC: Muscat


>Linda;
>
>You stated:  "The mediocre offspring in turn
>produce mostly horses no better (and often worse) than themselves.
>This second generation gets advertised all over in horse
>publications as "grandson of So-and-So."
>
>So, if you want to understand what a horse is and where he
>comes from, you can't just focus on famous grandsires.  Most
>horses have numerous famous horses in their pedigrees, even
>close up.  It don't mean diddly."
>
>Truer words were never spoken!  I have a gelding that has Khemosabi, Bask
and
>Naborr up close and is of average quality at best. ( He was a freebie when
>the Arab market crashed).  He had terrible feet BEFORE he foundered at a
>young age and so never tried him at endurance. Because I was around the
>Scottsdale breeding barns (and worked at Lasma) I saw great pedigrees being
>bred without anyone ever looking at the individual horses to see their
flaws.
> It put me off from ever looking at pedigrees after that but the recent
>discussions about endurance pedigrees has changed my thinking somewhat.
>
>I agree wholeheartedly about being careful choosing a horse based on
>pedigree.  There are more "lemons" than bargains out there!
>
>Melanie in AZ
>
>
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