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The Thoroughbred horse off the track
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Good or bad for breeding riding horses (Quarter horses, jumpers, dressage horses, etc.)?I have come here to find out as much as I can on this subject.Continue
Tags: breeding off the track thoroughbred, breeding thoroughbred, quarter horse, dressage horse, jumper
Started this discussion. Last reply by Elise Weber May 4, 2012.
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Mighty Magic is a wonderful horse."
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"I started looking and found this horse Mount Etna that does seem to be a nice type."
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"From this list which sires give the best sport horse traits do you think?
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Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"The breeders of Trakehner horses have for many centuries used blooded horses.
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Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"A moment ago I read that Holstein has added an other TB to their stallion line up."
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"I looked it up. When Able Albert's oldest offspring were 11 years of age the KWPN looked at the performances of his offspring and decided there was not enough/good enough performance there. That is why he was no longer allowed to…"
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"Lots of TB stallions were rejected because of their offspring:
TB's in KWPN breeding
afgekeurd op afstammelingen means: rejected/disapproved because of offspring.
overleden means: has died"
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"The problem is with the faults they (KWPN) think they find in the foals (conformation, way of movement) but later in time these same few foals end up performing well. And the few people that dare to bring their mare(s) to a TB sire because…"
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 1"Yes, I try to stay polite but sometimes it is very hard to stay that way with so much short sightedness..."
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"And what do you think the Dutch warmblood registry (KWPN) does with such horses after a few breeding seasons? They just simply throw them by the way side (or what's it called, sometimes I struggle with English)! That makes me so angry.
The…"
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 1"For years and years I have been trying to tell this to the Dutch people. I have been discussing with many Dutch people and have been trying to make these things clear to them but they are so incredibly biased (in a negative way) with regard to…"
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"By the way, this is a picture of Albe Albert: http://hengsten.kwpn.nl/openbaar/abonnees/details.asp?onderdeel=fotogroot&lang=uk&knpnr=h0000000071
I think he is a wonderful horse."
Elles Prins commented on William Micklem's blog post EVEN MARK TODD CAN BE LED ASTRAY – Part 4"I am a Dutch woman who never owned a KWPN warmblood horse . The closest I came to owning something simular was a Gelderlander/Anglo Arab cross. Apart from that horse I have owned a part bred Arabian pony, a pony without papers, a Quarter horse, a…"
Jackie Cochran replied to Elles Prins's discussion The Thoroughbred horse off the track"I must confess that I know very little about the French Arabian/Anglo-Arabian breeding programs. I noticed in his pedigree that the French breeders kept on going back to the desert for "out-cross" blood.
I always got the…"
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At the moment I own one horse, he is an appendix Quarter horse. I bred him myself. His name is Docs Lucky Bet by Docs Golden Partner out of Lucky on Wings (TB).
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Hello,
I am on a mission, namely I would like to learn as much as possible about thoroughbreds. I live in The Netherlands and in my country it is not so easy to really get to know about thoroughbred horses. There is only one racetrack and the number of horses, the number of races and purses have been going down for many years. Most Dutch people hardly know anything about thoroughbreds but act as if they do. Unfortunately the things they believe are not always in favor of the thoroughbred. Like people say that they have a downhill conformation, they are all crazy, they have bad movement, they spoilt the jump in the warmblood breed, they are too tall and don't have enough muscle (for the Quarter horse people) or they are too small and too much like a Quarter horse (according to the warmblood people), they are not sound etc. etc.
I have owned one TB myself in the past and for a little while I owned her daughter. I have been to Newmarket in the UK a few times, I have been to the races a few times, I try to watch races on the BBC but we only have BBC 1 and 2, I have read a lot about TB's, I have been to Kentucky once but I think I have so much more to learn and find out.
So I am hoping to find out more on Barnmice.
Elles
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Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 11:20am on March 31, 2011,
Nicola Barnes said… - Beautiful horse! :)
- At 12:26pm on March 22, 2011,
Ashley said… - Welcome to Barnmice, Elles! :)
- At 7:30pm on March 20, 2011,
Lexi said… you have a gerogous horse
- At 12:02pm on March 9, 2011, Jackie Cochran said…
- Welcome to Barnmice Elles. I like your horse!
- At 8:37am on March 7, 2011,
Barnmice Admin said… - Welcome Elles! So glad you've joined us!!:)
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