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May 31, 2006
Breeding Out The Usefulness?
From a good post on breeding horses and the American Saddleback.
Other breeds have had their problems; the Foundation Morgan Horse movement was founded in an effort to save rare, pure bloodlines without the popular "show lines", which have been found to contain legal and illegal crosses to Saddlebreds and Hackneys in an effort to produce high-stepping gaits and "hooky" Loch Ness monster necks for the show ring. Over 2/3 of Morgans now trace back to Upwey Ben Don and Upwey King Peavine. These Saddlebred crosses were legal at the time under the registry rules, but many, many breeders concentrate that blood until the original type is all but lost.
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Posted on May 31, 2006 01:47 PM by americ462.
Filed in Horse Blog under american saddlebred stallion.
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I hadn't heard this about the Morgan's until now. But it sure explains the dramatic difference that has occured in their look. Interesting reading.
Posted by: MiKael at February 7, 2007 01:11 AM
