This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It does astound me that so much emphasis is put on the good looking conformational stallion who may have come from a short legged ugly sire. One of the best Holsteiner stallions in this country was Constitution, sire of my mare. When Carol Laval saw him she insulted the horse in front of the owner who burst into tears. "Not at all a good prospect for movement in dressage" You may know that Carol was the first American to win a medal in Olympic dressage? Constitution had get that averaged 6 to 8 and often 9 in evaluations. They were premium foals etc. Yet he was oddly built and had terrible feet which eventually did him.
Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes & Noble Book Stores
