This message is from: "truman matz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--Hi Pamela, Have to admit I've not had a lot of contact with thoroughbreds. Possibly because I never had that much interest in them, although I do enjoy watching the hunter/jumpers. Would certainly expect that breed to have problems, as they mostly breed for speed. If they can run like the wind, they don't much care if they can chew. The career of a thoroughbred, I've heard, is rather short, unless of course he/she is used for breeding after great successes at the track. Or at least, so I've heard. I would certainly hope that we would NEVER see the genetic problems of Thoroughbreds in the Fjord breed, and yes, hope the Fjords are around maybe not for another 100 years, more like as many thousands of years as what they've already been around. Judy >>************************************************************************** ******************************************* ><g> Go hang out with the race horse crowd for a while. You'll see both >problems there, not a lot, but certainly not infrequently. > >I haven't seen any fjords with these problems, but I'd like to keep it >that way. I don't think anybody said they were going to improve the >breed, but it sure would be nice to have these great horses 100 years >from now! > >Pamela > > >
