This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Pamela now that we are back on the "to breed or > not" I am still a believer > > that if you see a well bred stallion or mare, > instead of breeding to them, > > go to the parents that had the genes to produce > such examples > Yes. What immediately comes to my mind is the > thoroughbred world, and > Secretariat. He was such a great horse, but his > babies just didn't seem to > be able to run. If I remember correctly, his > daughters though, turned into > fabulous broodmares who could produce real runners.
Aha - and maybe this is where the old saying that "a mare produces offspring like HER sire and a stud produces offspring like HIS dam" came from. I don't remember where I first heard this 'old tome', but it's been around horse breeding circles for a long time. There is also a modern modification of the old saying which goes something like this: A mare will produce male offspring which resemble her sire, a stud will produce female offspring which resembe his dam. I always wondered about this modification, as it leaves out the questions about a mare's female offspring and a stud's male offspring. Hmmm. Mary ===== Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
