Re: [IceHorses] Competition Traits

2008-06-05 Thread Judy Ryder
http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/1347/01/Albertsd%C3%B2ttir_21.pdf It says about breeding: A unique breeding assessment system was established in 1950 with a scoring index for registration of individual traits on a linear scale; the traits are judged in breeding field-tests (Árnason

Re: [IceHorses] Competition Traits

2008-06-05 Thread Karen Thomas
this system has undergone continuous development where marketing objectives, among other things, are considered; affecting what traits are included in the breeding objectives and their weighting proportions. Sounds like a moving target. And if for no other reason (and there are plenty