I'm still trying to figure out how to fit a horse on my boat.

I need a bigger boat.

This came about because I watched Master and Commander
last night--picked up the DVD. It reminded me of all the
animals fuond on boats. I also picked up Hildago and much
of the movie was about the Spanish horses that became
Mustangs.

"katysails" wrote

Used to mystify me, when I was still in the breeding business, the people
who would tell me they chose my stallion because he was chestnut and then
would produce a bay mare...The only people who place much importance on
breeding for color and pattern are the Paint, Appaloosa, and Pinto
people....specific breeds don't have the problem at all: Cleveland Bays
had
better be bay or you know something funny's gone on down the genetic line.
The quarter horse people get all wrapped up in producing palominos and
buckskins, but that's playing a whole lot of recessives off each other and
you have to know generations three back to get any degree of accuracy.
Another thing that people don't take into consideration is that the mare
produces 50% of the gene pool, so unless she carries some powerful
recessives, a skanky hipshot, over at the pasterns mare bred to wouldn't
produce a winner, race wise or conformation wise. You have to start with
a
good mare and then find a good stallion. You can't improve bloodlines
with
bad mares...you're just throwing in a lot of bad recessives. BTW, even
though I am interested in this subject, what does it have to do with
sailing?

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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