tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post7587018687322928304..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: "He's a great grandson of Secretariat!!!"Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-60236960557894010502014-08-11T13:10:39.003-04:002014-08-11T13:10:39.003-04:00I think it is frustrating when people try to marke...I think it is frustrating when people try to market their horses via bloodlines only. The thing about horses (like people is that each and everyone is unique. It's silly to assume that a horse with a distant tie to a superstar will also be a superstar (unless that horse has also had the same exact upbringing and training as the superstar.) I think performance, temperament and trainability areAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05557098983446562204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-83220588735707630712010-11-13T00:10:08.024-05:002010-11-13T00:10:08.024-05:00I always joke that my mare has her Thoroughbred da...I always joke that my mare has her Thoroughbred days. I looked at her pedigree and she actually had decent race lines. Her broodmare sire is half-brother to John Henry. But whenever I tell people that I tell them that it really doesn't matter. Because she's an Appaloosa and it's not like any one really cares. To me it's just a fun tidbit, but if I were to breed her I wouldn'dressapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193260165913363839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-37974183126547670172010-11-12T16:11:17.406-05:002010-11-12T16:11:17.406-05:00My baby girl "Faerie Tale" is a great gr...My baby girl "Faerie Tale" is a great granddaughter of Secretariat and looks a lot like him but is also a Walldorf baby so looks like him as well. Red for sure! You're right though, it is about "what can you do?" It is funny!Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169159479220140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-31490609802996186962010-11-12T04:59:53.841-05:002010-11-12T04:59:53.841-05:00Ha. I believe that is what's known as "na...Ha. I believe that is what's known as "name dropping" in the people world (and are you kidding me??) Lines definitely matter - to a point. Several of our Arabs have what I would call "La-Di-Da" bloodlines, but honestly? Who cares what your sister's counsin's uncle's wife's brother did back in the day? What can YOU do??<br />Maybe this is a case of osmosis Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608579972739041880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-62657863621193630892010-11-11T20:07:30.085-05:002010-11-11T20:07:30.085-05:00I always search through Arabian horse pedigrees to...I always search through Arabian horse pedigrees to see if they are related to my mares.<br />Also, I actually did own a granddaughter of Secretariat, an OTTB Thoroughbred built more like a Quarter Horse than a TB. She wasn't very fast so she had a short racing career and I acquired her in her teens as a starving rescue. She was a nice ride though, powerful as a freight train, but I just didn&Fantastyk Voyagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065772565014490544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-83505510334248479182010-11-11T16:51:51.710-05:002010-11-11T16:51:51.710-05:00Ah, I think both Tucker and Toby are related to Se...Ah, I think both Tucker and Toby are related to Secretariat, but so what? It's like generations removed and certainly, neither one of them won the Triple Crown!<br /><br />It remains to be seen if Totilas ia a breeding anomaly or actually can pass on his extraordinary ability. So, until that proved out...big deal that a horse is a distant relative. *sigh*Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-43628904183512344392010-11-11T16:30:51.536-05:002010-11-11T16:30:51.536-05:00Those are too funny!
I am finding out that I real...Those are too funny!<br /><br />I am finding out that I really like horses with my boy's sire in their bloodlines. He seems to have thrown a distinctive shoulder and hip which gets repeated (I've seen it in other offspring, an OTTB grandbaby, Oldenburg grandbaby and registered Half Arabian grandbaby, so he seems fairly prepotent) but that's just hilarious to me!<br /><br />(And if Nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817230186352688525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-25874182518955304682010-11-11T16:29:13.716-05:002010-11-11T16:29:13.716-05:00Too much! Seriously?
We breed Appaloosas and have...Too much! Seriously?<br /><br />We breed Appaloosas and have 3 favorite lines that we cross. All our foals are "cousins" or related to some degree. I jokingly refer to them as uncles or nieces or whatever. Emphasis on the jokingly. As is "Your uncle-cousin-nephew-brother is being naughty kicking that wall, but you're a Good Boy!"<br /><br />Personally one of my pet peeves Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com