Anyone know about AQHA breeding lines?

[JamieD]

Just out of curiosity, I was wondering if anyone that knows about QH breeding lines could tell me anything about this horses ancestry/what he was bred for. He is a registered QH if anyone has an AQHA membership and wants to look him up, but he is also on allbreedpedigree.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/niftys+raven+image
(The height on this is wrong, he is 15hh on a good day )

I think it would be interesting to know more about my horses lineage.

Thanks!
Jamie

[candyappy]

I recognize the " Hancock" & " Bar" in some of the names as they were popular when I was boarding and into the competition world ( way back when). Can’t tell you what people did with those lines though…

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=JamieD;8873487]
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering if anyone that knows about QH breeding lines could tell me anything about this horses ancestry/what he was bred for. He is a registered QH if anyone has an AQHA membership and wants to look him up, but he is also on allbreedpedigree.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/niftys+raven+image
(The height on this is wrong, he is 15hh on a good day )

I think it would be interesting to know more about my horses lineage.

Thanks!
Jamie[/QUOTE]

Those are older lines and they were rather large horses, compared with so many today specialist shorter types.

The sire comes from those breeders that liked the old Blue Valentine type horses, some that breed principally for color, that were good ranch and all around type horses.
Some of those had touchy, broncy dispositions and were less refined, so not everyone liked them.
Crossed right, they were nice to handle and down the years, today, they lost that watchy edge to them, rarely one comes thru that is more of a cowboy than a pet type horse.

The dam’s side is more of the old show and some race lines, also good sized ones.
Jaguar was a local horse, a beautiful stallion, very nice race horse and all around stallion, also with a stronger disposition some of those, more horse, better in hands of professionals.
Strange they would cross those two lines, but maybe with everything in-between the sire and dam just were some of those with good dispositions.
We had a son of Jaguar that was a wonderful ranch horse and a pet, one of the sweet ones, not all were a handful to handle.

The Sugar Bar ones were lovely horses all around, really super nice race, show and pet horses, very athletic and still would take good care of their riders, even the littlest ones, can’t say enough about him as a prepotent super sire, one of the better sons of Three Bars.

There is some missing in the bottom, probably some Croton Oil.

As always, breeding helps you know what is behind your horses, but what counts is the one in front of you, you never know what genes give you.
Until you see the horse in person, all bets are off.

If you go to the menu bar on the left on allbreedpedigree and click on the bottom tab there, “photos”, you can see pictures of all those older horses in your horse’s pedigree, to get an idea of what some looked like.

What do you want to know from the AQHA records?

[nccatnip]

Hancock line lends to a good ranch horse, good work ethic but does not tolerate foolishness or being treated harshly. They will, however, go all day long and are a favorite for ranchers and cattlemen that spend a lot of time in the saddle.

[roseymare]

Bluey is spot on.

I have a granddaughter of Coy’s Bonanza. She is all mare and then some! Too smart for her own good.

I have always liked the Croton Oil line even though they tend to be on the course side.

[Blumeroo]

I have a Hancock bred mare and she is wonderful. She’s honest and likes to have a job. She’s sometimes too smart for her own good though

[JamieD]

Thanks for the replies! The reason I asked is because I don’t know much about his previous training (or lack thereof, he has been a pasture puff for most of his life) but he has certain “quirks” that I thought maybe were hereditary. One of them being he LOVES cows. If he passes them on a trail he zeros in on them like it’s his job. Another thing, he is the most unflappable horse I have ever met, he would rather investigate than turn tail and run. He is a love bug, but stubborn as all get out and too smart for his own good.

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=JamieD;8875006]
Thanks for the replies! The reason I asked is because I don’t know much about his previous training (or lack thereof, he has been a pasture puff for most of his life) but he has certain “quirks” that I thought maybe were hereditary. One of them being he LOVES cows. If he passes them on a trail he zeros in on them like it’s his job. Another thing, he is the most unflappable horse I have ever met, he would rather investigate than turn tail and run. He is a love bug, but stubborn as all get out and too smart for his own good.[/QUOTE]

No telling how much may be inherited, how much the way he was raised and trained.

Being smart will make any horse more demanding of their owner/trainer/rider.
If you like that personality and/or get along with those horses, they make wonderful, happy partners.

Sounds like you both are a good match.