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I agree pretty is as pretty does. My friend is a dealer in Europe and she had a couple Quality Times aged this year aged 3-5. None of them had very pretty heads and some might say they were a bit course. But man oh man could they ever jump and they were all a pleasure to deal with. Seeing them jump really made me want one, even if they didn’t look like super models. 
They all jumped with consistent type, used their bascules incredibly well and had freakish hind ends. So I would say based off the small sample size I saw that Quality Time definitely stamps the jump of his offspring. I asked one dealer and she said she has never seen one that couldn’t jump.
Also, a pretty head is a relative term. I have a Nabab mare and I don’t mind her head at all - it’s not dish faced, but it is not offensive and nor does she have a giant roman nose. I saw Zirocco Blue at the World Cup and I didn’t find his head offensive and in fact I found him to have great presence ascetically overall. But he certainly isn’t known for his looks or to throw it.
For Holsteiners with pretty heads, I have seen some very dishy faces from the Accord II, Acorado, and Acodetto lineage. The Acodetto mare Waleska is literally a super model of a horse. Cornet Obolensky also tends to throw a typey head and so do his sons Cristallo I and Comme il Faut. Contender sons such as Capone also tend to be quite attractive and throw it.[/QUOTE]
I agree with you that the most important quality is the scope a horse has, and I would never say no to a horse simply because they weren’t “beautiful”. But, just for fun, it is nice to study the more refined ones and see where they might have gotten it from.
I think the stallions you mentioned are gorgeous! Does anyone have a picture of Waleska?? I can’t seem to find one…
I also think the head has a lot to do with the horse’s personality, and to me it is an important factor.
