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Elles:
This has a bit more info about the study -in mice- and they are noting it in regard to brain function variance (measurable). So it might be a stretch to directly apply it to athleticism in horses in its’ many forms.
https://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2015/march/genetically-speaking-we-are-all-more-like-our-fathers
They were also using hybrid crosses of different origin inbred strains of mice; in contrast to the linebreeding that occurs in most horse production.
Thank you D_BaldStockings!
The ancestors of Gribaldi (to use the best dressage sire) and their blood content:
http://www.horsetelex.nl//horses/pedigree/937
Mahagony 70,31%
ELCHNIEDERUNG 37,50%
FALKE 48,05%
KARBEN 48,24%
HERTILAS 57,23%
ISOLDA 62,50%
FLUGSAND 50,39%
GEMMA 48,05%
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not necessarily. Jumping is 2/3 of the sport yes but it is not same scope needed as for straight jumping. Being a good mover with correct gaits is also important (correct more than extremely fancy). There have been very successful more dressage bred horses as well. You need a good gallop and you need a good jumper. And while you want careful jumper…if they are too careful they often will not be brave enough xc and/or spend too much time in the air over jumping.
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Stan the Man xx had 127 foals registered by the ISH Studbook before he was sold to Germany. He also sired TBs; at least one of his TB progeny (Irish Fling xx) contributed to Stan the Man’s sire rankings. I do not know how many TBs he sired.
Stan the Man: WBFSH Sire Rankings (pre-Germany)
In the 1999/2000 Rankings:
Current Year Ranking: 1st.
Top Sires of the Last 10 Years: 13th.
In the 2000/2001 Rankings:
Current Year Ranking: 1st.
Top Sires of the Last 10 Years: 4th.
In the 2001/2002 Rankings:
Current Year Ranking: 163rd.
Top Sires of the Last 10 Years: 4th.
These rankings were produced by a total of four (4) progeny: the TB mentioned above plus the ISH horses Sam the Man and the full-brothers Shear H2O and Shear L’Eau. The three ISH horses contributed the vast majority of the points that lead to the rankings and the two brothers were Olympic medal winners. So from 127 ISH foals the stallion made three international eventing horses, and two of the three were full-siblings.
I would say that Heraldik’s performance compares very favorably to Stan the Man’s when you control for number of progeny.
Plus zero of the 127 foals Stan the Man made in Ireland were bred for dressage while a significant number of Heraldik’s foals were out of mares not suitable for eventing breeding.
