G-line oldenburg?

[Ambitious_Kate]

I have a question and figure it might best be answered here. I have heard people say their horse’s breeding is a “G-line oldenburg” and I wonder what that means?

And the next question I have is here is my oldenburg’s pedigree, so how does his pedigree fit into that description, or not?

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/airborne4

Thanks

[Ambitious_Kate]

OK, lots of views but not quick answer? Probably just a line or so, what indicates the letters - oh I just got it - duh - a line with the sire names starting with the letter - derp.

[Scaramouch]

The practice of identifying a horse’s sireline with a letter is actually specific to Hanoverian breeding, not Oldenburg.

As with your horse, loads of horses that have a hodgepodge of WB bloodlines are registered Oldenburg. So although your horse may be registered Oldenburg, he’s essentially a Hanoverian/TB.

More info on specific lines here:

http://www.hanoverian-gb.org.uk/TheHanoverian/BloodlinesoftheHanoverian/tabid/213/Default.aspx

[rodawn]

For other people who may be reading and wondering the same question:

Not just Hanoverian, but also Danish and Holstein name their foals after the first letter of their sire.

The Swedish have no naming preference whatsoever. Some breeders follow the sire, some come up with name starting with whatever letter they like.

Oldenburg “prefers”, but does not require, the foals to be named after the first letter of their dam’s name.

KWPN does a letter by year. For example, 2013 foals must start with the letter “I”. Next year, it will be “J”. Some breeders in KWPN will name their fillies in a rhyme to their dam’s name, in order to honor the dam. For example, my mare, Nidoeschka, was born in an “N” year, but rhymed after her mamma who was Idoeschka.

Just this year, I decided to try rhyming to honor my Hanoverian dam and so even though I registered her filly with an R name from her sire, I rhymed her name to honor her mother. This might become much harder after this mare has had a few more foals!

[TKR]

Actually, the GOV prefers a filly be named using the first letter of the dam’s name. For a colt, they use the first letter of the sire’s name.

Alot of the older Hanoverians were “G” line and they tended to be a bit heavy with shorter legs many times (nothing is an “always” situation).

PennyG

[rodawn]

TKR, you’re right to correct my wording as it wasn’t very precise, but if we go for true precision, there are 2 conditions when it comes to naming fillies with the GOV:

When naming your Oldenburg foal you must choose a name that follows the rules of the Oldenburg Horse Breeding Society - German Oldenburg Verband. Those rules state that if the foal is a filly that is intended for breeding the name must start with the first letter of the Dam’s name. If the filly is not intended for breeding then the name can start either with the first letter of the Dam’s name or with the first letter of the Sire’s name, but cannot start with any other letter.

If the foal is a colt the name must start with the first letter of the Sire’s name.

Page 5, link here:
http://oldenburghorse.net/upload/pdfs/OHBS-GOV-RuleBook.pdf