about the origins of the thoroughbred breed, by the reknowed and very well respected Dr. Deb Bennett. She starts out waaay before the 3 foundation stallions, providing a lot of very interesting info, and laying the foundation for where speed and stamina (or “bottom”) comes from. Highly recommended reading!!! 
Is there a link online? I haven’t seen or read a copy of Equus in years!
They don’t post links to articles online until a month or so after the print edition comes out. I’ll try to make a Xerox copy of the article and post it here later…
I saw that article, it was interesting for sure. I also enjoyed her articles on the Arabian, I hope she goes more in-depth on other breeds as well.
Deb Bennett writes great stuff, but this is a tease. I’ve been so cheap for so long, ain’t no way I’m coughing up the subscription price to read one article. OP scan it and post it or hopefully some kind soul will before I die.
Your Xerox idea is a winner. Don’t let me down.
This is one of my Deb Bennett favorites.
http://www.equinestudies.org/lessons_from_woody_2008/lessons_from_woody_2008_pdf1.pdf
Guess I’ll have to read this link several times before seeing her Equus, January 2015 article.
This may be worse than water boarding for an old horseman.
On the last page of the link, page 23, last line reads “Thank you for your attention.” She must have known I’d overcome by ADD.
Rather than a study, I found it to be a collation of other studies. Interesting but disorganized.
That issue has other interesting articles, particularly the study on shivers.
A digital version of the January Equus for various platforms (iphone, ipad, Kindle Fire, etc.) can be had immediately for $1.99.
What appears to be the first installment of a discourse on history and evolution of the TB is an interesting compilation that’s generally consistent with current thinking about source populations and their influence, particular in re. aptitude. I was hoping that the author would integrate the most recently published scientific evidence pertinent to this topic. It indicates strong selection in the contemporary TB for a trait that most likely entered the breed, or developed within it via mutation, well after the foundation stage, a trait that so far has been found only in the TB, QH, and breeds of recent North American evolution. Perhaps that subject will be covered in a future installment.
Sorry guys, I meant to post a copy of the article before going out of town for New Years, but didn’t get a chance to. (and I can’t believe I actually used the term “Xerox copy” without realizing it-- damn, I’m showing my age!) Anyway, I don’t have a premium account on here, and tried uploading the file to Photobucket, but it wouldn’t take it. To anyone who would like a copy in a PDF file, please PM me your email address and I will be more than happy to send it on.
jadebe-- Dr. Bennett may have written and submitted the article well before the recent scientific paper came out, but I too hope maybe she’ll address or include the findings in a future installment.
Well I’ve not gotten my January issue of Equus yet. I don’t know if I want to trace lineage beyond the 3 founding sires of the TB. I had traced Callie’s lineage back to the Darley and the Godolphin; and traced Cloudy’s back to the Godolphin. I’ve not done Hattie’s past Donauwind. And yes, the warmbloods have that TB blood as did my Kentucky TB Callie, so the warmbloods, even the european Cloudy, has some of that TB blood. (And were cousins of each other.)
But thanks for this notice. I’m not sure I want to find out what 3 toed equus that mine are descended from.
