Hey Libby… what about posting those physical characteristics you were talking about? Geez, I can’t remember which horse it was for… sorry.
Hope Ben’s feeling better!
If Dressage is a Symphony… Eventing is Rock & Roll!
[I]Survivor thoughts – Episode 11… Why the tears? I think it’s “Message from Home” time… Neleh or Robert gets the axe.
GO RED WINGS!!![/I]
Badger – thanks for the detailed explanation on the probabilities – that is the part that makes my head spin.
And my question about the Del Mar site’s highlighting of the x-factor is what Allycat mentioned. There are some horses that appear in Haun’s research as definite large hearted horses that appear to be in a position to pass the gene that either won’t be highlighted, or won’t be listed as double copy even though they seem like they “ought” to be double copy mares.
And I agree that the correlation between the physical traits and the large heart does sound a bit unscientific, but that is the way it was listed – I’m not sure if there is a more definite listing of the statistics or not.
The question of doing the ultrasound is also interesting – I’ve been discussing that with my vet, and he said he’ll have to learn the actual technique for doing it – it is described in Haun’s book, and sounds a bit complicated. It is on my list of things to do, however, as soon as the boys quit having such expensive emergencies!
Libby (grrr)
My old gelding was a Buckpasser grandson, and had that lovely head and ears that Tom Fool passed along. I have seen some pics of Tom Fool and Buckpasser in a similar pose and they look SO much alike in their expression- easy to tell they are father and son.
My current mare has a lot of Native Dancer blood, and looks MUCH like him, in a feminine way- even has the same facial markings (all grayed out now though).
OK, so im not sure where im going with this post. 
Sorry for rambling, LOL. If someone could look at my horse’s pedigree and tell me what they think that would be great, for some reason I seem to be hopeless with pedigree analysis. I had a hard enough time with dosage, without trying to keep X-factors straight!!
mare’s name is Singing Native (Mill Native x Singing Gypsy-The Minstrel).
Thanks!!
PS…the person with Riverdale…did you/do you board at TLC? If so, I remember your horse! Nice boy!!
Indecision may or may not be my problem.
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