I own a Sir Sinclair mare (damsire is Consul) who is very typey from what I’ve seen. She looks just like her sire, and has lots of the good characteristics I’d associate with the bloodline (good temperament, trainable, capacity for piaffe). That said, she doesn’t have the best back and neck. Long story short, there is some arthritis in the facets of her low back (so, not kissing spine) and also C6 in her neck. We’re managing all of these things as she progresses through her performance career, and are currently in the no-mans-land between 3rd Level and PSG.
I’ve thought about breeding her because there are quite a lot of good characteristics, but I’m not particularly serious about it at this point. That said, does anyone here know if this kind of back issue is prevalent in these bloodlines? Would this kind of arthritis make her a poor candidate for breeding for fear of passing it on?