You, or Horse's, Relative At the Olympics?

[spacely]

@pwynnnorman;3434206

Do you still own her? Have you bred her yet? To whom? Does she move like CC, too?

Wynn, I have not seen CC move, but my mare is a fancy hunter mover with a jump to match. I just got her a few months ago & tried to breed her twice but she didn’t want to play this year. She was in foal at 16 days & then open at 30 the first time. I bred her back & she did not catch. She was just off the track, so I think that there was still too much “junk” in her system. We’ll try again next year. She’s 16.1h, chestnut & very blingy (blaze, 3 whites, tons of birdcatcher spots - yes, sabino;)). There are a few pics on my website, but none are conformation shots. Still trying for that one. She lives about a mile away from her Daddy at my friend’s place right now. I have seen a bunch of other Comet Shine kids at his owner’s & I liked pretty much all of them. There are more CS mares where she came from too.

I just got word from his owner that the '05 Comet Shine gelding has been started & could go in any direction. He’s definitely a hunter type though. He is out of a Mehmet mare.

[sfstable]

I have several with “1/2 siblings” in the Olympics.

My 3 year old (home-bred and I have been told first US bred and born) Selle Francais filly by Quattro B has two “1/2 brothers” listed in dressage – Quantum Tyme and Quando Quando. She is a jumper though.

My 5 year old KWPN mare by Larino has a “1/2 brother” in jumpers

My yearling KWPN filly by Concorde has a “1/2 brother” in jumpers

[TBlitz]

My yearling is probably related somehow to most of the horses with Irish Draught blood in them. There’s not a giant gene pool for the IDs and his pedigree contains most of the popular sport lines (though he doesn’t have the Sea Crest or Ben Purple lines). I know alot of the IDSHs in the eventing have King of Diamonds in their pedigree, so they are distantly related to my guy.

[Foxtrot_s]

In our town of l00,000 people we have nine athletes in Beijing now and one Equestrian para-Olympian will be going to Beijing.
That works out to one athlete to every thousant people - I think that sounds cool. Perhaps we have something in our well water.

[OneDaySoon]

[QUOTE=Foxtrot’s;3434574]
In our town of l00,000 people we have nine athletes in Beijing now and one Equestrian para-Olympian will be going to Beijing.
That works out to one athlete to every thousant people - I think that sounds cool. Perhaps we have something in our well water.[/QUOTE]

Wow! What town is that?

[allpurpose]

Does anyone know if “Before I Do It” ridden by Samantha Albert of Jamaica is related to Darren Chacchia’s “Better I Do It”? I can’t find any pedigree information on “Before”. Just wondering…anybody know?

[vineyridge]

Yes. I think they are either by the same sire or siblings. And I believe Ms. Albert may have bred them both.

[PiaffeDreams]

My horse Ernst August is by Escudo I, by Espri, the sire of Nadine Capellmann’s horse Elvis. My guy’s damsire, Augustinus, is also the damsire of Debbie McDonald’s Felix (although he isn’t at the games, but I think its cool)

I just finished up giving a lesson to a student on her Landkoenig mare and so we will be cheering on Lantinus for sure in the show-jumping.

[Mardi]

Ok, stay with me here while I explain this…

One of my mares is in foal to Harmony’s Rousseau.

Rousseau’s half-brother is Harmony’s Mythilus, on the US dressage team.

Both Rousseau and Mythilus are by Olympic Ferro…so that means that my mare’s foal has an uncle showing in dressage at the Olympics this year.

If there are any show jumpers by For Pleasure…he’s another uncle (mare’s sire is 1/2 bro of For Pleasure).

It’s fun having relatives there…no matter how distant.

[spacely]

@Mardi;3434732

Rousseau’s half-brother is Harmony’s Mythilus, on the US dressage team.

Both Rousseau and Mythilus are by Olympic Ferro…

Quick clarification here…When horses share the same sire they are NOT considered half siblings. When they share the same dam, they are. Generally, you say “brother/sister in blood” when you are talking about horses that share a sire.

I’m not singling you out Mardi. Just trying to clarify.

[Mardi]

Thanks !

I had heard term “brothers in blood” before didn’t know exactly what it meant.

Why is it that way…that if 2 horses are from the same sire, they are not called 1/2 brothers ?

Also…what about when QH breeders say about a sire and his offspring: “Bucky is the own son of Larky”. What does “own son” mean ? It can’t be his only son…

[spacely]

“Own son” just means that the horse is by a stallion rather than by a son of the particular stallion. At least that’s the way I interpret it.

[Drvmb1ggl3]

The reason that the term brother and sister are reserved for progeny of the same dam is because that is a special relationship, while being by the same sire is not nearly as unique. A mare may have 15 foals in her lifetime if all goes well. In the same time frame a stallion can put 1000+ foals on the ground.

[TwoDreamRides]

Our little guy Coroniro aka “Nero” [ http://timberridgebreeding.tripod.com/id17.html – top right] has relatives in the Olympics. Corlato and Russell II are aunt and uncle “in blood” to him, both in Show Jumping for GB. [as in, his sire – Coromino – is brother in blood to Corlato and Russell II]

[Kenike]

@Foxtrot's;3434574

In our town of l00,000 people we have nine athletes in Beijing now and one Equestrian para-Olympian will be going to Beijing.
That works out to one athlete to every thousant people - I think that sounds cool. Perhaps we have something in our well water.

Now THAT is cool!! :yes:

[Marydell]

We have a yearling Don Schufro daughter. Then our own stallion, Don Principe is a brother in blood to Don Schufro being by Donnerhall, himself. So several nieces and nephews as well.

We also have a Landkoenig son, out of a Contender dam. He would be related to the Contango( Ravel) and Lantinus horses.

Maryanna Haymon
www.marydellfarm.com
www.sporthorsestallionexpo.com
2007 USEF Breeder of the Year!

[DownYonder]

I have a homebred mare by Feiner Stern, who - as already mentioned - is the sire of the Austrian dressage horse Falcao. And my 5 y/o is a Donnerhall grandson.

We also have a Jazz daughter in the barn. Jazz is the sire of the Canadian dressage horse, Orion.

And a friend of mine has a Don Schufro son.

[system]

So close but yet so far!

I have a true half brother to Ringwood Cockatoo who was selected and so nearly made it to Hong Kong. I also have a filly who is out of a true half sister to him.

[tom]

The damsire of Hickstead (showjumping for Canada with Eric Lamaze) is my stallion Ekstein.

The dam of Itot du Chateau (showjumping for Australia with Edwina Alexander) is a half-sister (same dam) of my stallion Desir du Chateau.

[OneDaySoon]

[QUOTE=spacely;3434768]
Quick clarification here…When horses share the same sire they are NOT considered half siblings. When they share the same dam, they are. Generally, you say “brother/sister in blood” when you are talking about horses that share a sire.

I’m not singling you out Mardi. Just trying to clarify. :)[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the clarification Spacely, still fun to see and hear who the relatives are. I am still waiting to here more about that Canadian town!