| If Paint is a Quarter Horse with excessive white, what | | | | Another sire of trotters was the stallion, Justin Morgan. |
| is a Quarter Horse? A Quarter Horse is a | | | | Justin Morgan is recognized as the founding sire of the |
| Thoroughbred outcross. A Thoroughbred is an Arabian | | | | Morgan Horse. In some circles, he was also thought to |
| outcross. | | | | be descended from Thoroughbred breeding. |
| When the Foundation Registries started up, I was | | | | Today's foundation breeders are for the most part |
| amazed to learn that Poco Bueno was a foundation | | | | trying to revert to the past when the horse was used |
| sire. I thought that he was the great grandson of a | | | | for a variety of jobs. He pulled the plow or delivery |
| foundation sire. Some of the leading Paint sires of our | | | | wagon all week and on Sundays was the family |
| time are Quarter Horses. Painted Robin, Triples Titan | | | | buggy horse or was at the bush track running against |
| are just two that come to mind. In today's registry, | | | | other horses. |
| they could be registered as Quarter Horses but not in | | | | The breed registries are starting to realize that most |
| the Regular Paint registry. Why? They do not have | | | | of horses, people own in today's world, do a multitude |
| one registered Paint parent. | | | | of tasks. They are used to work cattle, teach the kids |
| Appaloosa breeders have the same background. | | | | how to ride, barrel race for Mom and rope for Dad |
| Bright Eyes Brother, Hall of Fame sire is by a Quarter | | | | and still look good enough to show at halter in the |
| Horse, Billy Maddon, out of a Quarter Horse mare, | | | | morning and do performance events in the afternoon. |
| Plaudette, who produced a Quarter Horse Champion | | | | In the market, these horses are still bringing decent |
| Running Mare, Maddon's Bright Eyes. Plaudette was by | | | | prices as compared to the one-event horses where |
| a Thoroughbred, King Plaudit out of a Peter McCue | | | | the demand has dropped dramatically. I monitor several |
| mare. | | | | sales across the nation and have watched what used |
| When the Thoroughbred was first being developed, | | | | to be really hot breeding, sired by leading sires, bring |
| they were the products of three Arabian stallions. You | | | | less than the stud fee. If you have training and upkeep |
| could not have a Thoroughbred without being able to | | | | added in, you really have a loss that the IRS is going to |
| trace back to one or more of those three stallions. | | | | question at some time about your profit motive if you |
| The three were the Byerly Turk, the Godolphin Barb | | | | have one. |
| and the Darley Arabian. | | | | As one person put it, you need to get rid of ones that |
| The Byerly Turk's most prominent descendant was | | | | you are just feeding and buy one or two really good |
| Herod. The horse, Matchem, was a grandson of the | | | | ones. If you are breeding because you have mares |
| Barb and the Darley Arabian sired two great horses | | | | and a stallion and are selling the results for canner |
| that went on to out produce themselves, Flying | | | | prices, you may want to change your program |
| Childers and Barlett's Childers. | | | | completely. From a business standpoint, and the IRS's, |
| Up to 1940, the Arabian Registry was part of the | | | | that will make more sense than holding on to what you |
| American Studbook maintained by the American | | | | have and trying to make a profit. I have heard all the |
| Jockey Club in this country. Which brought up some | | | | stories about how the public does not know a good |
| interesting complexities in later years. Remember that | | | | horse when they see one but who else is going to buy |
| a Thoroughbred produced some of the leading | | | | the horse. That applies to those horses that are |
| Quarter Horse stallions and mares. There was an | | | | foundation breeding (?) as well as the ones that are |
| Arabian stallion in Colorado who produced Arabians, | | | | not. |
| Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds. He had an AHR | | | | When something first gets hot, lots of us get lucky and |
| number and a JC number and so his get were able to | | | | do really well at first. Then the market becomes more |
| be registered in several registries depending on the | | | | educated and shifts to a more realistic view of things |
| mare's breed. | | | | and everything shifts back to normal. At that time, if |
| The Saddlebred as we know it now did not exist a | | | | you have been watching and listening to the buying |
| century ago. The history of the breed starts in Virginia, | | | | public, you will have upgraded your program and still be |
| Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri. Much of the | | | | able to break even, in most cases. |
| development was done in Kentucky and so they were | | | | I don't have a problem with foundation breeding |
| known as 'Kentucky saddle horses'. Most of the | | | | because at one time or another in my life with horses, I |
| earliest registered horses had some Thoroughbred | | | | have bred, trained or sold horses that are considered |
| blood crossed on trotting and slow pacing mares. | | | | foundation in today's world. But as the market shifted, I |
| They were able to walk, trot, canter and they also | | | | had a choice, either to make a living or to find new |
| were capable of racking, doing a running walk or fox | | | | employment. |
| trotting or slow pace. I bet you thought that only | | | | If you are profit motivated, you will continually be |
| Tennessee Walkers did that. Those saddle horses | | | | looking for ways to improve your profit margins. If you |
| that did the running walk are the foundation of today's | | | | are a hobbyist, you may not care at first but at some |
| Walking Horses. | | | | time you will want sell or trade your horse(s) for a |
| One of the foundation sires for today's Standardbred | | | | different one. One always wants to recoup some of |
| was a Thoroughbred named Messenger. While he did | | | | the investment that you have put in the horse and the |
| not produce any trotters himself, his son Mambrino | | | | only way to do that is to have something the public |
| produced Abdallah a noted sire of trotters in America. | | | | wants to buy. |