So I was just looking through Pip's pedigree on the all breed pedigree query site. I clicked on the photos and wow, some of his ancestors are fugly. Like not breeding quality, from the photos there. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?h=sandstone+mirage. click on the link in the top left and open photos.
It's amazing he turned out ok. It's amazing some of those horses were bred a few of them look like giraffes or okapis! And there's a lot of yaks too. As far as I can tell, most were not back yard breeders, they were big shots breeding pretty quality winning horses. But man, so, so fugly. If you follow Fugly Horse of the Day, these horse's breeders would get creamed. But it's a very good showing of horses getting better looking and better built. the photos are in order, but it's a little confusing, because they tend to follow a line, and jump to the next, so it starts with his sire, then his sire's tippy-top line, then his granddam and her top line, then the dam lines.
And WTF, why was someone breeding AQHA to Haflingers? What was happening in the 70's that someone thought that was a good idea? How bizarre to think Pip has a Haflinger great grand sire. odd. Not that I can tell, but it might be why an appaloosa has such a nice long mane and tail.
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Hi! Congrats on your new blog. Looks awesome and written well. :)
thanks! Hopefully it will get better, I'm thinking of starting another blog for some random stories like the amazing berlin episode of doom. we'll see.
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