Net Bytes - July/August 2000
compiled by Jean Sorensen

To Greener Pastures
Abdullah, Trakehner stallion, 12/7/70 - 1/9/2000, due to complications of colic.

German Warmbloods List:
The following are all breeds from Germany: Baden-Wurttemburg, Bavarian (Bayern), Berlin-Brandenburg, Hanoverian, Hessen, Holsteiner, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Oldenburg, Rheinlander,Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar (Zweibrucken), Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringen, Westphalian. Thanks for the list Linda! Linda also mentioned that both the German Verband and ATA WOULD register a palomino or buckskin Trakehner if one was presented and qualified.

What does it mean?
SI: a horses speed index. The faster a horse ran, the higher its speed index number.
Sporthorse: a horse specifically bred for or is used for one of the Olympic sports: dressage, jumping, eventing, combined driving.

Famous Breyer Horses:
Grayingham Lucky Lad was bred in England (foaled 1982) and imported to the US in 1984. Here's a link for more info on Lucky Lad: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/wimborne/luckyblurb.htm

Straight From The Horses Mouth:
Just what is a Canadian Cutter? The Canadian Cutting Horse Association is an association like the National Cutting Horse Association here in the USA. Any horse can participate in NCHA events, no matter what its breed. Mary Ann received this reply from the Secretary of the Canadian Cutting Horse Association. If she doesn't know what she's talking about regarding this matter, I don't know who does.

Connie Delorme (Secretary of the CCHA) wrote:
"Dear Mary-Ann Jantz
There is no such breed as the Canadian Cutting Horse. Most cutting horses showing in Canada are Quarter Horses registered with the American Quarter Horse Association, as are your horses. We also have Appaloosas, Paints etc., all registered with their own breed associations. We even have unregistered horses cutting with the Canadian Cutting Horse Association. We do not have a registration body of any sort. Hope this clears up your discussions. Any further questions please feel free to ask. Thanks, Connie"

According to the Canadian Equestrian Federation, there is no such breed as the Canadian Cutting Horse. The Canadian Cutting Horse Association is an association in Canada to promote cutting activities. Check out their web site at www.ccha.ca and you will see NO mention anywhere that it is a breed registering body. Its sole purpose is to promote cutting activities in Canada regardless of the breed participating. Under the "About CCHA" it says this: The C.C.H.A. is a non-profit organization and was established to promote the AMAZING CUTTING HORSE. No where on the site can I find any information about REGISTERING "cutters" as a breed. The links shown on this site go to all kinds of stock horses, from Apps to QHs to Paints. The "Canadian Cutter" originated in a British horse breeds book and the myth has been stubbornly hanging on ever since. The link to the American counterpart is: http://www.nchacutting.com. It is located in Ft. Worth TX.

Time for Arabian Horses:

The *Half-Arabian* registry keeps track of high-percentage Arabian crosses. They do this by adding a prefix to the registration number representing to number of crosses to an Arabian. For instance, a half-Arabian has a registration number that begins 1A; a 3/4Arabian's number begins with 2A; a 7/8 Arabian has 3A; a 15/16 Arabian has 4A; and so on. Thus you can identify the degree of Arabian blood just by looking at the number. Thanks to our resident Arab guru Sue!

Getting a "purebred" Shagya foal out of a full-blooded Arabian parent isn't quite as simple as finding an Arabian Approved by the Shagya society. The resulting foal can't have more than 12 purebred Arabians in the 4th generation of its pedigree, assuming it was bred in the US before 1993... after 1993, they can't have more than 10 purebred Arabian ancestors in the 4th generation of their pedigree, and in Europe they can only have 9. Thanks Alice!

CASS OLE
Cass Ole was a true black! He was foaled in 1969, deceased in 1993. Progeny 123: 50 blacks, 37 bays, 21 chestnuts, and 14 greys.

-------------------------------Skowronek-grey
---------------------------*Raffles-white
-------------------------------Rifala-grey
--------------------Rapture-bay
-------------------------------*Raffles-white
---------------------------Rafla-chestnut
-------------------------------*Indiai-bay
-----------Al-Marah Cassanova-grey
-------------------------------Skowronek-grey
---------------------------*Raffles-white
-------------------------------Rifala-grey
--------------------Cassandra-grey
-------------------------------Agwe-chestnut
----------------------------Rodetta-grey
-------------------------------Roda-grey
Cass Ole-black
-------------------------------*Deyr-chestnut
----------------------------Hanad-chestnut
--------------------------------Sankirah-bay
--------------------Hanrah-chestnut
--------------------------------*Rahal-chestnut
----------------------------Rahzawi-chestnut
---------------------------------Ghazawi-chestnut
-----------La Bahia-bay
---------------------------------Roabrah-bay
----------------------------Roayas-grey
---------------------------------Rasoulma-grey
--------------------Ronara-bay
---------------------------------Ralet-bay
----------------------------Narlet-bay
---------------------------------Narasa-bay

Cass Ole was a product of the Donoghue breeding program and so was almost by definition a very correct, very sound horse. He was a very high-percentage CMK. Conformation-wise, he tended to be a bit heavy in the neck, but it had good length and shape. He was not the "modern" halter horse, but he was a very fine Arabian. He had some success in halter as a young horse, but as he matured he became most successfully a performance horse. He was a terrific performance horse with a superior disposition. He has a solid, classy pedigree if you enjoy American breeding. Sue was also fortunate enough to have ridden him!

Looking at his 5-generation pedigree, it shows (counting the above parents/grandparents)
25 greys
15 bays
14 chestnuts
6 unknown colors. 4 of these are the same horses--Skowronek's parents, via Raffles--he has 3x to Raffles on his sire's side. The other unknowns are *Deyr DB's parents and *Deyr was chestnut.

His dam line is ALL bay, La Bahia, Ronara, Narlet, Narasa, *Farasin, Ferda, until you get to Ferda's dam Feluka, who was a chestnut. Ferda's sire was the bay Rustem. La Bahia's sire Hanrah was chestnut and nearly all the horses in his pedigree are chestnuts, a few bays and fewer greys. Daralyn

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