May/June Net Bytes
Compiled by Jean Sorensen

To Greener Pastures

Arabian stallion *Probat passed on at the grand age of 28 on January 15, 2003. He sired numerous national champions in Poland.

Thoroughbred mare Lady's Secret died March 4, 2003, at the age of 21, due to foaling complications. The foal is fine and healthy. Lady's Secret was the 1986 Horse Of The Year.
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=14385

Confirmed Silver Dapple QH's

Bay silver has been confirmed (UC Davis red factor test) in the mare named Miss Bar U Badlands (she is registered as sorrel) and her grandsire Bar U Champ Binder. He is 21 now but still going strong. Both are in Canada. You can see the mare here: http://www.diamondnqh.com/missbarubadlands.htm and http://www.diamondnqh.com/. (Webmaster Notes: URLs changed June 30, 2004 due to update from site owner.)

The color has so far traced back to Bow Champ, who sired at least one bay out of a chestnut mare, proving he could not be a chestnut as registered but must be a mislabeled silver dapple.

It is in the process of being tracked from there, but the most likely path would be through Miss Dixie to an "unknown mare".

The Alter Real

The Alter Real is a Lusitano bloodline, not a separate breed, which means that in the US, they're technically Andalusians.

Nice bit of info here:
www.peaklusitanos.co.uk/BloodFrame.htm
More info and pictures of the brand:
www.lusitano-interagro.com/blood.htm#portuguese

Defining "Warmblood"

This article is excellent at explaining the ways warmbloods are bred for folks who are used to an A X A = A breeding. www.americanwarmblood.org/introduction/whatis.htm

The Blagdon Cob

According to this site, www.irishcobireland.com/breed.htm, Blagdon refers to "another colour favored although not common" which is "any solid colour with white splashed under the belly." So it looks like "Blagdon" is a word for a moderately marked sabino. Below is a link to an example.
www.manorhorses.com/danny.htm

Highland Naming

Although it's not an absolute requirement, it is usual for Highlands to be called 'So-and-so Of Somewhere', 'Somewhere' being the name of the stud where they were bred. (Ex: the real Highland stallion Donald Of Altnacruish) There are exceptions, such as where the stud name is used as a prefix - Turin Hill Angus Iaian- but it is uncommon for a Highland to have only a single name.

Some Icelandic Name Ideas

Apalgrá - "grey with dapples"
Apla - "grey mare with dapples"
Grábakur- "grey back" (M)
Grákolla - "grey mare" (F)
Gráman- "grey mane" (horse with grey mane) (M)
Grána - "Grey one" (F)
Gráni - "Grey one" (M)
Gráfeldur - "With grey fur" (M)
Grár - "Grey" (M)
Grási - grey horse, nickname for Gráskjóni (M)
Gráskjóni - greypinto (M)
Grásteinn - "grey rock" (M)

Neat Icelandics To Check Out

ASKUR FRÁ GERUM ­ blue dun
http://62.194.59.234/ijs/v2/db/povz.php?lang=US&volg=8807

ASKUR FRĹN EKHAGEN ­ black silver dapple
http://62.194.59.234/ijs/v2/db/povz.php?lang=US&volg=32034

GREIFI FRÁ SKÁNEY ­ silver dapple
http://62.194.59.234/ijs/v2/db/povz.php?lang=US&volg=7633

GRÍMSEY FRÁ MÚSARRINDILL ­ buckskin or dun
http://62.194.59.234/ijs/v2/db/povz.php?lang=US&volg=24385

The Colorful Knabstrupper

The Knabstrupper is first and foremost a colour breed. As such, and because the Knabstrupper gene pool is so small, cross-breeding has always been allowed.

However, since colour is such an important characteristic of the breed, a crossbred Knabstrupper will almost always be bred back to another coloured Knabstrupper.

Horses of all colours and patterns ranging from solid to few-spotted are registerable, but leopard is the most desirable. Unacceptable out-crosses include greys and any horse with pinto, gaited, or draught horse characteristics.

Today's Knabstrupper ranges quite a bit in size and type but are usually categorized in 3 main groups:

Modern or Sport type: Generally tend to look like spotted WB's. Usually have quite a bit of out-cross blood, commonly tracing to Danish WB's, Oldenburgers, Trakehners, TB's, Shagya Arabs, and more.

Baroque type: Often said to be the original Knabstrupper. Tends to look a bit like a spotted Lipizzaner. Shorter and rounder than the Modern/Sport type Knabstrupper, often with a convex profile. Out-crossing is usually kept to a minimum, but when out-crossed, Frederiksborg, Andalusian, and Lipizzaner blood has been used.

Pony type: Range from miniature/British Shetland-type to Riding/Sport Pony type. Common out-crosses include British Spotted Ponies and Shetlands for the former, New Forest, Connemara, Welsh, and various Nationalities of Riding/Sport Ponies for the latter.

Here is a wonderful article regarding Knabstruppers including pictures:
http://www.gestuet-falkenhorst.de/knn.htm

Arab Name Pronunciation

Here are just a few of those Arab names that can often twist a tongue in knots.

*Fadl = FAY-dl (rhymes with dreidel)

Fay-El-Dine = Fay-el-DEEN

Fa-Serr = fay-SAIR or FAY-sehr

Hallany Mistanny = h'LAWNY MIST-un-knee or Ha (short a)-LAN-ee Mis-TAN-ee

*Nasr = nazzer

Mesaoud = Mez-OWD

Skowronek = SKRAWN-eck

Witez II = vee-TESH the second

Witraz = vee-TRAHSH

Negatiw = negative

Wiking = Viking

Bask = bohsk (though some pronounce it like the first syllable of "basket" too)

Aramus = ah-RAH-moose

Sakr = rhymes with "soccer"

Muscat = moose-KAHT (or rhyming with "musket")

Priboj = PREE-boy

Salon = sah-LONE (although you'll hear it pronounced like the English word: SAH-lon)

Skowronek = scuh-RAWN-eck (probably should be "Skov-ron-YEK" in Polish)

El Paso is pronounced just like the Texas city, because that's where the Poles got the name. Dr. LaCroix told people that it was plain ole El Paso in "Tex-speak" (in other words, not the correct Spanish pronunciation). In fact, his barn name was "Tex."

Among Slew's Last Foal Crop…

WinStar Farm near Versailles, KY, announced January 21st that two Seattle Slew Fillies were foaled.

A filly by Slew out of Plaintiff by Seeking The Gold was foaled January 9th and a second filly by Slew out of Pleasant Temper by Storm Cat was foaled January 15th. Both were described as excellent healthy foals.

Standardbred: Trotter vs. Pacer

Cross-gait breeding in Standardbreds was quite common up until the 1970s, but since then trotters are only bred to trotters and pacers only to pacers, with a very few exceptions. Breeding across gaits generally gets you a horse that can't race successfully at either one.

Sometimes a trotter can make it as a pacer with some training but it isn't common. The gaits are inherited.

In racing, a pacer's mark will look something like p2, 1:58.3f

A trotter's mark will not have the 'p'. The way you read it is.

p = pacer, trotter will have no letter in front.

2 = the age at which the mark was taken

1:58.3 = (1 minute, 58 & 3/5 seconds) the horse's fastest WINNING time. In order for the time to count as a life-mark the horse has to have won. A horse could come in 2nd or 3rd in a faster time, but wouldn't be able to claim the mark.

f = the size track the mark was taken on. h = 1/2 mile, f = 5/8 mile, no letter means the mark was taken on a 1 mile track.

A tt or T in front of the time means the mark was taken in a time trial.

A Q in front of the time means the mark was taken in a qualifying race (non-betting).

Warmblood Naming Rules

Holsteiner:
18 characters or fewer, cannot be identical to another Holsteiner living or dead (though full male siblings may have duplicate names with appropriate Roman numerals (Calypso I, Calypso II, etc.). Use of part of the sire's name (beyond the first letter) as part of a foal's registered name is discouraged. Colts are named with the same first letter as their sire's name. Fillies are named according to a year-based schedule:

Hanoverian & Oldenburger:
Must start with the same letter as sire's name. Usually short, one (sometimes two) word names.

Wielkopolski:
Must start with the same letter as dam's name. Usually short, one (sometimes two) word names.

KWPN:
Cannot be longer than 16 characters and must start with the letter corresponding to the foal's year of birth:

SF & French Anglo-Arab:
Usually short, one or two words, sometimes followed by "de" or "du"and a stable name. First letter follows year-based schedule:

Other European Anglo-Arabs:
Usually short, one-word, often sharing the same first letter as one of the parents (in Germany, the sire; in Poland, the dam).

IAHA (North American) Anglo-Arabs:
Maximum of 21 characters.

Swedish Warmblood:
The name can't be longer than 19 letters (if the name is in 2 or more parts the space between counts too). For practical and computer reasons, no shortening of stud-, farm-, sire-, or dam names are allowed to be put in front of the name.

Approved studbooks for the Swedish Warmblood are:
Gen. St.-B = General Stud Book
A.D.G.B. = Allgemeines Deutches Gestüt Buch
Han. = Hannoverschen Stutbuch
Old. = Oldenburg Stutbuch
Ost. = Ostpreussisches Stutbuch
Trak. = Trakehner Stammbuch
Westf. = Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch
Holst. = Holsteiner Stutbuch
Rheinl. = Rheinländische Stutbuch
Rheinl./Pfalz-Saar = Rheinländische, Pfalz-Saar Stutbuch
Hess. = Stutbuch für Hessen
Baden-Würt. = Stutbuch für Baden-Württemberg
Bayern = Stutbuch für Bayern
DH alt. DS = Dansk Varmblods stambog (studbook for danish warmblood)
SBB = Stud Book Belge
SBlt = Stud Book Italiano
KWPN = Noord-Ned. Warmbloedpaardenstamboek (typ RP)
Kwlkp. = Ksiega Stadna Koni Wielkopolskich
Km. = Ksiega Stadna Koni Malopolskich
FSF = Finish studbook for TB,WB and "other breeds"
SF = Stud Book Francais (Selle Francais)
DDR = Gestütbuch des Hannoverschen Gestüt Redefin
Gestütbuch des Hannoverschen Gestüt Neustadt/Dosse
ISH Irish Sport Horse
Angloarabian
Frankrike Stud Book de l´Angloarabe
Polish Stambok for polish angloarabian
Arabian WAHO accepted studbooks

New B/W Trakehner Stallion Approved
At a special approval in January, the Trakehner Verband approved four new Trakehner stallions, one of which was a black and white stallion named Camaro by Le Duc out of Colored Beauty by Elvis from which he gets his pinto coloring.
www.hengstation-geling.de/Decktaxen/Camaro/camaro.html

Breyerfest 2003 Model

http://www.blackforestshires.com/horses/gracie.htm

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