July/August Net Bytes
Compiled by Jean Sorensen

To Greener Pastures

Sunny's Halo, winner of the 1983 Kentucky derby, was euthanized due to old age, June 3, in Tyler, Texas. He was 23. Sunny’s Halo was Canada’s CH 2 YO in 1982. He retired at the end of his 3yo season with a record of 20-9-3-2 and $1,247,791 in earnings.

Spectacular Bid, passed away June 9 at Milfer Farm in NY. He was 27. Spectacular Bid, as a two year-old in 1978, won 7 of his 9 races and claimed the Two Year-Old Eclipse. At three, he nearly captured the Triple Crown, missing the Belmont because of a bad ride and a safety pin in his foot. At four, he won all nine of his races and equaling or setting records in each. His World Record of 1:57 4/5 for the 1 1/4 miles, set in the 1980 Strub Stakes, still stands. In all, The Bid won 13 Grade I stakes (on 10 different tracks), 5 Grade II stakes, and 3 Grade III stakes. His race record stands at 30-26-2-1. The Bid also had tremendous stamina, carrying 130 pounds or more in five starts and winning all five. And though he didn't win the Triple Crown, he did become only the fourth horse to win the prestigious Strub series, joining Round Table (1948), Hillsdale (1949), and Ancient Title (1974). In 2000, in a survey of the 100 Greatest Racehorses of the 20th Century, Bid ranked 10th behind Man O'War, Secretariat, Citation, Kelso, Count Fleet, Dr. Fager, Native Dancer, Forego, and Seattle Slew, and ahead of such notables as Affirmed, War Admiral, and Round Table.

Appaloosa Oxidol died March 13. Oxidol's real name was Kawliga Andyone and he was born in 1979.

Danehill, died May 13 in a paddock accident at Coolmore Stud in Ireland. The stallion was 17 y.o. and died after flipping over backwards and hitting his head. Danehill was one of the first stallions to shuttle regularly between Ireland and Australia in 1990, starting what has become an essential trend among today's stallion operations. Coolmore now leads the industry in stallion shuttling, though recently Coolmore announced last June that it would rest the stallion for the 2002 Southern Hemisphere season, leaving him in Ireland. Danehill's outstanding progeny also include champions Mozart, Dansili, Desert Lady, Danehurst, Danehill Dancer, and Great Dane; American Grade 1 winners Danish, Landseer, and Dress to Thrill and Australian champions Danewin, Redoute's Choice, and Rose of Danehill.

Arabian Merger
The new name for the existing two Arabian Horse Associations when they merge will be Arabian Horse Association or AHA.

IAHA (International Arabian Horse Assn), formerly the section for shows, show records and part-Arabian registrations, and AHRA (Arabian Horse Registry), formerly the section taking care of registration of purebreds, will become the AHA and take care of everything under one roof, so to speak. The website is now:
www.arabianhorses.org

What Is ‘States Premium Stute’?
It means “highly awarded mare" and you may also see it written out as "States Premium Mare" or abbreviated "SPS".

Here's a brief explanation on the ATA site: http://www.americantrakehner.com/FAQs/StatesPremium.htm

And for Hanoverians: http://www.classicsires.com/19991.htm

"St.Pr.St. denotes German States Premium Mare, a coveted status for German Hanoverian mares comparable to American Hanoverian Elite Mares (EM). They must achieve at least a '7' on their inspection scores, and pass a Mare's Performance Test with a score of at least '7'.

Elite and States Premium Mares must produce a foal to complete the requirements -thus encouraging top quality mares to produce foals which will improve the Hanoverian breed.

Double Registered QH-Apps
Check out Wild Hope:
http://members.tripod.com/~barnlot/wildhopenarr.html
http://members.tripod.com/~barnlot/wildhope.html

Wild Hope’s dam and granddam were both double registered, with the AQHA as "grey" and also with the ApHC as Appaloosa. If the "grey" line is the source of the color, then famous old Gray Badger II was an Appaloosa in addition to grey. Maybe not a surprise since Coke Roberds registered mares as QH’s when they were roaned Appaloosas!

Cria Caballar Color Changes
The Spanish registry (Cria Caballar) for PRE horses (Andalusians) has made some rule changes this year in regards to the registry of PREs. All colors are now accepted. This means chestnut, sabino, and any other colors/patterns that still exist in the gene pool will now be registerable in Spain as well as the American registry.

Existence of Dun in PRE?
Falcon Dorado, a 2002 colt by Axis (black, imported from Spain) out of Jana VII (dun registered as bay, imported from Mexico) is a dun-looking stud colt that has the dun factor markings. However, it seems that many foals are born with dun factor markings only to lose them. He is 9 months old and still has them, but he is still young, so we'll see.

Mule and Donkey Color
A mule comes in EVERY SINGLE COLOR that either parent (donkey or horse) comes from. The only controversy involves true horse tobiano, true horse overo, and true horse appaloosa patterns, because in the mule, these patterns most often "skew" on the mule (due to the donkey parent gene) creating a unique mule pattern. (Ex: larger than average appy spots, or tobiano where only one white crosses the back - crossing either over the shoulder OR over the rump to connect to the other side, not both at the same time.)

True grulla is common in mules - dark head (not necessarily flat black) with slate-gray body and dark legs, cross and stripe and leg barring. There are color and black and white photos of mules and donkeys at: www.geocities.com/muleguru

Gray-dun is an accepted term for grayish donkeys with a cross and stripe. ADMS prefers Slate Gray since not all are genetic duns, but gray-dun is fine. They are not the same as horse aging-gray (dapple gray) so gray in donkeys really means gray-dun, not fade to white gray like in horses.

Spotted donkeys are not tobiano, not tovero, and not overo. It is called donkey spot. It is a partial dominant. There are as yet no known homozygouts, in fact the numbers show SS to be a lethal.

ALL spotted donkeys start with a blaze face. Pattern of progression: Blaze face. Blaze face, white coronet(s). Blaze, partial socks. Blaze, white on feet, spot blending into belly line or throat patch. Then: add small white neck or hip spot on one side, then both sides. Then hip spots, spot along belly line, small neck spot. It progresses usually in favor of white along the hips, then neck, forearm, but still keeps color over the "cross" around the eyes and on ears. The most extreme form is a nearly-white donkey with some dark mascara around the eyes, partial dark on the ears, and maybe a ‘splot’ on the shoulder or topline.

Idaho Researchers Create Mule Clone
A mule named Idaho Gem was born on May 4 and is the first member of the horse family to be cloned. Researchers at the University of Idaho cloned the mule using a cell from a mule fetus and an egg from a horse. Idaho Gem is the genetic brother of Taz, a champion racing mule, and the researchers said the clone mules (two more are expected) also will be trained to race.

Thoroughbred Twins
The Jockey Club will register twins, they’re just rare. This is probably due to the practice of "pinching" the embryo when it is found during a rectal palpation. This crushes it, which means the embryo is killed, leaving room and resources for the other embryo to grow into a normal-sized foal.

Born in 1959, Stop On Red (To Market x Danger Ahead) was the twin of Go On Green. Stop On Red won 7 races and was a nice broodmare. Her daughter, Spectacular, produced Spectacular Bid.

Currently racing in Washington state, at Emerald Downs, are the 3 year olds Jillybell and Young Jack (Peterhof x Exit's Baby). They are small for their age but they look to be about the same size.

Also racing are the 2 year old fillies One For You and And One For Me (Dayjur x Katherine Jean) 2yo fillies, half siblings to 2002 Washington HOTY, Sabertooth. One For You is nearly normal sized, but And One For Me is noticeably smaller but is tougher.

Why Funny Cide Was Gelded
It was for health reasons as he was a ridgling. A ridgling is when a colt has one or more testicle remain in his body cavity instead of descending. It renders the colt sterile, but he still acts like a stud (and can even cause more aggression than normal). Gelding is standard procedure in these cases.

The Spanish Jennet Horse Society
www.spanishjennet.org/atigrado.shtml
www.spanishjennet.org/pintado.shtml

“In response to the AAOBPPH and PPHRNA restriction on horses with "excessive white" markings, and the APF and PFHA tendency to overlook the quality of a horse because of its pinto markings, the Spanish Jennet Horse Registry has been established as a venue for these horses to be appreciated and improved for the qualities they exhibit as their birthright.”

Since the Leopard (Lp) Complex (Atigrado coloring) has been bred out of Paso horses, it is accepted that non-Paso horses will have to be incorporated to reestablish the Atigrado division of the Spanish Jennet Horse Registry. Wholesale out-crossing will not be allowed. All out-crossing designed to reestablish the Lp complex pattern in the Atigrado division will be limited to one generation only.

The Pintado (pinto) Paso still is available, thus the Pintado division will not allow any out-crossing from pure Paso lines.

Appaloosa Breeding Rules
Currently In the ApHC, you have some choices for a registerable Appaloosa foal:

You can breed ApHC x ApHC: one parent MUST be regular registered, even in the ApHC x ApHC mating. You can also breed ApHC x AQHA, American JC TB, or AHA Arabian but the ApHC parent MUST be regular registered in this cross.

In all of the above matings, the foal is registerable as an Appaloosa. However, if the foal does not have the required coat pattern and/or characteristics (combination mottled skin and one other- striped hooves, sclera, etc) then it will get Non Characteristic papers, also referred to as "NC". Their registration number is preceded by the letter "N" prefix. N registered Appaloosas are not eligible to show at ApHC shows.

In 1982, a program called the Certified Pedigree Option (CPO) was started. This program allowed NC horses to show at ApHC shows, after being blood-typed (now DNA), parentage verified, inspected, and either freeze branded or lip tattooed for permanent identification. After going through the CPO program, the horse's N registration prefix is changed to CN, and it is now allowed to show at ApHC events.

Being CN does NOT change how the horse can be bred. All N and CN horses still must be bred back to a regular registered Appaloosa mate for the foal to be registerable with ApHC.

A new rule modified the CPO program. It took effect starting with 2002 foals. It limits eligibility for the CPO program to only those NC foals from ApHC x ApHC parents.You can still cross out to the approved outside breeds. You can still register all resulting foals (assuming there are no other disqualifications) but if the foal from an ApHC x other breed is NC registered (solid with no characteristics or coat pattern), it is no longer eligible to be CPO'd, therefore cannot be shown at ApHC events.

UC Davis Now Tests For Cream Dilution
University of California, Davis, in addition to testing for Red Factor and Lethal White Overo, effective April 21, 2003, they are now also offering tests for Agouti (Bay/Black) and Cream Dilution.

You can download forms for these tests from their web site: www.vgl.ucdavis.edu

AQHA Makes It Official
AQHA has made perlino and cremello officially eligible colors for registration. All four year old and older horses will have to be parentage verified, requiring a DNA type for the horse, its sire and its dam. Cremello will be abbreviated as "cre", and perlino as "per" in AQHA pedigrees.

Roan Saddlebreds
Here are just a few that have been been found:

Stallions:

• Premier's Grand Parader: 1963 roan, Stonewall Premier x Parading Rose
  FFC: 1969 LFC: 1981
• Gay Jester: 1957 grey and roan, Gay Kalarama x Pretty Polly Annie
  FFC: 1970 LFC: 1976
• Gay Feudist: 1957 grey and roan, Gay Kalarama x Adrienne Feudist
  One foal in 1963
• Gay Kalarama: 1942 roan, Kalarama Rex x Tillie Barrymore
  FFC: 1953 LFC: 1963
• Stonewall's Parading Genius: 1979 roan, Premier's Grand Parader x Ridgefield’s Sycamore Queen
  One foal in 1982
• Barrymore Rex: 1942 roan, Kalarama Rex x Tillie Barrymore
  One foal in 1946
• Dee’s Champ of Champagne: 1989 red roan overo (probably sabino), Glenknoll’s Moretosea x New Champagne
  FFC: 1993

Mares:

• Queen of Red Top: 1941 roan, Kalarma King x My Majesty
  Open: 1946-1955, 1958, 1960
• Storm Stepper: 1957 roan, Dennmark's Corsair x Queen of Red Top
  Open: 1962-67, 1970, 1974, 1978
• Parading Rose: 1946 roan, Barrymore Rex x Louise Flash
  Open: 1945 only
• Gay Wishes: 1960 roan, Gay Kalarama x Julep Cup
  Open: 1977, 1978

Sugarbush Harlequin Draft Registry
A breeding program has led to Appaloosa Percherons called the Sugarbush Harlequin Draft Registry.
www.geocities.com/leoparddrafthorse

The article says the foundation stallion was Charlie Degas whom he bred to a spotted daughter of his world champion Apache Double. Selective breeding since the 1970s has led to the 7/8 Percheron named Sugarbush Harlequin and this year will see the first 15/16. Harlequin stands at the University of Ohio.

Poitevan Stallion in US
http://horse.classifieds.equine.com/horses/550206.html

Hercule is a 1996 grulla stallion and a Registered French Poitevin (Mulassier). Hercule toured with the Cheval Theater circus before being imported. He is now the only Mulassier (Poitevin) stallion in the USA as the young stallion Lascar, imported in 2000, died of complications after colic surgery. The French will allow him to cover draft mares (mainly Percheron) and the half-bred females may be allowed back into the studbook.

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