Do bloodlines mean anything?!

and yes the best bred animal in the world can show absolutely no potential what so ever.. How many times do you look at a pedigree at a grading, sale or stallion show and think.... ooh this should be exciting and it doesn't move or doesn't jump or has several conformation faults that are displeasing........ and that is with the animal shown loose in its natural state, forget the training.......

I think if breeders get too obsessed with going by the book we can loose the essence of what we are trying to achieve. Dictatorship is not the way forwards, we need a certain degree of self assessment and confidence in what we are wanting to produce, and sometimes its hard to stand up for what we believe when so many are standing on the sidelines ready to criticise what papers what grading and what bloodlines, mare line etc basically the choices that we make.
 
Absolutely, bloodlines can never be taken in isolation. But I do feel they are important, but not to the extent that you sacrifice conformation or temperament etc. But I have to say I wont consider an unpapered horse as there are plenty of good ones out there with a decent pedigree. I might take a risk on a horse that has a gap in the pedigree further back if everything else ticks the box, but the rest of the pedigree would have to be strong.
 
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Just to make a further point - when I am talking about bloodlines - I mean that BOTH the dam line AND the sire line must have a particular horse in them. I don't want some fabulous sire line to be let down by a mediocre dam line.

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No sorry not you x
 
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LMAO! No offence taken
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Omigod mistletoe I just re-read the first line of my post and it does sound very harsh! I'm so sorry - I missed the last bit of your original post so didn't realize that you actually don't really think this horse is rubbish! And there was me clumsily trying to explain why such good sires had produced something not-so-good!
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I'm really sorry - truly didn't mean to offend you!
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Awww - thanks!

I've just spotted that your 'no offence taken' comment was in response to another post, not mine!

I'm really not being very observant at the moment, am I? LOL!
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Still - my comment about your mare's pedigree required an apology anyway - and it was jolly nice of you not to be offended!
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I like quirky horses too - I think your Boo sounds rather intriguing...
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Personally I would never breed for anything from unknown breeding....there just isn't a need. But I certainly don't have anything against from other people choosing too, as long as the mare has a good temp, conformation, etc.

BUT I can't stand it when people actually consider keeping colts entire from unknown breeding......no need and just plain stupid IMO.
 
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Bloodlines are very important.
But I rate performance above bloodlines- if I had a mare with insignificant breeding but who tried her heart out and reached the top of whatever sport, she'd be bred to the best I could afford despite her lack of names in her own pedigree!!

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Thats what we have done with my mums mare, she is an absolute diamond and tried her heart out all the time. So we have put her to an ID stallion who complements her weaknesses and hopefully we have a foundation for great eventers!
I am with Boss on this one, Emerald has the the ubercool Green Desert as his Dam Sire, his own sire won nearly $ 2million (ok I know its only worth half in pounds!) and he is hopeless
 
Out of interest fatarse would is Emerald's dam line like? Is it as strong as the stallions in his pedigree?
I've seen TBs at the auctions by stellar stallions but out of distinctly average dam lines, and the stallion hadn't managed to work the magic to turn ordinary mare line into stellar.
 
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