I was hoping to hear from you ;-) I like the specifics like look to improve 3 things.
Not sure if I would go through the baby thing again..if I did, it would be with Meg as she was part of a 3 time national champion hitch and has great movement.
Dawn it would be great if someone wrote a book on breeding Haflingers and the process of looking at the issues you brought up with good example and bad example pictures. I think if individuals really knew what breeders were going for they would make better purchasing decisions and also we would have fewer just putting 2 registered Haffies together.
I also read in the Board notes of the national Haflinger meeting and was distressed to see there is a problem in the consistency of the judging in big Haflinger shows...that they need to develop more specifics and put in penalties if those standards are not followed. It kind of puts a subtraction on the horses named as the top if there is an issue with the judges' consistency in judging. That is why I do not enter horse shows..too many politics.
Now take Larissa, Herr S. said she was too short and not that well formed...but she has a beautiful head, great reddish color and people stop me on the street.literally and ask me what the breed is and say that she is truly beautiful. I like her sort of forward personality..she is herd mare. Meg(more drafty) is probably better bred but not as striking till she goes into trot and then she floats....so she does not get such a reaction. Larissa's son out of Holly Singleton's stud...which is now a gelding...added beautiful movement to Woden. Again he is his momma's son and people are just attracted to him and his movement. Actually, the day he was born one of my friends made me promise that she would be first in line if I ever sold him and she is a draft cross person!!!!
I just really want to understand the goals of breeding so I can understand Haflingers better, why certain ones win and which ones would make the best driving horses naturally...without the heavy shoes, etc. And all in a beautiful package so if they are in a Parade...people want to know..what kind of horse is that! Same with driving club events where it is mostly Welsh and Hackney...and they have pretty wild personalities.
I hope other large breeders chime in for the rest of us and let me put that pitch in again Dawn for writing that book. Victoria da Roza
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