Never mind a registery for "non-registered" Hafy's. Since AHR doesn't have any use for draft type hafy's, either, let's create a group for registered or non registered Hafy's that don't meet AHR's narrow defination of what a Haflinger should NOW look like. We don't have to be a breed registry, but frankly I wish someone would continue to breed the drafty Hafys, I think they are unique and wonderful. I have a nice looking drafty Hafy gelding, who is registered, but whom the AHR would most surely turn their noses up at. If I had a choice I would rather belong to a group, call it an "interest" group, that was filled with Drafty "throw-back" Hafy's, and unregistered Hafy's of any type, with owners who aren't professional breeders and show horse folks, who just love our Hafy's for who they are, not for the ribbons and titles on the wall.
I have absolutely nothing in common with professional show horse types, though I do know some and they are wonderful people, but I don't feel that AHR has much to offer "my type" of Haflinger owner, other than to ask us to join the AHR and pay dues so they can continue to promote "modern" Haflingers and breed the drafty type out of existance. I also agree there is no incentive to join AHR if you live west of the Rockies...
OK... off my soap box....
Suzy Moren So. Calif
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From: halfboxtwo@aol.com
To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:13 PM
Subject: [haflingerfriends] Re: Into the fold ....
I then thought about breeding her
but learned thru inspections that she was not the "type" that they wanted
to be bred to pass on what the inspectors felt would be the haflinger future
type ... She was scored too low and that shocked me, She was the old fashion
type. I was dazed and took a step back and decided to not try to breed as
I didn't know enough about the standards to know what to look for etc. Even
though this mare had already had several foals that were registered with
AHR ... So that was confusing to me to say the least ... e
I am now proud to say I own three haflingers ... and they are all
different in shape and size and mind set. But they are all haflingers and you can
tell as soon as you arrive at my farm ... I have owned several other mares
that came from back east and they were fun to start under saddle and still I
did not breed due to not understanding the standards wanted by the
inspection committees ... I am still learning ... and reading and trying to get that
figured out ... As some of the pure bred haflinger horses I see being
advertised now are like welsh crosses or arabian crosses or whatever ...
So again I love to raise foals but I have not done any breeding in this
breed due to the confusion of what is accepted or will pass inspections ...
I do like two stallions and to my eye both would make wonderful crosses
with the mares I have but it is still so confusing as to what the breed wants
the foals to be like that I still just hang back and enjoy driving and
riding instead ...
So Emily has done a lot to promote this breed and I will send in my dues,
I meant too last month but it is just one more thing on my to do list ... I
really like the mag . and will again order that as well as it is such a good
tool to share with new folks. So I feel this breed is doing just fine as
all the breeds are struggling ... Money is tight for everyone.
I know as I offered our gelding for sale and yes I have had several folks
contact me about him but no one so far has the money to buy anything ...
that is fine as he will stay here with us and have a home for life if we don't
find the right place, we are blessed to be able to afford the horses we
have, but so many are being dumped at the auctions it is sad ... I don't want to
see the haflinger horse become so common and turn into a throw away breed
... such as the T-breds are if they don't make it at the race track ... But
that is a whole different can of worms ... back to this list ...
I would get involved more in the breed but don't feel I have enough
knowledge to be of any help to the board. I do not feel we should have
unregistered haflingers being shown at a haflinger breed show as otherwise what is the
point.
If breeders don't register their foals then the breed will suffer, I am a
firm believer in only breeding registered stock no matter what breed you
are wanting to raise ... the market will come back and new folks will want to
find and buy registered foals ... Just my thoughts on this subject ...
Peggy in eastern Wash.
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