Author
|
Topic: How much TB? (Read 8512 times)
|
|
|
Tannenwald Trakehner
ata
Old Hand
 Offline
Posts: 935
TANZBRISE by Windfall out of Tariana
|
I would hate mandatory foal inspections. We have a two horse trailer, and generally more than two foals (let alone mares). I think such a requirement would be another added expense/difficulty/stress on the foals with limited benefit.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Maren
ata
Old Hand
Offline
Posts: 691
The Bouncer
|
I agree with Ingrid! Foal inspections take you nowhere!
We have them over here and motions have been filed with the Verband to completely drop them. They are so VERY unreliable, as foal inspections completely rely on this one day in the life of a (mostly) growing youngster. I know hundrets of foals with outstanding foal scores that never ended near that "quality" as grown ups and vice versa. The scores are neat if you want to sell, but other than that, I usually do not pay attention to them.
And in a country like the US, who can realistically expect to see foals being shipped to inspections? As a breeder, I would never take the risk.
They are, BTW, not mandatory in Germany either. You don't have to have your foal inspected. And I think the procedure as the OLD in NA do, turning down foals that don't have a minimum score, is very dangerous, due to growth and development issues.
I usually stick to "look at a horse at 3 days, 3 months and 3years". Any other age just completely gives you a wrong picture.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Jennifer
ata
Gold Medallist
Offline
Posts: 323
|
Several registries in addition to the ISR Old conduct foal inspections. The GOV does not give scores anymore because foals change so much. It does award premiums to the better foals, but also comments when appropriate that maybe if seen on another day a foal would have gotten a premium. But, it has moved away from labeling a foal with any number scores that it would carry with him forever. They also pull the hairs for DNA testing at the inspection and provide the microchip for the foal.
The American Hanoverian Society, Westfalen, RPSI, Dutch, (and others) have foal inspections, too.
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: April 06, 2004, 09:32:34 AM by Jennifer »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jennifer
ata
Gold Medallist
Offline
Posts: 323
|
Yes, its a logistical headache, that's for sure. I'm helping a friend of mine who will have 4 babies and 4 mares to take to inspections this year and she has one 2-horse trailer! She'll probably have to hire someone to move some of her horses. One of these pairs is going to the GOV inspection, but 3 pairs will go to the Hanoverian inspection. The inspection site is about 1 1/2 to 2 hours away which isn't too bad.
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: April 06, 2004, 01:35:47 PM by Jennifer »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
 |
