passing through wrote:
passing through wrote:
forthefutureofthebreed wrote:
The great progenitor, Poco Bueno.

By golly, it appears he didn't get his daddy's knees after all!

But he is underslung and doesn't have a flatter croup.  You know come to think of it Doc O'Lena is kind of ugly too.  Don't make me come to the desert to bury you in it FTF.  Pissing all over my illusions damn it.
One of the favorite topics that comes up eventually on every board is,  "If you could have any horse living or dead who would it be."  I am always stumped by this, because it doesn't come with a catalog.  

Awww crap I hit quote instead of edit and am too lazy to start over. 
  
Well, PT. Doc O'Lena was not a bad looking horse - much more modern looking than Poco Bueno or King. He was an improvement in some ways over his sire and grandsire, but then he picked up a few 'new things' to contend with. Breeding horses is 'a work in progress', so they say...



Here is Doc O'Lena with his son, Smart Little Lena:



And, of course, when you narrow the gene pool while selecting for a single trait, there will be some loss of size and substance.