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t is a developing trend as SA finds itself with more and more home breeders that more and more horses simply do not belong to any breed. Traditionally professional breeders tended to stick to their breed of choice and the purity of the breed was of utmost importance. The riding population left breeding to breeders and were fortunate enough to be able to access pure bred specimens of their chosen breeds at fairly affordable prices. While the English Thoroughbred has been a closed studbook for hundreds of years, many don’t realise that the same applies to many other breeds, and even studs. Within the Boerperd population, individual horses can often be identified as having come from a particular stud, as studs were family affairs, and many introduced no new outside stock to their breeding herds for a hundred years or more. Breeds that have evolved more recently, such as Warmbloods, started off by bringing Thoroughbred and Arabian blood into their herds of cold blooded draught types, but through careful selection and recording of pedigrees these soon became identifiable as a specific breed, and today one could not suggest that the result of a simple outcross of draught horse to Thoroughbred can be considered a Warmblood.

Warmbloods around the world are developed through local studbooks, but such is the globalised market now that the top Warmblood stock in the world has been influenced by blood from all of the leading studbooks in Europe, and that Warmblood studbooks around the world consistently strive to acquire that blood and bring their own population of Warmblood horses in line with the leading studbooks. So the Warmblood as a breed falls under many studbooks and few (Trekhener is an example) are closed to new blood. These horses that dominate all Olympic disciplines unequivocally can perhaps be considered ‘mongrels’ then, but mongrels with pedigree it must be stressed.

While serious breeders of all breeds are generally purists, there is nothing to stop anybody breeding any stallion to any mare, and hobby breeders are producing horses that have been bred often for reasons that would never cross the mind of a professional breeder. Crossing a Thoroughbred to a Clydesdale to add athleticism to these slow, gentle giants, or a Warmblood to a coloured horse to try and make a horse Warmblood in type but with a colour that is unusual and therefore desirable. In fact anything goes. In the mind of their breeders, these horses are produced to be the best of both breeds. A Boerperd to a Warmblood must make a better dressage horse, an Appaloosa to a Thoroughbred must add power and colour to a flighty, delicate athlete. While this can only be proven one way or another over time, the studbooks or breed societies that handle the breeding, recording, and ultimately the integrity of their respective breeds are simply not buying into this, and the result is horses that don’t have a home anywhere.

These are being referred to more and more as ‘Sport Horses’, and marketed as such. In the past a horse of unknown breeding was called a cross breed, or a farm horse, and these horses were known to be hardy, good-doers which were good pleasure riding horses. They lived out, didn’t need the farrier, and were mostly immune to AHS. Still, anyone with any competitive aspirations generally avoided cross breeds and looked to Thoroughbreds, Arabs, Warmbloods, etc to meet their requirements for sport.

Now the term ‘Sport Horse’ is used, and this can describe any horse really. Can it walk, trot and canter? It’s a dressage type then, and can be seen to be a Sport Horse. If it can pop around a track of 50cm jumps, it’s a sport horse. In a nutshell, Throughbreds are sport horses, so are Arabs and Warmbloods, Friesians and Boerperds, Nooitgedachters, Welsh ponies and Appaloosas too. American Saddle Horses also meet the requirements. So all Warmbloods are sport horses, but not all sport horses are Warmbloods.

Well known is the Irish Sport Horse, which is derived from crossing heavy Irish draught horses – originally with English Thoroughbreds, and later with European Warmblood horses. They were not originally considered to be Warmblood horses and so the term Sport Horse was used. Today it is a recognised studbook in international competition, but it must be said that the intention was never to incorporate horses of any breed.

Basically, a ‘sport horse’ as it refers to the incorporation of any breed, with or without a known pedigree has become a widely used description to try and add value to cross-breed horses when selling them, but is not an actual breed. It is a term that has become widely used in fairly recent times within the equestrian community to accompany the trend of breeding horses (which is a costly process) which ultimately do not belong to any established breed in their own right, but which have a potential use in an equestrian sporting discipline.

Herein lies the problem. These horses have no inherent value such as that which can be attached to pedigreed stock from recognised breeds. They are what they are. You can’t get money for them based on their potential, because there is no way to gauge the potential. There is no history in the parentage to suggest whether they may possess the hidden traits required to excel in the sport.

9 Arabs are known to make good Endurance but who might lack the budget for a highly bred of two horses from different breeds could end up horses. Saddle horses are known for their gaits. Warmblood or Arabian horse. A sport horse can producing the equine equivalent of Frankenstein’s Thoroughbreds are known for their speed. be made to sound like something real, as good as monster. Warmbloods are known for their jump, and their a pure bred horse, at an affordable price. There is movement. But what is a sport horse known for? nothing wrong with this, if the horse can do the job The message to breeders is clear – don’t con yourself It depends. It depends on what the sport horse it doesn’t matter how it is bred. It matters when a that you can reinvent the horse. Developing a breed is. But the question once again “What exactly is a description is given to a horse that makes it sound takes many generations and stringent selection sport horse?” still stands, because what a sport superior to what it actually is in order to obtain a criteria. The breeds that have been successfully horse is cannot be clearly defined, other than to higher price. developed survived for a reason. The policies say that they must be judged on their own merits. of recognised breed societies, while not always There are many really good sport horses. Some perfect, always have a clearly defined goal. You The issues stem from the market. Not every horse are highly bred, good quality animals which really can breed what you want, but you run the risk of owner wants a competition horse. In fact many can and do succeed in sport. These horses must breeding horses that have no real use or value. don’t even want a horse they can ride. Often they never be undermined by being lumped in with a To buyers beware – make sure you know what you want something unique or rare, and these unique population of mediocre, poorly bred horses which are buying. Horses of mixed parentage must be attributes must be visible. Somehow a beautiful lack true quality. Making poor breeding decisions recognised as just that. Purebred horses that are cross-breed is not a glamorous as a beautiful happens all the time within any breed, but when described as sport horses are an anomaly – sport horse. Often people pay very high prices for uneducated breeders start crossing breeds it is there is no good reason for a purebred horse horses that have no real functional value, purely rarely with top quality specimens to start with. The of a specific breed to be described as a sport because of their rarity. It is easy to justify if the old cross breeds were useful because they were horse unless it has not been accepted by the horse has the relevant paperwork to attest to just a product of firstly natural selection, and then breed society that oversees that specific breed. how special it is. secondly numerous in quantity so that the better These could be horses that are not really examples could be chosen and ridden. They purebred, or by stallions that have not been On the other end of the market are the buyers had good qualities such as their toughness and approved for breeding. that really want a well bred competition horse, resistance to disease. A poorly planned crossing

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0 years is a good innings for any movers and he can often be found in the pedigree know anything about it. When I learnt one day that horse, and of course horses die of dressage horses too. Klatte genuinely believed he was the new owner, every day, but in our lifetime perhaps I did not send him away just like that Never treat a dozen or so can be regarded as He won the 1987 Adelheidsdorf stallion performance your clients with disrespect – at least not when great horses. These stallions left test with a jumping index of 146.6! More importantly, they act in good faith. We talked about it and behind a legacy that changed the Contender was a real breeding stallion who came to a compromise. The stallion was leased to face of breeding forever. Contender produced the goods. He went on to be the 1-b Oldenburg for a number of years.” was one such stallion. main premium vice champion in Oldenburg on the basis of his excellent first crop of foals. His showjumping progeny include Meredith 3An impressive dark bay stallion, he stood 171cm Michaels-Beerbaum’s Checkmate 4, Nick and stood over ground. For many years he stood Although a Holsteiner, he spent the early part Skelton’s former ride Carlo 273 and Ludger as one of the ‘big 3’ stallions in Holstein, which of his breeding career in Oldenburg. Norbert Beerbaum’s top mare Chiara 222. are limited to 350 mares per season. He was Boley, the manager of the Holstein Verband, oversubscribed, with over 700 mare applications tells the story of how Contender came to stand Thomas Mohr, director of the Maas J. Hell stallion received each year for his service. in Oldenburg:- “I bought Contender as a foal. station said about Contender “He has proven Eventually he was brought to the selection, what he has for the breed, he gives lots of power. He was by the Cor de la Bryere son Calypso and halfway through his performance , Klatte He is the sire of many horses on the international II, out of the Ramiro/Ladykiller xx mare Gofine. from Oldenburg had expressed his interest in the showjumping scene. He is a great stallion – you As a jumping sire he produced countless top stallion over a pint of beer. Things developed so either like him or you don’t like him, but he had performers, over 127 approved sons, and over enthusiastically with a number of studbook people set his footmark. He is comparable to Grannus in 60 state premium mares in Holstein. He also, that Klatte already believed he had bought the Oldenburg, or Pilot in Westfalia, but he needs a like his dam sire Ramiro, produced many good stallion, while I, the authorised person, did not special mare, a blood type mare.”

16 Norbert Foley, when asked where Contender fitted into the breeding mix next to Capitol and Cor de la Bryere, said “He has all the good blood in his pedigree. He has Cor de la Bryere, he has Ladykiller xx, he has Ramiro. I think he is able to do everything – he produces good horses with quality, scope – he is somewhere between the 2, the mix. He is not as big and strong as Cassini, but he has good performers and produces good rideability. There are a lot of good offspring from him in the market, the Contender offspring move better than those from Cassini and Capitol.”

While semen from Contender was never available outside Holstein and Oldenburg, his blood lives on through his many sons and daughters. In South Africa Contender blood can be found through his sons, notably the SAWHS licenced stallions Clarinius (Contender/Capitol I), Con Coriano (Contender/Coriano) and Conlanc (Contender/ Lancer). Offspring of sons Cameron and Conti who stood at stud in Namibia are also to be found. A small number of his daughters also stand at stud in South Africa. For breeders making use of frozen semen, Contender can be found as the sire’s sire of Contendros Bube (dressage) and Commodor (jumping), and as the dam’s sire of jumping stallions Quintender and Chacco-Blue, as well as the dressage stallion Sir Oldenburg.

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The professionals in the industry involved with selection, training, buying or selling of horses all use some unusual terminology to describe different types of horses and traits that many display. A simple word or two can instantly sum up everything they need to know instantly about a horse. Here are a few of these slang terms and what they really mean:-

MUG-CATCHER This is a horse that appears to be the real deal. It seems superior in every way. Possessing extraordinarily good looks, presence and a massive textbook jump, or amazing movement, it normally gets sold as a young horse for a big price. Even the professionals can be taken in by them. Shortly thereafter, it gets sold again, also for a good price. That’s because it just isn’t what it is cracked up to be. It never lives up to your expectations. Either it is not trainable, or despite its huge jump, battles to get around a track. Still, when it gets sent off to be sold, you can be sure that the first person to look at it will buy it. Over time these horses develop a reputation, and so they become progressively cheaper, and end up in a hack home. One thing you can be sure of, they will soon be on the market again.

POLE KICKER This is a reference to a jumping horse that isn’t particularly careful. Also known as a ‘4-faulter’, it will jump everything reliably, but will always have a rail or two down. It’s not because the jumps are too big – it will have a rail down over 1.40m or 90cm. It’s a horse TYRE KICKER ALLERGIC TO WOOD that just finds rails for no obvious reason. These horses This term refers not to a horse but rather to a Refers to a horse that appears to have been will rattle their way up the grades, even jumping in person who is shopping for a horse. They come ‘touched up’. A horse that seems to be super careful 1.50m classes, but never emerging as real contenders. and look at horses, often riding many horses, but and a little anxious, it infers that the horse is jumping Riders often hang onto them for years, hoping that they ultimately are not seriously in the market to buy a differently to how it has been known to jump, and that will improve, but when the chips are down it’s a sure horse. They are also known as ‘Window Shoppers’ some rapping may have taken place, causing the thing that they will have a fence down. or ‘Joyriders”. In extreme cases they will even horse to jump bigger and be hyper-aware of its legs. arrange for vettings of a horse with no intention of PADDOCK PERFORMER buying. They will try expensive horses and then tell LIPSTICK BRIGADE This term refers to that amazing horse that can jump you their budget is actually a fraction of what the This is a derogatory term describing a stereotype anything at home, everything in the warm-up arena, horse they are trying is priced at. of horse owner, normally female and middle-aged, but lets you down in the ring. They will enter the who purchase often expensive horses but are ring casually, but will either refuse a jump or stand LOTS OF CHROME essentially non-riders. They have all the latest gear up in the corner once their round is underway. Not This describes a horse that is flashy and has a lot and attire, and spend most of their time primping always, but often enough to be a major problem. of markings, or is an unusual and desirable colour. at the stables – themselves, their horse and the When buyers come to try them, they feel amazing They are easy to sell and come at a premium. Buyers property. They enjoy watching their horses being and jump everything. Take them to another property just see the flash and tend to overlook conformation schooled by the latest ‘in-demand’ work rider three to try and they still produce the goods. Take them to shortcomings, or lack of talent. Dealers love them times a week, and are at every equestrian event to a show and they will slam on the brakes. because they never sit with a horse like this for long. be seen with whatever minor celebs might be there.

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So what is Equine Thermography and why is a safe and effective means of evaluation of its approval and classification of thermography should we use it? vasomotor instability due to irritation or injury as a diagnostic screening procedure in humans of spinal roots, nerves or sympathetic fibres. and was later introduced for Equine Screening I am asked all the time, ‘what’s that?’ Thermography Procedures. On a thermogram you should see the is nothing new! It has been used in Industry and the While thermography cannot be used to indicate temperature scale, date and time of scanning. Military for over 50 years. It is a study of thermo pain, it is useful in detecting associated vasomotor The colour coding is relative to temperature, with dynamics or temperature range relating to an instability and complex pain states associated white being the hottest ranging through red, orange, object. Equine thermography has been developed with arthritis, soft tissue injuries, low back disease yellow, green, blue and black as the coldest. for use in the same way Medical thermography or reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The diagnosis of is applied. In South Africa it is a recent introduction, neurological and musculoskeletal abnormalities It is as a result of this technology that pre-race taken on board with skepticism, but it is an incredibly by thermography is based on associated thermal screening is of huge value to race horse owners useful tool for assisting in diagnosis of certain asymmetry between normal and abnormal and trainers. Being a reasonably affordable problems. The hand held or stationary camera sites, a change in normal temperature gradients scanning medium, it is the best tool for early focuses onto your Equine, under certain scanning in limbs or between medial and lateral digits, detection in associated limb and lung complications protocols, and scans a pattern of temperature or a disturbance of the normal physiological in young race horses. Early detection of stress ranges on the area the thermographer is focused. temperature distribution pattern. It is shown that fractures and joint deterioration issues are The image is taken,say of the front legs, stored the surface temperature of the equine body is exposed before they are apparent to the trained onto a PC and then analysed by a trained ther- symmetrical. It is a reflection of blood flow in the eye. These tests are generally done at least 14 mographer. The report of the images is compiled dermal microcirculation, and the control of this days prior to a race to ensure that no further by the trained thermographer for the client to microcirculation is autonomic and specifically damage is done to an area that did not appear submit for diagnosis to their referring Veterinarian, sympathetic. Though this is not a new phenomenon, to be a problem. Though we do scan “regions of Chiropractor, Physiotherapist or Farrier. it is relatively new to horse owners in South Africa. interest” such as just a foot or knee or hip, it is always better to do a full body scan, for sacrum These images are not like an XRAY. It is a fusion This is a highly sensitive system of temperature problems can show up as referred problems of colour patterns and the colours indicate the reading, and what has been found happening from the neck and head, all being linked by the surface temperature in varying ranges from blue, is the importation of inferior industrial camera’s spinal column. The images will also show imperfect being the coldest, through green, yellow, orange, which show temperature changes and are symmetry and therefore will often require only red, with white being the hottest. As a result of designed for use only in the industrial field. All Chiropractic assistance, therefore saving understanding thermal patterns combined with are hand held cameras but there are some that considerable time and discomfort to the a thorough knowledge of the skin and anatomy, have their computer on stand with the electronic horse. This type of scanning not only saves the Equine thermography is able to guide the cables running to it. There is however, even in these the owner money but will probably ensure the referring professional to an injury site with advanced camera’s a hand held grip attach- horse runs a truer race. The main clinical value is pinpoint accuracy, and this is the incredible ment which allows the DITI technician to scan therefore in the early identification of inflamma- advantage of a Thermography scan when the safely under the belly and under the foot. These tory/and or neurological processes involving soft referring professional is not too sure of the exact are the most advanced cameras and this system tissue and bone. origin, for it is very easy to mistake the referred guarantee’s accurate veterinary diagnostic reporting pain as the origin. performed by qualified veterinary surgeons. These For more information, scan bookings or training reports are returned via email to the Equine owner courses, I can be contacted on :- 0845629818 or This technical breakthrough for the Equine within 48 hours of scanning and are prepared for email me, [email protected] industry is establishing itself in South Africa, referral to your own veterinary surgeon by the but very slowly! Like all new technologies there thermographic technician. With all scanning a We travel country wide. Training and purchases is always suspicion! This happens, but I believe series of images are taken, and on the report of camera’s can also be done through us at that it is the duty of the genuine/qualified operator will appear anterior, posterior and lateral views Shumba Valley Equestrian Centre and Academy to inform the public how to recognize the cheap of the study. 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