Running out of titles for these

Sorry -- no pictures. It's an unillustrated blog this time.

Dr. Deb's been at it again! She is the greatest. She did a couple of columns on the head which were interesting. Basically -- don't try to put an Arab head on another horse. (duh) She also included a Guess the breed test with pictures of heads and you had to decide what breed it was. It wasn't multiple choice and I didn't do very well alas. Just got the newest Equus magazine today in the mail and the article this month is on the Source of Power. I'm looking forward to this one.

Judy Wardrope's Conformation Corner in the Jan/Feb 2011 Warmbloods Today feature is intriguing and of great interest because of the breed of horses she was comparing. She had pictures of 2 Irish Sport Horse geldings that were related through the sire line. One was a winner in international eventing and the other that she says isn't built for international competition. A brief glance and they look remarkably similar so it was remarkable to find out what she thought made the difference As we all know, sadly many Irish Sport Horses have no Irish Draught in their blood. I don't know about these 2 geldings. There was no mention of Irish draughts at all. Someone who follows international competitions might know what horse it is. The clues given:
--5th in Young Horse World Championships in 2006
--youngest horse to win an FEI World Cup Event qualifier (2007)
--Member of the gold medal team at 2008 Olympics
--Competed in the 2010 WEG
The other competed nationally in the Young Event Horse category finishing 4th.

I've been meaning to mention this for sometime but just haven't gotten to it. The Nov/Dec 2010 issue of Warmbloods Today in an article entitled "Allison's Amazing Comeback"(Allison was a grand prix show jumper), there was mention of two new horses that the rider Callan Solem was working with now. One of them was Magic Cruise. Magic Cruise was described as a Belgian-bred Selle Francais by Cruising. I don't know about you but I find it extremely irritating that Cruising's Irish bloodlines (much less his Irish Draught bloodlines) are not mentioned. Instead of trying to destroy the Irish Draught horse why can't the HSI market the Irish draught better? Emphasize what makes the ID unique and so very special. Who the heck wants another continental warmblood? The world is glutted with them as it is.

grumble, grumble, grumble.

Be sure and let me know if you've figured out who the aforementioned horse is! :)