Larry Thornton, Author at Quarter Horse News

Breeding

In The Blood: Shiney Tari & Her Ties to the Blue Hen Diamonds Sparkle

From the hackamore classes to the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open finals, the influence of Shiney Tari and inbreeding to the great broodmare Diamonds Sparkle continued to pay dividends.

Cutting News

In The Blood — Catnaps & Her Foals

The mare Catnaps has started her broodmare career off in a big way, with more than $304,000 in earnings from her first money-earning performers. Those foals – which includes a star cutter and standout cow horse – have pedigrees with vastly different breeding patterns.

Breeding

In The Blood: CR Tuff Guns N Roses & A Mare’s Influence

Cow horse CR Tuff Guns N Roses highlights the power of inbreeding to a superior female, as he has multiple crosses to mares in his pedigree.

Cutting News

In The Blood: Catolena Cashin In & the Influence of Dual Pep

The pedigree of NCHA Super Stakes 4-Year-Old Open Champion Catalena Cashin illustrates the practice of line breeding to Dual Pep.

In the Blood

In the Blood: Genetic Diversity & Super Marioo

There are no guarantees in breeding, but those with a thorough understanding of genetic diversity have long used linebreeding and hybrid vigor to hedge their bets.

In the Blood

In The Blood: Broodmare Sire Effect & Here Comes The Boon

When studying a pedigree, we look at the sire record for the stallion and a produce record for the mare for analysis. It seems obvious that we need good stallions and mares to produce good foals, but many have come to realize the significance of a quality mare and the broodmare sire effect in the production of a foal.

In the Blood

In the Blood: Shining In Town’s Pedigree & Hybrid Vigor

The June Quarter Horse News headline said it all — “Wow! Jennifer Neudorf Sweeps NRHA Derby Non-Pro.” Neudorf, a sophomore in high school, indeed won all four levels of the Non-Pro, as well as the Youth division.

In the Blood

In the Blood: Breeding Patterns Cheat Sheet

Many In the Blood columns feature information about breeding patterns. Hopefully this will help unravel the mystery when it comes to interpreting the lingo.

In the Blood

In The Blood: Sparking Train

As the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) ramps up for its biggest event of the year — the Snaffle Bit Futurity and Hackamore Classic — it seems appropriate to celebrate a special line of cow horses through broodmare Sparking Train.

In the Blood

In the Blood: Crey Zee

The pedigree of this mare highlights the sire accomplishments of the late Dual Pep, a sire of sires and a legendary broodmare sire.