Chapter five modern era trotting sire lines as mentioned in chapter one, the beginning of the modern era is set at 1950, coinciding with signi. I had no idea it would lead to something that id actually be doing. We are offering an original print titled trotting horse dexter. As a sire at castleton farm, kentucky, he had two sons who had a great effect on the breed, speedy crown and arnie almahurst. His most outstanding son, the gelding harold logan, won sixteen classic races, including two new zealand cups. Fuschia leads to both fandango and kerjacques, two of the most important sires in french trotting ever. I think it was helen duer that gave me these books that john bradley wrote modern trotting sire lines and modern pacing sire lines so i read both of those and kind of absorbed them. Horse index this is a index page to help you find the horse you were looking forsome horses have pages of their own, others are used as example under subjects of discussion. Modern trotting sire lines by john bradley signed horse breeders 1997. The book traced the history of sire lines and maternal families. The stallion dyoll starlight was credited with being the foundation sire of the modern breed, and was a combination of welsh and arab breeding.
Standardbred sire lines dominant and outcross 98% of top sires now trace to hal dale, volomite or speedster the 20th century provided harness racing fans with three foundation sires that brought the speed to the modern game, hal dale, volomite and speedster. Watercolor horse western notecard set by oregon artist dean crouser portrays natures mighty horse in lifelike, energetic form through his vibrant and intricate watercolor paintings. He suggests links in the pedigree of each horse leading to its success. Trotting sire muscle hill topped all categories in 2016 by melissa keith. February 2017 hoof beats harness racing newsroom usta.
All prices shown here and links are in us dollars unless noted otherwise. Stallion register 20192020 by new zealand standardbred. From his line came an influential stallion of the section b type. Eighth annual collection, and the illustrated history of the third reich, and more on. Getting in foal breeding basics series offers more tips for increasing conception rates by marvin pave read article peter prolific peter the great is the key to the modern standardbred by willy.
An epic adventure in local living by doug fine green investing a guide to making money through environmentfriendly stocks by jack uldrich green living for dummies by yvonne jeffery, liz barclay, michael grosvenor. Buy modern trotting sire lines by john bradley introduction by, stanley f bergstein foreword by online at alibris. Bradley analyzes each horse sire by sire, dam by dam, cross by cross and nick by nick. Book list harness racing australian harness stud book care and training of the trotter and pacer,new harness and hopples harness stud book mighty mount eden,the modern pacing sire lines modern trotting sire lines village kid story the greyhound feeding and care of the greyhound ultimate greyhound the breeding. With one of the largest book inventories in the world, find the book you are looking for. Sire of a nyss champion in every year at stud save one. This book discusses pedigree crosses as well has the basic rules of horsemanship, conformation, conformation, conformation. The trotting scenewith one major exceptionis no different from other spectator events. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The purpose of this book is to point out which standardbred trotting stallions most consistantly sire the sports best performers and provide a guide for beeders. Modern trotting sire lines by john bradley, hardcover.
Stud books and breed 1977 stallion register the louisiana thoroughbred. The most popular modern sirelines are basically split into dressage sires and jumper sires, and hanoverians are beginning to be more purpose bred. Modern trotting sire lines by john bradley introduction. John bradley books list of books by author john bradley. Hoffman tweet its long been axiomatic to say that all harness horses in north america trace their ancestry to hambletonian. This stallion was sired by a barb and out of a mare from the dyoll. The exception, of course, is that horses dont talk back to people, whether puzzled researchers, jubilant fans or upset punters. Both arent out of the actual most successful sire line in france, the one of coktail jet and especially his son love you, champion sire in france, sweden and germany. From the scotland sire line, speedy scot was a triple crown winner and horse of the year. Rare thoroughbred sire lines ormonde and teddy and.
The origin of the term standardbred was first officially used in 1879. Horse books, books, books please wait this page can be slow in loading into your browser depending on traffic. The importation of the grey english thoroughbred stallion, messenger, to america in 1788 was the turning point in establishing what is known as the american trotter, todays standardbred breed. Author john bradley looks at the pedigrees, records and stud performance of the top 50 pacing sires of the modern era. The happy medium sire line is by far the most dominant influence in the world of trotting today, and appears destined to maintain that position for the.
Arnie almahurst had two good sons at stud arndon, sire of. John bradley introduction by, stanley f bergstein foreword by. In order for a standardbred to be registered they must be able to trot a distance of one mile in 2 minutes and 30 seconds, the standard, and hence the name of the breed, standardbred. The only pictures ive sourced of shadow wave are the two in john bradleys wonderful book modern pacing sire lines which also records detail about his racing career, his breeding and his offspring. Wallaces year book of trotting and pacing in 19 containing full summaries of all trotting and pacing performances of the year, in which any heat was trotted in 2. See all books authored by john bradley, including the years best fantasy and horror. I recently posted a brief summary history in another post read it here. Specialist in new and secondhand equestrian books dvds and cdroms. Hambletonians sire line can be traced back to another very important horse, his greatgrandsire messenger.
Need a quick overview of modern thoroughbred sire lines. Now days many standardbreds, which include both trotters and pacers, can go much faster and can eclipse 2 minutes. It also coincides with the arrival of the great sires adios. Djebel also sired clarion, born in 1944, who, though less successful than my babu on the track, is the best hope for the survival of the byerley turk sire line clarion sired klairon in 1952, whose son luthier would lead the french sire list four times. After all, he is the big daddy of harness racing and americas greatest trotting classic is named for him. John bradley is internationally recognized as a leading standardbred pedigree authority. Modern trotting sire lines has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace.
Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. Modern pacing sire lines modern trotting sire lines harness the winning harness overlays nature and ecology books farewell my subaru. Independent bookshop selling new and secondhand books, coffee and cake. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Harness writers association for more than 30 years.
They detail the accomplishments of major studs over the past 2025years or so and include a ton of information but not a lot of theory. These are current sires or sires that are close up in the pedigrees of todays horses. I am looking for articlesbooks on breeding theories for. His inside knowledge of the standardbred breed, the bloodlines, horses, races and people is a result of more than 32 years in the industry.
And well see if we can guess where the future will take us. The bloodlines of the french trotters also include more thoroughbred blood in the maternal lines when compared to the american standardbred. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. American sire lines in france world class trotting.
Modern trotting sire lines by john bradley much ado. John bradley wrote two wonderful books, modern trotting sire lines and modern pacing sire lines. Step and go together a world of horses and horsemanship by b. They are still bred for an extravagant trot, and sometimes the walk and canter suffer because of this, but for the most part, hanoverians are bred to excel in both dressage and show jumping.
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