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>Surely there must be some of the approved stallions of >the baroque type that would be worthy of your >consideration, they are not all 'sporty'. My gelding >is by Olof 315, an older stallion who it seems is >known for producing smaller shorter backed dressage >type horses. If mine is anything to go by then its >true, he is 15.1hh and almost square! > >The point I'm trying to make is that if you produce >horses of this type within 'the system'it must be >better than doing your own thing. At least with full >papers they can be taken to the grading (so what if >you don't get ster)and lovers of the baroque type can >show what their horse can do. This must be better >than sitting on the sidelines with a horse that can't >participate because its by a non-approved stallion. I >would prefer to be 'in the club' showing my beautiful >baroque and hopefully gaining converts to his type, >than not being in the club at all. > >As for your thoughts about 'backhanders', I must agree >that there is a strong possibility of that where money >and human nature come into play. > >The same problem is no doubt at the root of the >hereditary illness issues. People will not admit that >their stock have one of these issues as it will lose >them money, its understandable, especially if its >their livelihood at stake. What is the answer to >this? Should the FPS have a system whereby owners >must notify them of cause of death of all registered >frieisians and this must be verified by a vet? With >this data, over time, the extent and source of the >problems would emerge. This is just a random thought >(more petrol).

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