Paso Fino, pure here

Many times I found myself talking to some friends about the importance of the mares in the program recrÃa ... and although we know that each parent contributes half of the genes that will inherit the rack ... always conclude that â € OEDE some € maneraâ the n Observation dictates that the mare contributes more s ...

Today I want to introduce two excellent articles that will help us understand a little better na what happens at the genetic © tico when choosing a stallion to serve our mares ... both articles refer to racehorses, but the concepts apply perfectly to our horses Paso Fino ...

The X Factor:
Influence on ± or sized heart and the importance in the mares of CRAA

Secretariat is considered by some as the best rider in the history of American hÃpica. This alazà n son of Bold Ruler was born in 1970 and Won 16 of the 21 races in which it participates ³. It is one of 11 U.S. triplecoronados, winning the 3 year ± os the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. It was better 2 year ± os in 1972 and Horse of the Year in 1972 ± o and 73, Adema champion s of n in the same year Pasto ± o. Was removed by one because of an injury and taken to foster high expectations for successful reproduction n.

When he died in 1989, diecisà © is year ± os after © s of becoming champion n, great revelation ³ n was what it was discovered during his autopsy, poseÃa a heart of 9.988 kilos, offset by the 3.8 kilos on average has the thoroughbred race.

Before Secretariat, and Australians habÃan observed correlacià ³ n between filesize ± or the heart and the ability athletic © tica of the horses ... the interesting thing is that geneticists have discovered that this ability is given by the â € œgen of heart grandeâ € : X Factor ... and à © ste is transmitted trava © s of the line substitute, for the Mitochondrial DNA ...

Mitochondrial DNA and its role in maternal inheritance

The discovery of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been one of the most s relevant findings occurred in the recent history of the genetic © tica. In the specific case of the industry of thoroughbred racing the discovery of these genes of mitochondrial origin has become important because of the influence that they seem to have on the transmission n character is n intimately linked to â € œperformanceâ € or the ability athletic © tica.

The coat, the shape and sized ± or body, libido, earliness, speed, â € œstaminaâ €, the character, and so on., Are features whose presence or manifestacià ³ n in a horse is n governed by the information contained in genes. These genes which will be n the patra ³ n or mold for the formation ³ n of a new being, from the material genetic © tico provided with # kernel of comfortable © cells sex, ie à ³ vulo and sperm from the mother and father respectively, after joining the time of fecundacià ³ n n give rise to a new individual. In short, both parents transmit to their offspring genes especÃficos to contribute to the appearance and virtues of the new being. However, the discovery of mtDNA involves the transmission n of a material genetic © tico happens to the offspring without being subject to change and which is exclusively of maternal origin, indicating that part of the estate or certain features of a living being is only a product of genetic © tica maternal influence.

No special attention has been paid to the possibility that the information it contains no mtDNA ³ n manifestacià regulate certain characteristics linked to or athletic ± desempeà © tico. However, these features do not appear to be of type Physical Fitness, is not dependent on a horse mtDNA have long legs, short neck, broad chest, which is not alazà dapple. What has been raised is that the information n genetic © policy contained in the mtDNA will determine qua © so efficient is cellular metabolism at the level of those body systems that are responsible for a good performance ± or athletic © tico. Certain mares have been called mares over by the ability to broker their children, pass this information No genetic © tica of intact to their children of both sexes and it will continue was transmitting © ndose from generation to generation to trava © s of his daughters.

Either way the â € € œinbreedingâ outstanding mares may enhance the effect or influence the maternal line has on the ability of their offspring runner transvestite © s of the information contained in mtDNA.

For me, these items are very important because they give us a tool on which to base decisions so far have made â € appropriations by Observation nâ €, basa ndonos our instincts but no â € œrazà ³ n cientÃficaâ € to lean on ... I want to clarify that these studies this year ° n ± n in cloth todavÃa ales and have a long way to go, but at least show that we are on the right track ...

For example ... there is no doubt that a mare Galana was outstanding and that its influence can be traced trava © s of their offspring ... Galana, in turn, was the daughter of the Navy who also © n was a great breeding ... and à © sta, Battle daughter whom we recognize for their great influence on our race, especially trava © s of his daughters ...

These observations are the same that led me to buy SerranÃa ... Labriego is the pimp more s remarkable that our race has had in the past 25 year ± os ... when we see his pedigree tend to look at the line of Cialito (Kofresà x Galantita) ... but when we make a study more deep s ruling found that the line was the line ... from here Diorama that crossing Labriego Diorama was so effective in producing higher copies ...

Likewise, cross Labriego with SerranÃa (Calypso Jr x Diorama) was also © n an intersection that is characterized to produce superior specimens ... on the other hand, we understand here because the crossing on Labriegoâ œLabriego â € € â € "either inbreedings father / daughter or brother / sister â €" produce consistently stellar examples ...

Not everything is â € œcolor of Rosaa € and we have to have a lot of caution when making crosses n consanguÃneos to strengthen the maternal lines crossing possible ... because in the same way that an Acenta º and emphasize the characteristics desirable ... also © n can be transmitted and reinforced the defects ... for this race ³ n is necessary to study carefully the crossings ... confirming that the horses and mares that appear in the register correspond to reality ... analyzing the characteristics of parents, grandparents / as, grandparents / as ...

This is just what to â € œabrirles the apetitoâ € ... both articles is n awesome and there is much we can learn from them ... so I invite you to read ... the can be accessed from this article, or the section â € œArtÃculos permanentesâ € shown in the right column ...

A few days ago I was telling a friend that if I had a farm and economic resources, Not only you'll only need horses Paso Colombiano ... but which will retain at least a Trocha and Trot ³ n Galopero ... this, of course, without leaving my horses Paso Pure Fine Puertorriqueà ± o ...

 Surprised? ... Is that there is a false nocià ³ n that being â € œpuristaâ € means to love only our breed Paso Fino ... and reject too s,  especially horses Paso Colombiano! ... So we see people who insist that to be a judge at our shows have to be â € œcomprometido with Razaa € ...

But the reality is that although different breeds, strong ties bind us together ... and you can see the great influence it has had on each other ... on the one hand, there is no doubt that the Colombian dressage â € "as tools and © techniques referred ta â € "has influenced the training of Paso Fino horse Puertorriqueà ± o ... including the use of the sounding board and other evidence of difficulty we see in our powers have their origin in Colombia ...

On the other hand, the type of horse that likes Colombian Paso today is very different day liked and that were raised for 30 year ± os ... now looking for a horse collected more s, s more polished, more s fine ... and while this is a product of americanoâ € â € œgusto this, in turn, reflects the first imports of Paso Fino horses Puertorriqueà ± os in the United States ... so so I bring up the name â € œPaso Finoâ € ...

I am telling you this because I believe that times are changing ... n first, because there is more s knowledge: from both sides ... second, because it is starting to raise awareness that there are two races, and as such, must be kept pure ... and third, because we understand that false nationalisms (each other) do not contribute to the good of the horse ... that after all, is what matter to Provision must ...

A few days ago that Atty. Quijano invites ³ to comment on how to develop our skills of Paso Fino ... also © n has made ​​a number of very interesting observations on the subject Doma denim pole vault ... it's very interesting how to these two issues, as different from s invite us to reflect on one of the problems we face in our race: the functionality of our horses ...

I invite you to watch this new video on vaqueraâ € â € œDoma for highlighting what I mean ...

I remember when I was a girl or my grandfather tenÃa ± a horse son of Eve called Chocolate ... it was on this horse that my cousins ​​and I learned really what I was riding a horse Paso Fino ... like Chocolate was layer ³ n (castrated), couldnâ € ™ t compete in the events of Paso Fino or fine forms, but my grandfather competÃa regularly in the category of Conditions ... of course, this was when my grandfather was using to go horseback riding with friends or œvoltearâ € â € the farm ... Chocolate was a true representative of our race ... even Chocolate was one of horses that we â € ³ â € œrepresentà at Madison Square Garden in the early â € ™ 60 ...

Chocolate, like many horses of his à © Little, was a horse functional ... because cumplÃa fully the function n for which habÃa developed the race ... there is no doubt that our race has evolved, but I wonder: our horses,  are they still functional? ...

PermÃtanme give you another example ... for Cesar Figueroa (Cesar he worked ³ with us for many year ± os and lived ³ on our farm until a year ± o), his pride was tame a horse so that he could mount any person ... decÃa à © l it was ascertained that the ability of the editor, to fix a horse to work so well if the rider regardless of skill ... this contrasts with some of the horses we see today in day, we find qualified horses, horses that only work with an editor that â € œThe especÃfico entiendeâ € ...

I think one reason for this is that many of the Duea ± I â € œmodernosâ € do not care to ride ... and therefore, our horse has gone from being a riding horse to be a horse of exhibition n ... I Sadly, that has the qualities to be both, but neither breed nor domamos for that ...

Therefore it is very important to be aware of the function n for which it was developed our race ... and this awareness should be reflected both in choosing the crosses in the recrÃa, as in the time to fix our horses and judge them on the dance competition ...