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The undeserved underestimation of marelines
Marelines form the foundation for horse breeding. This is clearly demonstrated
by the fact that certain marelines, via their various branches, will produce
successful sporthorses and licensed stallions for generation upon generation.
Marelines are the constant factor in breeding. And stallion lines can only
survive because of this constant factor.
The only book ever published about Dutch marelines is "De Groninger Warmbloedfokkerij
(Groninger Warmblood Breeding)", written by J.B. Kamphuis, which appeared
in 1948. There is a growing need among breeders to gain solid insight into
the gene pool provided by the dam's side of licensed stallions and sporthorses
performing at national and international level. Unimpeded by any borders of
breeding regions or subjective preferences of studbooks, "The Leading
Mares" will offer you this highly essential information.
Particularly in bloodstock breeding the influence of the marelines has always
been considered of foremost importance. With the result that bloodstock breeding
has progressed relatively much faster. In order to gain solid insight into
this subject matter, it is necessary that the marelines are logically numbered,
as is indeed the case in bloodstock breeding and in the Holstein and Trakhener
studbooks. All the families occurring in "The Leading Mares" are
therefore numbered with the prefix NL-mareline.
This first book
covers 50 marelines, more than 2,750 horses, and is illustrated with hundreds
of photographs. For each mareline its relationship with (inter)national sport
horses and stallions licensed by any studbook recognized by the WBFSH has
been charted. Eventually "The Leading Mares" will cover about 250
marelines. Additions will be published over the years, containing updates
and new photographic material. You can find more information about the first
two additions, “Supplement 2004/2005” and “Supplement 2005/2006”,
on this website.
In this way "The Leading Mares" will become a standard work for
Dutch riding horse breeding and will form a basic tool for breeders to become
successful and to solidify their success in sporthorse breeding
May insight and know how forever grow,
Heythuysen and
Pesse
Jac Remijnse and Jacob Melissen
