Top Fugly Stock Horse Breeders #2

I noticed that there were 133 views of my blog... but only For The Future Of The Breed posted...

POST, people! Go ahead! If you feel as I do about these folks, stand up! Because the only way I can think of to get these people to take a better look at what they are doing to the horse industry - more specifically the STOCK HORSE industry - is to call them out, one by one, and tell it like it is.

I have not one but TWO for you today:

http://www.pocopassion.com/pphome.html

and

http://www1.freewebs.com/rmquarterhorses/


First off... the Poco Passion breeders... do they test for HERDA? NOPE. Do they care about much of anything besides a horse being linebred Poco Bueno and foundation registry eligible? Obviously, not really. SUPER. They are akin to the breeders of H/H horses in my eyes... I can't believe someone would do something so blatantly ignorant as to CONTINUE to linebreed untested Poco Bueno offspring. I sincerely hope that, since I don't think this site gets updated very often, that they have realized that there is new testing available for HERDA and have utilized it.

Otherwise, they really ARE just like the HYPP H/H breeders.

Second point... I HATE IT when a breeder attempts to sell out their religion to feign a 'trustworthy' feeling among the people who are potential buyers and breeders. The second website quotes the Bible at the top of the page... that's just wrong. While I have no problem with people of faith, I DO have a problem when people attempt to use it when they are promoting or selling something. To me, that smudges the line of integrity... would you bring your Ebay sales to church on Sunday? NO, it's just like Jim and Tammy Faye begging for money and using The Lord as a way to siphon money off the people who assume that, if they SAY they love the Lord and that all the money goes to a good place, well, then it must be so.

Puhleez, nobody buys it.

Poco Passion, aside from all your horses possibly carrying a life-threatening genetic disorder, they almost all have long backs and weird legs. AT LEAST TEST YOUR HORSES FOR HERDA!

RM Quarter Horses, your stallion has an exceedingly short neck. He also has no REAL pedigree power... anything past the grandparents brings such a small amount to the breeding equation it's not even funny. He also has a long back. To cap it off, he's got an ugly head with a little tiny eye. That first colt on your sales page is NOT a stud prospect, unless you are trying to fill the world with poorly-bred mediocre horses. I doubt that serving the Lord will protect these horses in the latter parts of their lives, when they quite possibly will find their way onto a slaughter truck or going through a low-rent auction.

If anybody else has one, feel free to post it!