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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  The Yorkshire Terrier is in no danger of dying out without changing the standard, so the Morgan horse analogy isn't very useful. Plus, I'm not sure why a horse that had been around for 200 years needed a standard change (rescinding the high white rule) in 1996 to keep it from dying out. Or are there other changes you are referring to?. |
I'm sorry if you can't see the point I was making regarding how recessive genes and genes in general, can hide for years and then show up. This seems to be a big question in many of the naysayers minds here, "How could the parti gene just show up after so many years?" It just does!!! I tried to give an example of how it did in the Morgan breed after 50 years of trying to control the pinto genes either by enacting the 30+ year high white rule and requiring 25 years of parental verification through blood typing and DNA.
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Originally Posted by Woogie Man I will say that you got me to looking around, though. Apparently, there is no separate breed club that sets the standard for the Morgans (such as the YTCA) and no overall registry (as in AKC). The Morgan horse has its own registry that sets its own standard, if I'm reading it right.. |
That is correct, the morgan horse has it's own registry through the American Morgan Horse Assoc., I believe most horse breed registries are run by their breed club.
The club is also open to all who want to become a member, unlike many of the dog breed clubs. All of the equine breed registries/associations I've belonged to were open to anyone who wanted to join.
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Originally Posted by Woogie Man A couple of things I did notice. If you go to the AMHA site Morgan Ideal - AMHA, right at first you'll see 2 horses that are described as 'ideal'. Neither has the large areas of white. I did see some sites that has breeders advertising 'classic' Morgans, so there are those sticking with the old standard, whether the registry does or not. |
Yes, the photos of the Ideal Morgan stallion and mare are the same illustrations that have been around for years as an example of the Morgan. The Classic Morgan Admirers club tries to adhere to that old type morgan look and classic morgan foundation bloodlines.
The Western Working Morgan club focuses in on the Morgan bloodlines that were used for ranch work in the early years of the breed.
The Rainbow Morgan Club ... well, I guess you can figure that was the club that I was involved in, promotes and educates people about colorful morgans.
An "A" rated Morgan show, has classes for basically every riding division, sport horse, hunter, western, park, english pleasure, driving, in hand (conformation) and they also have a "Justin Morgan" class.