The Harmless Conspiracy
These are some of my thoughts on reading a recent article from Monty Roberts entitled "Arabian Tales" Here are a few quotes and my thoughts, however disjointed they may appear.
"Make a historical journey through the genealogy of horses employed in Thoroughbred racing, show jumping and dressage, and you will discover the genetic influence of the past three centuries or so. I recently embarked on research on this topic, and what I have found is a very interesting pattern, which I would tend to call a harmless conspiracy.
The term harmless could be used because no one is detrimentally affected by its presence. The term conspiracy could be used because there seems to be a clear tendency on the part of the early breeders to hide o ...