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Ok I have a few questions about what some of the stuff on the pedigrees mean. I highlighted what I have questions about (pretty much everything but their names hehe)! First, what I highlighted in yellow, are those letters the colors of the horses (for example- b. br. dkb. ch. gr.)? And what color do each of them stand for?
Next, highlighted in blue, is that where they were born or is that where they raced or something else?
Then, highlighted in green, is that the date that they were born, or raced or something else?
And last, highlighted in pink, I have no clue what that is.
If anyone can please help me figure all of this out, I would really appreciate it! Thanks in advance!
If someone could help I would really appreciate it! Thanks
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OK, here's the basic system....
In yellow: the color of the foal as listed on the registration papers. B or br= brown, dkb= dark bay or dark brown, ch= chestnut, g or gr= grey, blk= black.
In Blue: the country foaled in, not necessarily bred, because a mare could be bred in Fenace and foal in USA and in blue it would say USA.
In green: the year of birth
And in pink: this is the dosage index, which if you are unfamiliar with this, is somewhat complicated. In the broadest terms, the dosage index is the degree of influencial sire lines in a horses pedigree, and the actual letters in pink are known as the aptitudinal designation. The aptitudinal designation refers to the influential sires (known as chefs-de-race) so called assignments.
B=Brilliant
I=Intermediate
C=Classic
S=Solid
P=Professional.
If you really want to understand this it would be helpful to do more research on the chefs and dosage system.
Hope this helps somewhat....good luck!
In yellow: the color of the foal as listed on the registration papers. B or br= brown, dkb= dark bay or dark brown, ch= chestnut, g or gr= grey, blk= black.
In Blue: the country foaled in, not necessarily bred, because a mare could be bred in Fenace and foal in USA and in blue it would say USA.
In green: the year of birth
And in pink: this is the dosage index, which if you are unfamiliar with this, is somewhat complicated. In the broadest terms, the dosage index is the degree of influencial sire lines in a horses pedigree, and the actual letters in pink are known as the aptitudinal designation. The aptitudinal designation refers to the influential sires (known as chefs-de-race) so called assignments.
B=Brilliant
I=Intermediate
C=Classic
S=Solid
P=Professional.
If you really want to understand this it would be helpful to do more research on the chefs and dosage system.
Hope this helps somewhat....good luck!
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Also, the purple boxes are the sire line and the pink boxes are the female family line so you can quickly reference each line.
And in case you are wondering, further back in the pedigree you will see colored bars, these are used to indicate in-breeding. For example, if a horse is bred 4x4 to Native Dancer there will be the name Native Dancer in the same color in various spaces in the 4th generation of the pedigree.
As for my typo in the previous reply.....by Fenace I meant to type France!!!
And in case you are wondering, further back in the pedigree you will see colored bars, these are used to indicate in-breeding. For example, if a horse is bred 4x4 to Native Dancer there will be the name Native Dancer in the same color in various spaces in the 4th generation of the pedigree.
As for my typo in the previous reply.....by Fenace I meant to type France!!!
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Just a nit: "Dkb/br" = dark bay or brown. There is no "dark brown".
Also, all you have to know on the pedigree format is that blue is for boys and pink is for girls. They're just using an old standard color scheme to clearly separate them.
As for the dosage system, check out the originator's website:
http://www.chef-de-race.com/
Also, all you have to know on the pedigree format is that blue is for boys and pink is for girls. They're just using an old standard color scheme to clearly separate them.
As for the dosage system, check out the originator's website:
http://www.chef-de-race.com/
