Photo: Little
Abraxas  Moon Glow
(Abraxas Moonstruk x Abraxas Maar Hala)

I have designed the chart below to try and help the breeder visualize traits and how they carry to their offspring. You should do your homework and learn if your mares and stallions are CARRIERS, CLEAR or AFFECTED. Trying to breed as clear as possible from inherited transmissible abnormalities. Believe me, it is a key element in breeding. You can produce the most exquisite foal ever ‑ but if it has a twisted cannon, clubfoot or human eye? Have you bred the best possible foal?

 
The "Genetic Card"

I would like to share with you Abraxas Moon Glow, as she is a culmination of the above factors. Why? Study her pedigree, she is bred very tightly and I would not recommend this tight of mating on just any bloodlines as you must know their genetic and structural strengths and weakness to succeed. Otherwise you can create a disaster! I invite anyone to visit Abraxas Moon Glow in the flesh.

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Does she have any clubfeet? No.
Does she have crooked legs? No (she is a bit cow hocked).
Does she have excessive white in the eyes? No. Does she have a parrot mouth? No.
Is she small? No.
Is she a SCID carrier? No.
Does she have huge eyes? Yes.
Can she trot brilliantly? Yes.
Is she sweet and loving? Yes.

What does her Genetic Card tell us? lt tells how clear the mating resulted. In which I will tell you is very hard to do. Was this a fluke? Was this fairy dust? We have tried the mating three times and all had the same factors. Abraxas Moon Beam (a full sister) is breathtaking and very correct.

And the Structure Card? Does Abraxas Moon Glow have an under bow to her neck? No. Does she have a sloping croup? No. Do all the parts look like they belong to the same animal (harmony and balance)? Yes.  
The Structure Card is the other aspect, but that is another chapter in itself...

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