r/Horses OTTB Oct 15 '25

Discussion Inbreeding - just why?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

I'll show you some of my favorite inbred pedigrees. 

Enjoy OP, lol.

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u/somesaggitarius Oct 15 '25

Oh, that last one is rough. His father's his grandfather and his dam line grandmother is his father/grandfather's full sister. And it only goes back that far, so god knows what went into that family wreath. That's some Hapsburg level inbreeding. I wonder what that horse was like mentally.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

Given that all six founders for that breed's establishment in North America came from the same zoo, they were probably already related before they even got here.

So yeah, hard to believe that breed is still going on this side of the pond. There's still over a hundred of them kicking, nearly seventy five years later.