From Smie Horsgs Who RACED TO BUILDING AN Industry: THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF APPALOOSA RACING

摘要

What comes to mind when you hear or read that word? You might remember it as the title of ABC Television's award-winning primetime soap opera that ran for nine seasons in the 1980s. Starring the "hot" Hollywood actors Joan Collins, Linda Evans, Heather Locklear, and John Forsythe, it was a drama filled with interpersonal conflicts, self-centeredness, greed, and betrayals that captured a nation's attention. On the other hand, if you didn't watch or recall that TV series, you might associate "Dynasty"with the thousands of years of ancient Chinese history or perhaps the years of English and European Kings and Queens. If none of these recollections come to mind, you're probably wondering why we've selected the word as one primary focus for tracking theevolution of Appaloosa racing history. Let's start with a dictionary definition. "Dynasty," a family or group that maintains power for several generations, a succession of rulers from the same family or line. One of those words, family, has been a common and historic way to describe the influence of Appaloosa bloodlines.The Mansfield Comanche "family," or Prince Plaudit, maybe even the Appaloosas from Coke Roberds and Mavis Peavy. Appaloosa "families"—one way historians have traced how bloodlines influenced breeding programs that continually produced top-notch halter and performance horses.