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In the horse breeding industry, the term "half-brother" or "half-sister" only describes horses which have the same dam, but different sires. [6] Horses with the same sire but different dams are simply said to be "by the same sire", and no sibling relationship is implied. [7] "Full" (or "own") siblings have both the same dam and the same sire.
2. (UK) A horse whose sire or dam is Thoroughbred, but the other parent is not. Such a horse is not eligible for registration in the General Stud Book, but can be registered in the Half-Bred stud book. [8]: 226 half-brother, half-sister Two horses with the same dam. Two horses with the same sire are simply said to be by the same sire.
Sire is an archaic respectful form of address to reigning ... The female equivalent form of address is dame or dam. [1] See also. Forms of address in the United ...
A father bull is called a sire with reference to his offspring, such as in the herd book or purebred records. A female bovine that has not yet had a calf is known as a heifer. An adult female that has had her first calf (or second calf, depending upon regional usage) is called a cow. Steers and heifers can sometimes be colloquially referred to ...
Ruffian's dam Shenanigans earned three wins in 22 starts for the Janneys, then became an outstanding broodmare. In addition to Ruffian, Shenanigans produced graded stakes winner and important sire Icecapade, the talented filly Laughter, who went on to become a producer of several stakes winners, and Buckfinder, another stakes winner and good sire.
was the fifth dam of Bonny Lass (1723, family 1-a) who was the third dam of Promise (1768, family 1-d) who was the dam of Prunella (1788, family 1-e) who was the dam of Penelope (1798, family 1-o) who was the dam of Web (1808, family 1-s) who was the fifth dam of Queen Bertha (1860, family 1-w) Web was also the twelfth dam of La Troienne (1926 ...
Although Somethingroyal was unplaced in her only start, she had an excellent pedigree. Her sire Princequillo was the leading broodmare sire from 1966 to 1970 and was noted as a source of stamina and soundness. [184] Her dam Imperatrice was a stakes winner who was purchased by Christopher Chenery at a dispersal sale in 1947 for $30,000 ...
The popular sire is often bred extensively with many females. This can cause undetected, undesirable genetic traits in the stud to spread rapidly within the gene pool. It can also reduce genetic diversity by the exclusion of other males. While a popular stud can sire a large number of litters, the effect of a popular dam is more limited.