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Stage One: We collected homozygous Appaloosas that would guarantee the spotted gene on all our foals. We bred these to a variety of gaited horses
from a variety of gaited breeds including TWH, Missouri Fox Trotters, and others. All shared a certain pheno-type and were not necessarily typical of the breed from whence they came.
Stage Two:
Not all the first foals born, inherited the middle gaits. They did all inherit exotic coat patterns. What to do with the non-gaited but beautiful individuals? We kept some, and we sold the rest giving others a chance at the starting gate. We discovered that foals inherit the gait of the opposite sex parent. The Appaloosas we needed to use were not gaited. Some were stallions, some were mares. In every case over the last 20 years with more than 100 results, gait proved to be gender related ie, sons from mothers, daughters from fathers. When both parents were gaited, other data was collected and shared. Some horses are diagonally gaited, some are laterally gaited, and others are perfectly square in their gait. What the individual foals inherited always depends on the pairing. In the case of one parent being laterally gaited and the other diagonally gaited, the foals tended to inherit the perfectly square middle gait known as the "running walk." At the time of this update, we are on the eve of publishing our findings with the help of Professor Ernie Bailey of the University of Kentucky
Stage Three
Annandale has a well deserved reputation for early on producing colorful and phenotypical excellence in Tiger Horses. The best and most correct horses come from some of our earliest efforts to develop this new breed. Today that excellence continues and is represented in more and more Tiger Horses using our breeding formula. After producing several individuals that closely resemble the ancient Soulon of China and in consideration of other's horses that qualify as the very best Tigre has to offer, we created The Soulon Seal of Approval on January 1, 2011. Registration documents exhibiting the SOULON
seal, confirm that those horses are phenotypically approved, (what they look like), and are encouraged to breed to similar type. There is no other horse breed in the world today, as stately, as gaited, and as exotic at the same time, as our Soulon Tiger Horses. The best horses will always continue to fetch the best prices. Start at the top. Start with Annandale or certainly start with Soulon type..
It is not easy to accomplish what we have accomplished, or everyone would be doing it, but because of our proven results, others can now start at the top of this game and not at the bottom like we had to do. It takes a deep passion to stay involved, and it was a very expensive venture. We won't go into the ancient history of the related horses from Spain, or the related Soulons that evolved in ancient China, there is plenty of information on our official web site at:
www.tigrehorse.com However, do feel free to email Victoria with any questions you might have, especially as to how we might help you purchase and own one of our exotic Soulons. Now visit the rest of this web site and be amazed!
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