This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Birgit, Thank you for your wonderful post! It is really very helpful to hear the insight from someone who understands the system so thoroughly, plus has access to all of the old documentation! Could you clarify as to what you mean by "ranked in quality"? Is it also correct to say that at the time of this ranking, the 4 year old stallions, regardless of quality, could not receive a higher than 3 pr.? Is this due to the need to evaluate their offspring or to re-evaluate the stallions themselves once more mature? I just want to make sure I completely understand your post. :) I take it a stallion does not need to "rank in quality" to be issued a breeding license? I think some of the confusion lies in the fact that we give ribbons versus just scores plus we do not have a system to where the stallions are brought back to be awarded licenses. Because of this, I imagine it is really easy for us as Americans to assume a 3 pr. is similar to a yellow ribbon here, or a 2 pr. a red ribbon, or a 1 pr. a blue ribbon. It sounds like the only way we can do such a comparison is with a stallion from Norway that has gone through the entire Norwegian evaluation system. However, even that might not be a fair comparison for if I remember correctly, Norway has a system in place to evaluate the offspring of the stallion, yes? So if the stallion does not produce quality offspring his license is eventually revoked? For us, a stallion will always retain a blue regardless of offspring produced. Birgit, I would appreciate any clarification you can offer. Thanks so much for your post, it was really helpful! Lynda Thanks much, references are available.
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