{"product_id":"standardbred-sport-horses-kathleen-h-kirsan-9780578500508","title":"Standardbred Sport Horses","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a presentation of he multi-talented Standardbred to the sport horse breeder and competitior, with the goal of equipping the modern breeder to make the most of the sport talent and bloodlines it contains. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey subjects covered: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* A study of sport traits through the millenniums and their concentrated transmission to the North American continent stock, and the development in the colonies of a true sport horse breed and a sport horse industry that produces prime racing, hunting and saddle stock. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* An overview of the DNA studies that apply to our sport product\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* A historical evaluation of the sport horse development on our continent, divided into colonial, postrevolution, post Civil War, and modern day, wth a special emphasis on the strains that became the Standardbred, and its presence in the modern sport horse, including the continental warmblood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* A discussion of important sport bloodline development with the concentrated carriers of the key components indentified so that the modern breeder can target the traits they want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* An addressing, uncovering and documentation of the bias and blocking of American breeds and bloodlines in the EU backed breed industries, and the presenting of a strategy to overcome this unfairness in international sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* 694 pages, 208 full page pedigrees, 224 illustrations, full bibliography, 9 appendices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen H. Kirsan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0578500507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578500508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Kirsan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.44d","brand":"Kathleen H. Kirsan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946799694079,"sku":"9780578500508","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8077554f-e8b6-4ebd-99a4-b01660eae2e2.jpg?v=1681515220","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/standardbred-sport-horses-kathleen-h-kirsan-9780578500508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}