For this reason, there’s a higher degree of genetic consolidation within the breed, which yields greater predictability in the breeding process.

Unlike the other European Warmblood studbooks, the Trakehner has a closed studbook, which will only accept the offspring of Trakehners and approved horses from refining breeds (Thoroughbred and Arabian). (Arnd Bronkhorst – )īefore we look closer at Mister X’s lines, it is important to note that the Trakehner is widely considered the only pure breed of warmblood type. Russia’s Inessa Merkulova and Mister X at the 2017 World Cup Final in Omaha, Nebraska.

Outcrossing is the process of introducing unrelated genetic material into a particular breeding line. Inbreeding is used with the intention of securing desirable traits in the offspring, but can sometimes inadvertently result in securing negative traits. (In Mister X’s pedigree, we see he’s linebred to Trakehner sire Piligrim and Thoroughbred Raufbold.) This differs from inbreeding, which is the breeding of two closely related relatives (i.e., father to daughter). Linebreeding pairs animals who are related to a specific ancestor with the intention of preserving that ancestor’s influence on the offspring. It’s based on two recurring themes: the significant amount of Thoroughbred blood and a heavy dose of linebreeding.”īreeding Terms: Linebreeding Versus Inbreeding. Maren Engelhardt, a life-long rider who was born into a Trakehner-breeding family and continues the tradition in her own right: “Mister X’s pedigree is a typical eastern Trakehner pedigree. In movement the athletic gelding evokes the word “graceful.” He was bred by Nadezhda Sokolova at the Traken Rossiya Stud Farm in Russia’s Kursk region.

Mister X (Egejus X Derbi), a 14-year-old, dark brown Russian Trakehner gelding, has helped put Russian dressage back on the world stage, competing with rider Inessa Merkulova in the 2016 Rio Olympics (23rd individual finish), the 2014 World Equestrian Games (26th individual finish) and the 2018 World Cup Finals (ninth individual finish).

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