Lippitt Preservation in Practice

Weaning is more than separating a foal from its dam—it is an important period of physical, social, and emotional development. Thoughtful preparation, companionship, balanced nutrition, and steady growth can help a young horse make this transition successfully.

Producing a Stallion Is Only the Beginning In a small breed population, preserving male lines requires more than producing promising colts. A stallion cannot contribute to the future of the breed unless someone is willing and able to keep him intact, develop him, promote him, manage breeding arrangements, and make him reasonably accessible to mare owners. Born after her sire’s death, Shotgun Sally from Jackson Brook is a reminder that a stallion’s opportunity to contribute is

Why Use a 10-Generation COI The coefficient of inbreeding, or COI, estimates the probability that a horse inherited matching copies of a gene through ancestors shared by its sire and dam. However, the number only includes the generations examined in the calculation. continued below Ethan Allen II 3 generation COI: 6.25%, 10 Generation COI: 15.0056 A three-generation COI looks for shared ancestors within a relatively short pedigree. It may show whether the sire and dam

Every breeding decision influences more than the next foal. This month's article explores how thinking one generation ahead can help preserve future options for the Lippitt Morgan.

A breed’s population is not measured only by how many horses are registered or alive.

Preservation depends on more than how many Lippitts are alive

Lippitt Lineage Preservation is being built as a breeder resource project to support the future of the Lippitt Morgan through pedigree tools, population snapshots, breeder resources, and cooperative preservation planning.

Lippitt Lineage Preservation is being built as a breeder resource project to support the future of the Lippitt Morgan through population snapshots, pedigree tools, breeder resources, and cooperative preservation planning.

Small-population breeding requires more than preserving names in a pedigree. This article looks at why sire lines, mare families, COI, foal numbers, usefulness, and breeder cooperation all matter for the future of the Lippitt Morgan.