Taproot Sires of the Australian Stock Horse
Researched and written by Joy Poole OAM
Taproot stallion are horses that were never registered in the Australian Stock Horse Stud Book , dying many years before the Society was founded . The following six stallions have been chosen as our most influential taproot stallions for their amazing influence on the current Australian Stock Horse Stud Book . Obviously other horses have also had a great effect on our horses to date , but by sheer weight of numbers these six horses prove the most influential .
It would probably be correct to call Cecil the foundation stone of the Australian Stock Horse Society , with his immortal son Radium the great proponent of this genetic line . Radium through his progeny — and particularly the sires Radium II , Dimray and Chan — has put an incredible base of horses in the Society .
The other taproot sire in this select group is Bobbie Bruce . This sire has proved very important in the sire lines , but more particularly in the mare lines , of the Australian Stock Horse Stud Book .
I hope you enjoy reading about them .
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