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And in the past eight years, breeding has been increasingly influenced by the emergence of so-called "nicking services," which deliver statistics based solely on the performance of horses produced by the cross of one stallion line on another.
Usually, colts are given a name beginning with the letter or letters denoting their stallion line, and fillies are given a name beginning with the first letter of their dam's name.
The first "R" stallion bloodline was that of Raffles via his son Indraff, and the other "R" stallion line was that of Rissalix, a Crabbet-bred stallion owned by Hanstead, sire of three Crabbet mares Tankersley imported.
The exceptions are France, where foals are given a name beginning with a letter of the alphabet designated to be used for that year; and Italy, where colts' names must begin with the letter or letters designating the stallion line, while fillies' names begin with the letter designated for a given year.
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Despite all the attendant hoopla, the only exceptional aspect of the two matings was their departure from traditional industry obsession with male genes and stallion lines.
The seven stallion lines are: A-line.
All Haflingers today trace their lineage through one of seven stallion lines to Folie, the foundation stallion of the breed.
In addition to the foundation stallion lines, there were 20 "classic" mare lines, 14 of which exist today.
The two stallion lines shared a common mare line to Rissla; she was the maternal granddam of Raffles and dam of Rissalix.
All Haflingers today must trace their ancestry to Folie through one of seven stallion lines (A, B, M, N, S, ST, and W) to be considered purebred.
There are several other stallion lines that have died out over the years, but were used in the early breeding of the horses.
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