The criticism of the concept of the registries working together to help save the endangered Spanish Colonial Horse comes in several different directions. Intellectually, the weakest argument is to argue against concepts that are not on the table. Regardless of what one might read on any of the mustang message boards cooperation would not require that all concept of strains be abolished and that all of the horses would be bred into an amalgam of one type. It would not require that any registry be abolished. The registries can and should confederate together for the promotion of the horses. Trivial issues such as what is a stain and what is a breed can be settled after more important issues, such as how many angels can dance on the head of of needle, are settled.
Past personality problems between various parties in the registries are also no reason to refuse to try to work together. This cry of "they done us wrong" helps preserve not one horse.
Lastly, predictions that it can never be are also off point. We can decide if it will ever be.
Let whiners whine. Let dividers divide. Now is the time for leaders to lead.
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