00:00 Mr Blair, there must be well over a ton of horse here.
00:09 Why did you bring them over from Scotland?
00:11 Well, we brought them for to breed some good cledsdales, I hope.
00:15 We're expecting they'll do us a lot of good here.
00:17 The County London Dairy Horse Breeding Society always brings over a cledsdale stallion every
00:23 year from Scotland.
00:25 I think this is the best we've had for some time.
00:27 Well, just how famous is Torr's benefactor?
00:29 Well, he's a very famous horse.
00:31 He has been breeding some pretty good ones in Scotland and fighting this past show season
00:39 at the stallion show in Glasgow.
00:42 He was sire of the quarter cup winner there.
00:46 You have cledsdale mares on the farm yourself?
00:49 Yes, I have.
00:50 And you expect to get some results from these marriages?
00:53 I hope so anyway.
00:54 I hope so.
00:55 That's what we have them here for.
00:56 They do us a lot of good.
00:57 I hope they will do.
00:58 I think they will do.
00:59 What are the characteristics of a good cledsdale?
01:02 The points the expert looks out for?
01:04 Well, the first thing we look for is a nice flat bone, plenty of it, a good bone and plenty
01:10 of it.
01:11 Then we like to see good furnishings such as nice hair and plenty of it.
01:16 We look for always plenty of it and it's hard to keep on some of them.
01:20 That's one of their failures.
01:22 The hair won't just stay with them.
01:24 Well, another thing we look for is good action in the cledsdale.
01:27 Now, what do you mean by good action?
01:29 Well, a good two movers such as close behind and good movement in front, good bend of knee
01:34 and that type of thing.
01:36 And I think we have it all here.
01:45 But James Blair isn't the only cledsdale expert on the farm.
01:50 His son Bill is carrying on the tradition and he's starting early.
01:54 Hello Bill.
01:56 Is this your mare?
01:57 Yes.
01:58 What do you call her?
01:59 Blossom.
02:00 And are you hoping to get a good foal from Torr's benefactor?
02:02 Well, we're hoping that anyway.
02:05 Well if you do, what are you going to do with it?
02:08 Just depends.
02:09 Uh-huh.
02:10 Would you like to show them like your daddy?
02:13 Yes, I would.
02:15 What age are you?
02:16 Ten years.
02:17 Ten?
02:18 Do you not think you're starting a wee bit young at this game?
02:21 Well, I'm not just taking it seriously but I'm only showing them for fun.
02:29 Good.
02:30 Well I hope you get a first class foal Bill.
02:32 Thank you very much.
02:35 Just one final question Mr Blair.
02:37 Why do people breed cledsdales nowadays?
02:40 Is it to work them or export them or what?
02:42 Well, a lot of people breed more or less for a hobby at the minute but there's still a
02:46 market for a good cledsdale horse.
02:48 There's still a plenty of market and demand in Canada for them.
02:53 There's a lot of people send them there and gets good prices yet.
02:56 There's still money to be made at them for a good one.
02:57 Thank you.
02:58 Thank you.
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