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Re: Re: Re: It's not an arab thing



Y'all---I'm having a real hard time thinking this is unusual----I do
stretching myself when I first get up in the morning, or have been sitting
for awhile---OR does this just mean I am very athletic? (VBG)
Claudia

----- Original Message -----
From: Tamara Jane Habberley <tamarahabberley@lineone.net>
To: owens <owensall@sierratel.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 2:54 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: It's not an arab thing


> .>The first is one my littlest arab gelding does...he is short with a
short
> .>neck, and he stretches a dancer's stretch:  lifts his poll, straight up
> into
> .>the air, as high as he can, tucks his chin and looks like the Bucephalus
> >figurine in "Black Stallion".
>
> OH cute know the very image you are talking about!
>
> My welsh cob streches in the morning by tucking his head up then in ( same
> pose) then spreading his front legs and sort of swinging forward so his
back
> legs are camped out and his chest touches the floor! He then araches his
> neck , grunts and stans up. This is the same horse who for back streches
> learnt to tuck his head under his front legs for a treat. he now does this
> unprompted ifhe feels neglected in the stable!
>
> Guess he was given a book on yoga as a foal!
>
> Tamara
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: owens <owensall@sierranet.net>
> To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 5:56 PM
> Subject: RC: Re: It's not an arab thing
>
>
> >
> > Dear All;
> > I share the fascination you all do in watching horses stretch, itch
behind
> > their ears, and all.  There are two I've seen that haven't been
mentioned
> > yet, tho.
> > The first is one my littlest arab gelding does...he is short with a
short
> > neck, and he stretches a dancer's stretch:  lifts his poll, straight up
> into
> > the air, as high as he can, tucks his chin and looks like the Bucephalus
> > figurine in "Black Stallion".
> > The second one that sticks in my memory banks is when my first endurance
> > horse, Chico, a large, black non-arab, stretched with his front feet on
my
> > trailer's fender, first forward then back, then gently got back down,
> before
> > competing in the Lakeside ride one year.  He went on to finish his first
> and
> > only top ten placing, sixth place!  This was in the early 80's, and I
have
> > never seen another do this.
> > Katee
> >
> >
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