Re: RC: Re: Re: Breeds

["Helga Loncosky" <hblmh@ptd.net>]

I guess the main difference for me is that Arabs tend to be more reactionary
and sensitive. That's not bad, but I like my horses because they think
before they act, which has saved my bacon numerous times. My Arab is as
sweet as can be, and watches out for me, but everything seems 100 times more
"real" and he reacts much quicker. My guys are no slow pokes, when I'm
conditioning, I have only one friend with an Arab that can keep up. We go
pretty even, and she is now going to try some rides next year. I told her
she ought to, after all, she'd doing all the work to get in her shape! My
guys actually may have too much heart, I have to manage them because my mare
would run till she fell over dead if I asked. After several years of this,
she is finally learning to take care of herself more. And you will note that
is aid above,  "most", and not all. A good horse is a good horse.



Helga Loncosky
Archival Morgan Record
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Beacon Morgan Horses, Ltd.
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-----Original Message-----
From: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
To: TOS@htcomp.net <TOS@htcomp.net>; hblmh@ptd.net <hblmh@ptd.net>;
ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: RC: Re: Re: Breeds


>In a message dated 6/14/00 12:38:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
TOS@htcomp.net
>writes:
>
><< From: Helga Loncosky <hblmh@ptd.net>> out. I don't see most folks with
>Arabs
> ever relaxing! <VBG>
>
> "some", maybe even "most", but not all. >>
>
>Maybe it depends on your definition of "relaxed"....  I'm with Becky--I've
>always felt that I could relax around most of my Arabs, most of the
>time--granted, I've only had a couple on which I could relax at the start
of
>a ride, but none on which I could NOT relax shortly thereafter.  And with
all
>of them, once reasonably started, I could "relax" around them to the point
of
>sitting on the ground scrubbing stockings, etc.  OTOH, I don't define
"relax"
>as "go to sleep"--I want a horse that continues to move out eagerly and
>willingly--if I have one so "relaxed" that I have to push him every step of
>the way, then I am certainly NOT "relaxed"--I'm utterly exhausted!  I'm
>reminded of the really HARD rides I made riding range as a kid on
>non-Arabs--and how we thought the far reaches of our cattle range were a
real
>expedition.  Then in my early 20's, I can remember going out with my Dad,
me
>mounted on my foundation Arab stallion, and him mounted on a half-Arab son
of
>his--and Dad's understated comment--"Boy, isn't it amazing how much smaller
>this range is when you're on a good horse!"  It is amazing how much more
>"relaxing" it is to get where you need to go without feeling like you
>personally walked every step of the way!  (BTW--Dad is now 81, and has quit
>riding--but we kept him going until a few years ago, past the point where
he
>found it difficult to saddle his own horse, so we helped him, and past the
>point where he could mount without major assistance--and he blessed his
>half-Arab who patiently and trustingly made it possible...)
>
>Heidi
>