Re: Dutch Warmblood - further defense

["Tamara Jane Habberley" <tamarahabberley@lineone.net>]

Over here in the UK one of the past national champions at endurance was a
trakherner cross anglo arab sally who also won the solstice 100 ride three
consecutive years. She looks like a warm blood but it dosnt stop her!

There are at least two other warmbloods competing here at top level,
Touchstone II who is a 100 miler and my friends horse Nellie who is 16 +hh
and was reserve National Gold ( thats race and above 500 milers) last year.

One previous Nat champ was a clysdale cross trotter pony called Bobby.
Another was a suffolk cross tB and the suffolk body type predominated. these
horses were by no means slow.

Yes Arabs do predominate in the sport numerically but if you compare the %
of Arabs to the % of non arabs, theres much less non arabs competing, but
strange to say they appear in the top level results. I think Im corect in
saying statistically this  proves that a non arab will do better than an
arab .

I feel it is ignorant to criticise people for choosing a differnet breed to
the excepted norm for endurance. I Love Arabs and would not crticise some
one for owning one, or comment on its merits I just dont want one myself. So
why should any one else criticise another choice?

Any way if we all wanted the same horse itd be damned expensive wouldnt it!

Tamara

----- Original Message -----
From: Maria Berger <mberger65@hotmail.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 2:51 AM
Subject: RC: Dutch Warmblood


> After reading all the reactions to Bette's request for a Dutch Warmblood
> mare for lease I feel I have to "defend" the Dutch Warmblood horse.
Somebody
> even asked if we ever rode "such a thing". I do not know if this person
> realizes that there are more disciplines than endurance and also other
horse
> breeds than arabians. Dutch Warmbloods are the top performers world wide
in
> Dressage and show jumping and that certainly proves their quality.
> I don't say I just like tall horses. I have a Arab x Mustang that I am
> training for endurance, and he is 15.1 hh. That's the perfect size for
what
> I want from him, but I shouldn't enter a dressage show with him.
> And just to make things clear: NO, my husband doesn't breed Dutch
Warmblood
> mares :)
> Maria Berger
> Texas
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