Re: FW: Rudolph rider & Mare question

[tallcarabs@juno.com]

Response from my brother on the reindeer joke below.  :o)  Also, to
return this to equine related -- Do many of you guys ride pregnant mares?
 If so, how far along would you continue to do rides with them?

Rae
Tall C Arabians -- TX

>
 > Actually, Rudolph is the only male, and he was put up front cause 
> the dames  couldn't stop bickering on where to go.
>
 > L


> > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> I thought everyone might like to know, that according to the 
> Alaska  Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female 
> reindeer grow  antlers in the summer each year (the only members of the
deer 
> family,  Cervidae, to have females that do so), male reindeer drop
their 
> antlers at  the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid
December. 
> Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the 
> spring. Therefore, according to every historical rendition depicting 
> Santa's  reindeer, every single one of them, from Rudolf to 
> Blitzen........has  to  be a female. And of course, that's why Santa
never gets lost!