Re: RC: Re: Reply to rearing

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In a message dated Tue, 26 Jun 2001  7:39:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sharp penny <penelope_75647@yahoo.com> writes:

re: tiedowns
<<  Also what happens if you are crossing a large wide
stream, it suddenly dips or your horse stumbles on an
unseen rock, his head goes under for a split sec, and
he panics when he can't raise his head high enough to
clear the water. >>

Mayhaps someone else familiar with the story can fill in the exact names, but I know one very prominent early Arabian breeder in the Midwest (I think it was Doc Munson, but someone correct me if I'm wrong) rode one of the very prominent Arabian stallions of the era into a river with a tiedown, and the horse drowned.

Heidi