Re: RC: RE: Bloodlines

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Tony
Actually when we were in halter competition the horses had to be worked
6 days a week to build up the hind quarters---- usually the big trainers
used treadmills and lunging in the bull pen---- it was REALLY important
to have muscling. Flab never won. Round was the key.
Bette
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of 16.2hh TLA Halynov	
(Yes, really 16.2!)
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

"Corbelletta, Antonio" wrote:
> 
> Funny you should mention "unconditioned".  Having done the halter thing too,
> I was surprised what they mean by conditioned for halter.  All it means is
> that the horse is FAT.  They feed it non stop to get it to put on weight and
> then teach them to stand and park and bend the neck.  If you took a
> conditioned endurance horse in the ring they would  NEVER place.  They are
> too thin.
> Tony
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Mayeda [mailto:Kathy_Mayeda@atce.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:31 AM
> To: SandyDSA@aol.com; CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: Bloodlines
> 
> Point taken!   But I was first a little bit in the halter world where the
> "pretty heads
> and hooky necks" meant "type."  Didn't stay there too long.
> 
> Also, the halter ring showing techniques leave much to be desired in showing
> an Arabian's saddle horse potential.  When I visit my ex - he loves nothing
> better
> to turn out his unconditioned show mare and have me watch her bounce around
> like a bunny rabbit in the arena.  He thinks she's cool, but it makes me
> want to puke.
> I bet if this mare had proper endurance conditioning, she would function as
> well as any horse
> under saddle instead of flouncing around.
> 
> K.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SandyDSA@aol.com [mailto:SandyDSA@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:11 AM
> To: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com; Kathy Mayeda; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: RC: Bloodlines
> 
> In a message dated 7/24/01 10:32:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com writes:
> 
> How can they NOT come in the same package?  True Arabian "type" includes
> basically correct riding conformation, as the Arabian was and is still
> supposed to be a riding horse.  This has been lost along the wayside
> somewhere in some mythical sort of "type" that has come to mean "pretty
> heads and hooky necks."  You should be able to look at a functional Arabian
> body and say, "Hey, THAT is an ARABIAN!"  And that is what type is all
> about.  As for beauty--how some of these caricatures today can be
> considered beautiful is beyond me.  It is almost painful to watch many of
> them move, and they look like a discombobulated combination of unrelated
> parts.  Well conformed horses, on the other hand, are downright beautiful,
> and a joy to watch in motion.  There is simply no way you can SEPARATE
> type, correctness, and beauty--you can't have one without the others.
> 
> Hey, the English language CAN explain something succinctly! Way to go ,
> Heidi!
> San( who breeds for type, beauty and ability)
> 
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