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Re: RC: Appy types?
In a message dated 1/8/02 8:19:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, JUDYK89@aol.com
writes:
<< I swear she is built like a little Arab, wouldn't know she was Appy at all
except for the coloring. What is the "real" Appy type? Is there a "real"
Appy type? Body conformation I mean. Most Appy's I've seen until now look
like Quarter Horses, or Running Quarters. >>
This question made me laugh because there was this big flame war recently on
an Appaloosa list that I'm on about this subject. There is currently a huge
debate between the breed on this point and whether outcrossing to other
breeds should still be permissible.
I think a "real" Appy is much like the one you describe. I have a foundation
bred Appaloosa filly that constantly gets mistaken for a half-Arab. When she
was a weanling, I had her turned out with an elderly, very exotic, gray
Arabian mare. Several people saw them together and assumed she was that
mare's offspring. However, I have another "foundation" mare who is 25 and
she's much stockier, with bulkier muscles and a much larger head. Both are
still much smoother muscled than the Appaloosas that are all the rage right
now. Neither would win in the halter ring, and I paid less for my filly than
some of her siblings went for because of her "flaws" -- like the smooth
muscling, high neck set and head carriage, and high tail set.
Rhonda
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