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    [RC] What's up with that? - Sweetie10989


    Hello Everybody!
    I'm in the process of looking for an arabian for endurance riding. I can't believe the condition of the horse we looked at yesterday. This horse, was, as the man claimed a quarter horse-arab. By the characteristics, it looked like an arab-paint! We went to the ranch, and the man selling the horse came about 10 minutes after us, to go get the horse, so we could see him. In an approxmate 6 acre pasture, there were about 20-25 horses, and about 15-20 were paints. To begin with, the man had a hard time finding the horse, and it took him about 40 minutes to actually catch him, and he had to use a bucket of oats for the last 10 minutes. This man was clueless when it came to horses. This horse, as we saw during the 40 minute catching was a beautiful runner. From a distance it looked as though it had good withers. When the man walked this horse up to us, my jaw dropped. This horse had a beautiful face, but everything else about him I couldn't believe. For starters, he had been riden too young, and the man that rode him was about 200 lbs. H e had a terrible sway back, and you could see his ribs, and he had a bony butt, but yet, he had a fat belly. This led us to think that the horse had worms. The man said that the ranch owner gets the horses wormed every year, but I guess he forgot to get Apollo (the horse) wormed, as he was in terrible condition. The man also said that Apollo was up to date on his shots, but many things led to thinking this was as well a lie. Just thought I'd let you know what is out there! Happy Horse Ridings!

    Laura