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This seems to be on topic and I am also interested
in comments. There seems to be a huge trend towards big-boned horses.
While I think horses certainly need sufficient bone to carry their own
weight...isn't the Arab described as more of a "fine-boned" breed
anyway? And, isn't that bone supposed to be of a very fine and strong
texture?
As far as the horse mentioned below....how tall and
heavy is the horse?
Would be great at some time to have a database with
statsitics on high-mileage horses, their size, weight, cannon bone measurements,
bloodlines, etc.
Karen
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Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 8:10
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Subject: [RC] Multi-day Horses
Is a larger bone, studier build
horse better (stays sounder) then a light bone sleeker built horse for
Multi-days??? My goal is to do multi-days and have a horse that
will stay sound for a long, high mileage career. I found a horse that I like
but he is small boned (I haven't measured, but I would guess less then 7
1/2") and wears a 00 shoe. I'm a heavy middleweight rider and am concerned
that I may have problems in the future. What are the statistics on high
mileage multi-day horses? I need to make a decision quickly and this is a big
concern. Anyone riding a lighter boned high mileage multi-day horse?
E-mail me privately if you want. Thanks for your
opinions.
Lauren
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