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Re: [RC] [RC] mares? - Saatchi"Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx> wrote: Good news----, I noticed not many endurance horses are mares and with me finally turning pasture ornament Honey into a riding horse---(yeah, she has a job now!!) I do notice not many mares listed on rides? Why is this? , anything I need to be careful of? Believe it or not I can't tell a difference in her in her heat cycles.Only when we get a new horse around or when the ponies and babies came, did she ever act like a mare! Only saw her 'wink' maybe 4 or 5 days in the last 4 years. I have always been glad she didn't act marish. She does have that ," I'm not really with you look in her eyes" sometimes. Being an owner of an absolutely terrific mare, I feel I have to do some defending at this point. I have been reading the unforgiving stereotypes of mares that were posted today and am somewhat dissapointed in my ride camp community... :) Stereotyping is not acceptable when speaking of people and it should be as unforgivable to stereotype horses by gender or breed. As we all know, a horse's character and personality are as dependent on their experiences/training (good or bad) as it is on their breed or gender. For example, for anyone who is or has been an owner of an Arab, you may have had to defend your horse's sanity from time to time when in discussion with people who own Quarter horses or other so-called "stable" or "cold-blooded" breeds. I would be the first to admit that there are phsyiological similarities between all mares, but how they deal with these physiological similarities is what is key. It would be like saying that all females 'pms' to the same degree and are incapacitated during this time. My mare comes into a raging heat once a month like clockwork between April and October, but she directs her extra energy into working harder on the ride - it's absolutely amazing to observe! Anyhow, we should all make a concerted effort to stay away from damaging stereotypes not only when discussing horses, but also in our day to day lives, because stereotyping is only a step away from prejudice. I'll get off the pulpit now... :) Layla. __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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