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Re: [RC] Appys/arabs - heidiThanks for that! I'm breeding my appy mare to an arab/appy stallion tommorrow (so excited!!!), but you wouldn't believe how much crap I'm getting for it. People saying "ewww, arab, why not some quarterhorse?" Gag me with a spoon. I've never personally had a good arab experience, but I think all the ones I've looked at have been the cheap hot ones that no one wants, so hopefully breeding my own goes well! Do people find arab prejudices all over, or is that a eastside of the NW phenomenon. Arab prejudice seems to me to be a fairly widespread but relatively modern phenomenon. When I was growing up, the ranchers were quite happy to ride Arab crosses, because the Arabs that were available were solid working horses that could cover more ground in a day than most of the regular ranch horses. It has been the modern show ring that has changed a part of the breed, and has changed the public perception of the breed. Many of us still breed the old-fashioned working kind, but the public thinks of Arabs as the hotheaded show sorts, rather than the cow horses and trail horses and various sorts of working horses of the 40s and 50s. Heidi ============================================================ You don't have to be a 100-mile rider or a multi-day rider to be an endurance rider, but if you want to experience the finest challenges our sport has to offer, you need to do both of those. ~ Joe Long ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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