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> Attitude.  Don't forget the horse's mental attitude.  No matter what the
> bloodlines (my favorites have Raffles, CMK, old Egyptian), the horse
> will not be good at going down trail if it doesn't like it.  Mental
> attitude says alot.  The eye, nice chest, and wide behind are some of
> the things I look for.  Amazing but all my guys have had some Polish,
> Raffles, Crabbit, old Egyptian for the most part but the number one
> thing is that they all liked the job that I asked them to do.
And attitude, like so many other things, also has a heritable component...
I agree--the horse has to want to do the job.

Heidi


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The very essence of our sport is doing the trail as quickly as practicable,
while keeping one's horse fit to continue.  Taking the clock out of the
equation makes it another sport altogether.  The challenge is how to keep
the sport what it is while honing our skills (both as riders and as those
in control roles) in detecting where "the edge" is for each horse so that
we don't cross it. 
~  Heidi Smith
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