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another question.   anybody ever matched up a good racing arabian against a 
thoroughbred?  just to see?  i was curious. if so, what distance would be a 
good test, i mean a track race, not 50 or 100!  :-)

Ed,
 In Oleno, High Springs Florida, we used to have a Pony Express ride. You 
needed a team of 3 horses and riders to ride a 5 mile loop through the woods 
with the riders passing off the saddle bags(mail) to the next rider at the 
starting point. I did this race every year and won. The first year I used one 
Arab (G.F. Fazeer) and two other friends rode theirs. The next year I rode 2 of 
my Arabs with a friend riding her Arab as the second horse, we won. The third 
year I rode all 3 of my Arabs, jumping from horse to horse at the start(wasn't 
easy).
My horse Spirit dumped me twice on the trail when he was spooked by some deer 
running by. I won, my overall time with all three horse was the fastest.
    The fastest single time was run on a thoroughbred, luckily that team only 
had one fast horse. They don't have the Pony Express anymore because they were 
tired of me winning every year. But as my trainer said "you did your homework"
Roxanne
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