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[RC] public image of the Arabian horse - Timothy Worden

Most of us in the US can probably say we as Arabian
owners are the minority as a whole. At least in this
area it's Quarter Horses or gaited horses.  It is not
unusually to get funny looks or comments cause we ride
Ay-rabs....or maybe it's cause I wear tights and a
helmet when I ride instead blue jeans and a cowboy
hat.  This talk about how the Arabian breed is
promoted in the public eye brings to mind this old guy
I was talking with at a BLM auction last year.  He
mentioned he ran a guided trail ride on QHs through
the mountains of Virginia.  When I told him I ride
Arabians he laughed and commented that Arabians would
not do well walking for hours on the trails he takes
his horses on.  Since this guy was rather big and had
a large knife on his hip, I decided to keep my
thoughts to myself.  What I did think to myself though
was, yeah he probably was right, they wouldn't do well
walking his trail for hours.....we'd probably trot the
whole darn thing and travel twice as far:)  I would
guess this guy did not know what endurance riding was
or ever heard of the Old Dominion or Tevis. I love my
Ay-rab endurance horses.

Tim
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When you ask a Quarter horse for something he says - Sure -  and when you
ask an Arab for something he says  - Why? - 
~  Heidi Smith

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