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Re: [RC] Life span usefulness. - heidiThere are QHs and QHs. I've had several that were healthy, happy, and useful well into 20s. And know of many others. And most did lots of hard work, including endurance rides for some. QHs have suffered the same as Arabs from poor selections of breeding stock. I've heard that many of the Doc Bars (and there are a lot) have a shorter than average life span. I hate to see a whole breed trashed because of the "show ring" representatives and types. The Arab folks are just as guilty of promoting poor quality as some QH breeders. There are fine, useful, tough, healthy horses in all the light horse breeds, if you get out of the show circles. It's not very practical to put the time, training and money into a horse that isn't going to be there a long time. Dot is right on the mark with this. The old-time QH, just like the old-time Arab, was a riding horse--and had a fair degree of longevity. It is what has happened to the QH in the modern quest for the extreme that has shot the breed down, just as it is with the Arabs. When you find old-timey riding QHs they are a whole different story--just like the old-timey Arabs are... Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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