 |
RE: [RC] [RC] mustangs,endurance, trainability - Ashley MaruryI must say I agree with Ed (and Char) as well on this topic. I myself ride a Spanish Mustang, although she is not a BLM mustang she is by far the best endurance horse I have ever ridden/owned. Although I may only be seventeen I've had a few other horses, and I've even tried to sell my Mustang before because I grew tired of her silly antics at the start of a ride. Which I still to this day require Pepto Bismol before I mount up for the start...and sometimes even on the training ride.We purchased this mare from a good ole' Cowboy who used her for a practice bucking horse, and rode the real things on the weekend in Kissimmee, Florida. Eventually she quit bucking so that's when she started her endurance career. She came with the name 'Bones' but her registered name on her Buckskin Papers was Miss Cleopatra so, 'Cleo' became her new title. She was seven (we think) when we bought her now she is twelve, and the only time riding this horse when I haven't finished a ride was because I was a pansy. She has never been lame or colliced since we've owned her. And she is by far the smartest horse we have in our herd. Come feeding time when her bucket is turned over she is only one that can figure out how to turn it back over, it's not much I know, but it's something. She never quits, she is like the Energizer Bunny that keeps going, and going, and going, and going. And now that I'm older, and hopefully wiser, I've learned to love my little mustang so much I don't think I could ever sell her. Even if she does canter sideways and moonwalk at the start, that is what makes her unique and I love it. Although she is barely 14.2 hands I don't know many Arabians or any horse for that matter that can keep up with her trot without cantering. I believe I rode with Ed for a bit at River Run in Hahira, Georgia a year or two ago. And I remember he said 'Mustangs Rock' and that they do. I've also come to understand since I've done fairly well in Endurance with Cleo the man we bought her from has moved to Dade City, Florida and is training Mustangs for Endurance. Ashley Marury From: Ed Kilpatrick <whytrotfarms@xxxxxxxxx> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] mustangs,endurance, trainability Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:41:53 -0700 (PDT) _________________________________________________________________ Don?t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
|