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RE: [RC] [RC] horse type priorities (was Pet Peeves) - melinda harrelson


i have to agree that personality should come first. color and gender and bloodline all have to come next. i love all of my horses to death. one of my mares is the ugliest horse you have ever seen but she was my first horse and she taught me how to ride ( after we got a few kinks worked out) but nobody else likes her because she is just homely looking. my new geldings are just great. they are just ordinary looking but they are great horses with great attitudes. one of them is a buckskin qh that has an elevator that doesnt go all the way to the top.but he is very willing to please. the other is a MORGAN who defines the word bombproof. when i went out looking to buy another horse i did not care what they looked like. i just wanted a good riding horse with a good attitude. i found these 2 great geldings and i still would  have bought them if they would have been purple.




melinda harrelson
>From: "Jonni Jewell"
>To: "Ridecamp"
>Subject: [RC]   horse type priorities (was Pet Peeves)
>Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:56:51 -0600
>
>Interesting what different people put as priorities for horses. I have
>personality and disposition up at the top. I have to LIKE the horse, and
>enjoy working with it. They become more than just a tool for my "sport", and
>I want one that has lots of personality. (pleasant personality, not cranky)
>It can be the soundest horse in the world, and be at the top of the pack for
>recoveries and doing well at rides, but if I just don't "like" the horse,
>then I will not enjoy working with it, or riding it all day. There are too
>many horses out there to ride one that I don't really care for it's
>personality.
>Jonni in TX
>
>
>
> >>>Karen Sullivan posted:I agree with Angie....Good disposition and respect
>come at the bottom of my
>list.  My list goes like this:
>1.  Smooth gaits and surefooted.  (thing better not be jolty or fall down)
>2. Sound body, feet and legs
>3. Level head
>4.  color and looks I like
>5. disposition, personality and respect.<<<
>
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