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[RC] tailgating - Anita MessengerMare is independent when in front, but tailgates when in back.... I can hold her to a walk, but she will power-walk until she is right on the other horse's tail again. Lani>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lani, since I know you are riding a Morab mare, I can relate to this. We also ride Morabs and Morgans, and they tend to be very forward moving "power-walkers". We personally like a horse that can cover ground like this, and don't want to discourage them from doing it. We solved our problem by riding with others who are also riding Morabs/Morgans/Arabians that are power-walkers. Then we can go at the same pace, and our horses are all happy. Some gaited horse have been good for us to ride with, too. Our horses can keep up with them with no trouble. A friend of our's who bought one of our Morab mares lets me borrow her once in a while for trail rides. This mare has no tolerance for a horse that gets in front of her and won't get out of the way. She wants past them and in FRONT. She doesn't really fight you, but you can feel the power in her and the frustration. She's not concerned about the other horses - she will leave them all in her dust if you let her. If another horse is keeping up with her, she's fine with that as long as it doesn't get in front of her and impede her forward motion by going slower than she is. I love riding this mare. :-) She is 3/4 Arabian and 1/4 Morgan. We had an Arab mare, too, that was a real power-walker forward moving horse. She was bad about getting real lathered up if you tried to hold her back, but I discovered that if I rode her with a sidepull instead of a bit, she behaved much better. She came to us already broke and trail ridden. On a halter she was like a big puppy dog, but put a bit in her mouth and she was all fired up to go. With the sidepull, I could bring her in quiet and dry, but she still had plenty of *go*. Anita http://libertymtnranch.faithweb.com ...where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty... Quote from Judge Roy Moore of Alabama: "Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists. Rights come from God, not from government. If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you. If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you. That was the premise of the organic law of this country, which is the Declaration of Independence. Because, if there is no God, then man's power is the controlling aspect, and therefore power will be centralized." "If there is no place for civil disobedience, then the government has been made autonomous, and as such, it has been put in the place of the living God." Francis Schaeffer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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