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I could be mistaken here but a half arab is registered.  A grade is not 
registered so if you have an arabian that is not registered it is a grade 
not half arabian.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Levasseur" <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Michael Maul" <mmaul@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Gaited horse statistics


> I bet I wasn't the only person who thought since my horse didn't have a
> registration number, I wasn't ALLOWED to choose half-Arab.
>
> I'll be making the change soon, thanks.  Although, if there WAS a "gaited"
> designation I think I would not mark it, as the trot is our endurance gait 
> of
> choice.  His foxtrot is too slow.  The only reason I ever tell anyone he's
> gaited is that the vets sometimes see him foxtrot and if I didn't tell 
> them in
> advance they'd definitely be surprised!!
>
> Thanks,
> -Sharon L. & Zephyr the Arab/RMH
>
>
>
> Quoting Michael Maul <mmaul@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Laney,
> >
> > The categories we have now just "grew" in response to member requests
> > for their particular breed.
> >
> > If I had to guess - half Arab means that the horse is listed in the
> > partbred section of the AHA registry and that Arab cross is not.  I
> > could be wrong on this.  In the partbred AHA records - we can get
> > pedigrees for AAHR and HAHR.
> >
> > I personally would chose grade only if I didn't have any clue what the
> > breed was.  Other is if none of the other 59 categories fits but is a
> > real breed.
> >
> > There are certainly  horses that gait and the owner doesn't have a clue
> > what they are.
> >
> > At the Old Glory ride last w/e, I was riding behind a gal and noticed
> > she wasn't posting.  I asked her what type of gaited horse she was
> > riding and she didn't know.  She certainly liked riding him though.
> >
> > Making sure your horse is listed correctly in the records helps us get
> > better statistics for breed awards as well as just better data.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Laney Humphrey wrote:
> > > Maybe the time has come to really encourage people to update their
> > > horses' information.  I wish that the "arab cross" and "half arab"
> > > groups could be combined because they are the same thing.  However, it
> > > would be very nice to know what the other "half" or "cross" is too. If
> > > folks are interested in whether a horse is gaited or not, there should
> > > be a way to indicate that for breeds where it wouldn't be normal.  That
> > > would include even "arab cross" and "half arab."  There are also gaited
> > > appaloosas, morgans and quite a few others, including "arab" and
> > > certainly "grade."
> > > laney
> > >
> >
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