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I also ride a Spanish Mustang (AERC # H30220).  He has always lived with 
and ridden with arabs so I think he think he is one.  He does take more 
careful conditioning but, at the speed I like to go, he keeps up with 
his arab trail mates just fine.  And remember that it takes any horse, 
no matter what breed, a while to figure out how to take care of himself 
out on the trail.  Your husband's horse can learn from your arab.  Well, 
maybe.  SMs do have a different mental attitude; a very strong self 
preservation instinct.  Dino, at age 11, is just deciding it's ok to put 
his head down to grab a bite of grass along the trail.  Until now, he 
has always needed to have time to scout the entire area (for cougars I 
guess) before he would put his head down.  That process took too long. 
But now, with some maturity, he seems willing to risk a momentary lapse 
in wariness to join his arab friends in grabbing a bite as he goes.
Laney

Nikki McCormack wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am probably way behind on this, but I think that is where I usually 
> am.  :)
>
> When we bought my husbands current horse, we did it with riding 
> endurance in mind, but more importantly, I looked for any breed of horse 
> so long as it was suited to my husbands temperment and build.  We looked 
> at some arabs, but none really had a disposition I thought he would 
> like.  In the end, we bought a Spanish Mustang.  He may not be perfectly 
> suited to the sport, but my husband loves to work with him, and that is 
> far more important.
>
> In the few rides we made it to we have learned that he does have a 
> longer recovery time than my arab, so we have to be attentive to that.  
> He has only just learned that it is ok to pee while under saddle and is 
> still learning to drink well.  My arab might be held back in how well he 
> can do in endurance because we ride together, but it is more fun that 
> way and I never have to worry about overriding my boy so long as I am 
> paying attention to what my husband horse needs.
>
> Sometimes arabs just aren't the right kind of horse for the rider.
>
> Nikki (and the boys)
>
>
>
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