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[RC] The Horse's Prerogative - Dodie SableTitle: MessageI have not witnessed a horse volunteering to jump for the fun of it, ~~~~~~~~~ I have, and I'll even take a video for you if you'd like. I have an 11 year old Dutch Warmblood mare that was National Champion before she injured herself over a jump and was retired to broodmare status. When she's turned out in the ring, she runs a pattern over the fences all the time. It's a remarkable thing to watch this mare execute perfect patterns with no human in the ring to guide her. And I have a mule colt who lives to jump anything he can find. A tree was downed in a storm recently and he spent over an hour jumping back and forth over this tree in the pasture. He worked himself into a sweat and we finally went out with a chainsaw and took it down. I was afraid he'd get a heart attack in the heat. Dodie
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