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My grade Arab gelding Star came from Okla. He might have a little QH in him, it's hard to tell, but he is Arabian through and through.. and he knows how to work cows!

 

chris

Jessica Cameron <jjcameron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Absolutely. Have you ever tried to have a conversation about bloodlines
with a die hard QH fan? Talk about exhausting. Hell would have to freeze
over before any of them believed that their precious QH might have arab
blood. :) Also, these same people will try to tell you that arabs have no
cow sense which is complete and total hog wash. But, that's another topic.
:)

Jessica in MT


>From: Chris Paus
>Reply-To: chrisnstar@xxxxxxxxx
>To: Beth Leggieri , ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [RC] QUARTER HORSE PEOPLE - HELP!
>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:50:03 -0700 (PDT)
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>Hey and ya wanna know something that a lot of people hate to admit? Some of
>those old foundation lines had... um... gasp.... ARABIAN blood in them!
>Some of them from the old ARmy remount program which used WitezII.
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> chris
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>Beth Leggieri wrote:
> From one who knew nothing but Quarter Horses until a few years ago:
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> I've had Foundation QH, Appendix QH, and the "new" QH with Impressive
>lines (that can carry HYPP). You cannot beat the old foundation lines.
>They are tough, they've got good minds and great bone, and if you're lucky,
>nice big bucket feet that will hold up forever. Our foundation bred mare
>died at 33 after having done everything from team roping to Pony Club
>jumping to working in harness to hauling around beginning riders. And yes,
>she did Training Level dressage tests!
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> If you start looking at the old lines, you'll find some interesting
>blood in there. Joe Hancock, a 100% foundation stallion, has Percheron in
>him -- you can see it in the bones and "big hips" the Hancock line is
>famous for among the ranch sales and roping stock--as well as their work
>ethic and tractability--so with a bit of creative stretch, we could call
>the Hancock line the Quarter Horse "warmbloods," and we know how those
>horses do in dressage!
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> And to make this endurance related, there are some really nice QH out
>there doing endurance! Go QH!
>
> Beth, Texas
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