Re: [RC] big butts on endurance horses - Sharon LevasseurMy Arab x Rocky Mountain Horse gelding has a big butt, and I love it. :-D http://www.zegifts.com/photos/Beach-002.jpg (My friend is riding here, not me.) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/Sharon1359/5-15-07105.jpg Arab/RMH is a great cross! He's 14.2h, 950# or so, and he foxtrots as well as trots (trot has up to a 22" overstride). He's got the spirit and intelligence of the Arab with the level-headed smarts of the RMH. -Sharon L. in Maine www.zegifts.com www.zegifts.com/Stories.htm Quoting Jessica Spoone-Raines <jspoone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: My Casino is a qh/arab mix and I too love that cross. Morgan/arab and qh/arab are my 2 favorites *types* of horse. Casino isn't as heavily muscular (actually looks old style Morgan) as my moms cow bred qh but man you put him on a mountain and hang on. With his push power he will go up and over anything no matter how steep, and all this carrying 250+ lbs. I think the originals of every breed are quite beautiful but that the years of showring activity have ruined a lot of them. As pointed out, 1400lb horses with size 00 feet that get out of breath just walking across the pasture are not attractive, at least not to me. I want a horse that I can use and use hard when needed. Not one I have to wrap in cotton and set on a shelf to look pretty. Thats what Lenox is for. Jess Spoone-Raines Casino the quarab and Dynasty the Morab Personally, one of my favorite horses of all time was a cross betweenArab and QH. Just general observations based on a lot of years with a lot of horses. And I still haven't had the experience that some of you out there have had. Barbara=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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