I have to chime in on this one because I find
it funny how the conversation started out asking about Andalusian/Arab crosses,
then went to proving stallions, and now to Bey Shah
temperments!
Since I have owned two Bey Shahs and now an
Andalusion/Arab cross this conversation is getting
interesting!
I currently have a 12 yr old Bey Shah
grandson. After trying 4 LDs and 1 50 on him last year I have decided that
he is definitely not cut out mentally for this sport. I had no notion that
I would ever be doing endurance when I purchased this horse, I just fell in love
with him because he reminded me so much of my Bey Shah son.
The Bey Shah grandson is what I would call a
very "reactive" horse. He is an incredible athlete, but it just takes too
much work on my part to manage him at a ride and I'm exhausted afterwards!
The Bey Shah son that I purchased years ago, as a 7
yr old, was big and beautiful and very hot! Being new to arabs, I
just thought they were all this way! Anyway, I trail rode the tar out of
that horse and he became a wonderful, dependable partner that probably
would have excelled in endurance( had I known about the sport at the
time). He loved to camp and go new places. He had an amazing, huge
trot and was just a alot of fun to ride. Sadly, I lost this boy at age 15 due to a colic.
I have always found it interesting that my Bey Shah
son was by far the easier horse to manage than, my Bey Shah grandson. I
would have thought for sure, being further removed from Bey Shah, that my
current horse would have been the easier of the two.
So for now my Bey Shaw grandson is pretty much
back to just being a trail horse, and a most beautiful pasture ornament, while I
start putting in the long slow miles on my young
Andalusian/ Arab!
