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Great advise! I personally prefer Arabians mostly for my own peace of 
mind..I know if I do my homework, they will do fine in most situations 
physically.

One thing to add to this is to see how the horse was raised. I bought a 5yo 
from Sandy Rovane that has the best mind of an Arab I have ever been around. 
But, he was fed off of tarps, tied to a trailer at rides, camped with, in a 
small herd, all the things that make a horse SMART..in other words...able to 
resist the temtation to succumb to their flight instinct EVERY TIME they get 
in trouble. He will look to me for help instead of lose it in most 
situations! I still know he is a horse, (just don't tell him that!)..and 
capable of all the stuff all horses go through..but I trust him more than 
any horse I have ever ridden.

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> From: Laney Humphrey <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Burnett, Elly" <egburnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Horse question... (really long)
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:27:59 -0800
>
> My first reaction was to suggest that you get a 1/2 arabian crossed with 
> something known for "think first, act later."  Second reaction: you don't 
> have to have an arabian to do endurance (I ride a Spanish Mustang).  A 
> growing number of people are riding a variety of breeds and having 
> wonderful experiences.  Third reaction: think carefully about how much 
> endurance you will do over the next 5 years, then 10 years and how 
> competitive you want to be.  I'd say most highly competitive riders who do 
> a lot of rides each year do have arabians - but not all!  If that's not how 
> you see yourself, go find a breed you love and buy one of those and just 
> get out and do it!  I would stay away from show-bred horses, no matter what 
> the breed.  I'd look for a horse that was given plenty of room to roam 
> around as a youngster (so it could learn where to put its feet) and 
> companions of all ages and sexes (so it could learn how to be a horse).  
> And I would insist on doing my own pre-purchase exam!
> Laney
>
> Burnett, Elly wrote:
> > I've been inspired by all the question-asking today to finally ask the 
> > question I've been DYING to ask for a couple months now.
> >
> > Some of you may remember a year or so ago I had a question about doing 
> > LD's on my Belgian mare, Callie.  We had a wonderful time training last 
> > summer, and were ready to do a 25 in July when I had the devil farrier 
> > come out and he trimmed her way too aggressively and the ride didn't 
> > happen.  (I summer in Idaho and didn't know him very well, but he was 
> > recommended). I started school again in August, and figured we'd try again 
> > this summer.
> >
> > When I bought Callie last March, they'd done a pre-purchase exam the 
> > previous May and had told me everything was perfect and looked really 
> > good.  They offered me a copy and said they'd have it when I paid for her. 
> >  It mysteriously dissappeared, but my transport was there so I shrugged 
> > it off and paid.  Well, after bothering them for a few months, I finally 
> > got a copy of the prepurchase exam in December.  She's got peri-articular 
> > ringbone in BOTH fronts and a bone spavin in a hock.  I was...shocked, to 
> > say the least.  She's never taken a lame step, but I decided she's being 
> > retired to husband duty with a daily regimen of Cosequin and light riding. 
> >  I'd always known I'd eventually get another horse that I could do "real" 
> > endurance on, but now that'll be happening sooner.
> >
> > I've ridden for 15 years or so and have had quite a few nasty spills in my 
> > days, although I've only been hospitalized once (knock on wood).  When 
> > Callie and I head out on the trail alone, I know that come hell or high 
> > water, she'll take care of me.
> >
> > So finally, the question:
> >
> > Can I expect this same attitude from an arab?  I've decided that since 
> > we're getting a second horse this summer, I want a horse that will do well 
> > with endurance.  But I'm terrified this will be the end of me.  I'm afraid 
> > I'll be trotting/cantering down the trail and a log will jump out and try 
> > to eat my future horse and that'll be it!  My Callie is a "think 
> > first:react later" kind of horse, but I guess you've got to be when 
> > reacting involves moving your 1600 lb body one way or the other.
> >
> > I've not had much experience with arabs, except once when I was 12 and 
> > volunteered at an arab show barn.  Their horses were crazy and scared the 
> > living bejeezus out of me.  One of them killed the owner's husband while 
> > he was cleaning a stall some months after I left.  Luckily, I can 
> > attribute my extreme caution around horses to these early days, so it 
> > wasn't all bad.
> >
> > Elly
>
>
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