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Re: [RC] [RC] Club Foot - GenevieveWell, it actually didn't work out very well. He was a tiny bit of a stumbler but it wasn't bad and he never showed lameness. He was also very tall at 15.3hh and was build a bit like a giraffe. He just wasn't cut out to be a trail horse. I tried to sell him for around $2500 but when the lady I sold him to informed me just how serious a club foot is she said she wouldn't take him for any more than $1600. That was still a profit for me (I practically stole him for $1200!) and I really wanted my boy to go to her because she had a ranch full of other Arabians, kids, dogs, and she was going to use him as a child's lesson horse. Many Arabians hate being ridden by a lot of different people and some can't stand kids. Mir LOVED kids and loved meeting new people. He even enjoyed letting her husband hop on him, haha! Being a mustang person I'd never even heard of club feet before so I trusted her on what she was saying and let him go for $1600. I think it was a good choice. I just wasn't getting much use out of him, not being able to do any serious trail riding with him so he was definitely going to a better home.Now I've got a rough-ridin' mustang with the most perfect legs and feet I've ever seen on any horse in my life! You know, now that I think about it there are very few Arabians I've ridden that WEREN'T stumblers. Not sure I'll buy one ever again. On Jan 19, 2008 7:42 AM, tichenor06 <tichenor06@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I am happy it worked out for you. Not all are happy endings. My mare started to stumble and fall down, and you never knew when it was going to happen. It was too scary to be riding in the high mountains in WA state. She now lives in a once a month riding home being treated like a princess, just like she was at my place. I only had so much money for horses. I could only afford one at the time -- Genevieve
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