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Evelyn Allen wrote:
> We were at a
> trainers this past weekend looking at a National Show Horse.  She
> made the comment that her experience is that NSH's are spookier than
> purebred Arabs on the trail.  For any NSH owners who ride endurance,
> do you feel this comment is a true reflection of a
> NSH?

Nope. 

Horses owned and ridden(ish):

Arab horse #1 - could lose her brain over nothing and have a complete
melt down
Arab horse #2 - spooked occasionally, but generally pretty steady
Arab horse #3 - spooky as all get out (I fall off at regular intervals),
but generally 
                           
level-headed (note he's the most experienced of all my horses)
Arab horse #4 - young and inexperienced, a little spooky, but mostly
distrustful.
NSH #1 - rarely spooks, about as level-headed as they come
NSH #2 - young and inexperienced, not so much spooky as scaredy. Getting
better 
                
with regular riding. Very even tempered.
TWH/Arab #1 - *very* occasionally spooks in slow motion (16 hh will do
that to you)
Welsh pony #1 - not yet started, but gumby-like in physical ability. Not
very spooky.

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Lucy Chaplin Trumbull
elsietee AT foothill DOT net
Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, CA
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