The first time I saw him I thought "Geeze, he's too small for an adult to
ride" but I was persuaded to ride him and, I gotta tell you, he has more
stuffing when he's out of shape than Shatirr or Cammie, who have lots of
mountain miles on them. The second time up the mountain, we had to trot
a mile on a steep incline to get his pulse to go over the 140bpm mark, and
this is unconditioned! Great things come in small packages.
Stacey keeps reminding me that Rio is only 14 hands.... Big is as Big does!
Later - Linda
On Oct 13, 9:26am, Kathy Myers wrote:
> In the mean time, Darlene King from Ramos has
> loaned me her little Arab gelding. And I mean
> little... little... little. So, how does this barely
> 14 hand Arab/pony compare to a 15.3 TB?
> He's a kick! He sure doesn't feel small. He
> has a *heck* of a trot (great angulation) and
> can literally cover ground about as fast as
> the Magnum horse! He's got a puppy-dog
> friendly personallity and carries himself like
> he's 16 hand tall. I LIKE this little horse!
> I really don't feel like I'm that close to the
> :) - kat
> kathy.myers@syntex.com in Palo Alto, CA
>
>-- End of excerpt from Kathy Myers