ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Self-carriage

Re: [endurance] Self-carriage

Lori Hayward (lahaywar@ffx.mobil.com)
Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:45:38 -0500

My Mare Tabriz must be one hell of an Arabian then! We can be going
along real smooth at a nice strong trott with head low, back round
and ears forward and WHAMMY She's going the other way and I'm
going nowhere!!!!!!!

Ya gotta luv um!!!!!!!

>On the other hand, I recently found a quote from Lady Wentworth, an
>importer of Arabs from North Africa to England. "An Arabian that
>doesn't shy at everything that moves close by or in the near distance
>isn't a good Arabian. He should shy at the movement of a butterfly.
>He's been bred to carry his rider in safety day and night: to do
>this, his eyes must scan the horizon for the approach of danger."
>
>Can't do this if he's rolling peanuts. To find the balance is the
>quest . . .
>Gail in New Hampshire glawson@lr.net
>
>
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Lori Hayward,
Rt 2 Box 601
Shenandoah, VA 22849
LIV2RYD