Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net
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> From: elammal@erols.com
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: MORE ON THE MOYLE
> Date: Saturday, January 25, 1997 10:21 AM
>
> I thought I'd add a little to what Mr. Morris noted concerning the Moyle
> Horse. Several endurance riders from the East ( Virginia and Maryland)
> bought some of these horses. They were found to be a bit skitterish (
turns
> out when purchased they were barely green broke), little heavy on the
fore
> hand, and had terrific feet. Most Farrier marvelled at how much hoof they
> had. They were indeed tough, but what was intriguing was the way their
foot
> moved at the trot. All four feet when raised and breaking over had a
> peculair " foot swing" so what you observed after the horse past was this
"
> scything motion ( I hope I spelled this correctly). One rider noted that
he
> didn't need his Corn Picker for his farm anymore. He would just ride his
> Moyle horse down the rows of corn and the foot motion would bring the
corn
> down on each side of the horse.
> [snip]
>
>
> Regards
> Pete Fields