ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Endurance Bloodlines(long)

Re: Endurance Bloodlines(long)

tina hicks (hickst@puzzler.nichols.com)
Thu, 15 May 1997 13:09:59 -0500

>The bottom line is one still has to look at the HORSE. Blood will tell, I
>believe that, but (just as everyone else has been saying) blood is not the
>whole story.
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Put me down as a non-believer in the worth of Arab bloodlines for endurance
:-)) I think any Arab with 4 legs, 2 eyes, 2 ears, etc and good basic
conformation (which most have I think - Arabians are a pretty uniform breed
compared to QH and TB, for example) is an endurance "prospect" (whatever the
heck that vague word means <g>) - whether his daddy was Bask or the little
Arab stud down the road.

The path from prospect to actual proven endurance horse is a long one
determined by conditioning/training and lots of luck.

All arabians in my mind have "endurance bloodlines" - heck, this is what the
whole breed was basically designed to do - travel long distances at a
moderate rate of speed.
Tina Hicks | Huntsville, AL
Southeast Endurance Riders Association - http://www.hsv.tis.net/~slilly/
Eastern Time Zone Squad - http://www.hsv.tis.net/~slilly/etzhome.htm
hickst@nichols.com

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