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Karen,
Can you tell me a bit more about your horse? Seems to me that the
TWH/Arab cross would either be the perfect cross-country horse (stamina
with smoothness) or just another jug-headed trotting horse. ;) What did
you get? And do you know any other breeders?
Thanks,
Beaux
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Beaux,
For years I thought that would be the ideal cross. A lady posted to
rec.equestrian looking for a vet, since she was going to be buying
an Arab/TWH mare. I talked to her, said if she ever sold the horse,
I would be very interested. I ended up with the horse, as this lady
could not handle her.....
Anyway, she is a little of both (what you mentioned above). She is
very Arab looking (similiar to some of the big, heavy-boned rush
creek Arabs. She is just under 15.2 hands. She has something of
Arab head, very wide between the eyes, with her jawbones very far
apart, but it is a big head! One of the reasons I have dealt with
her ornery attitude is that she has a wonderful, smooth, slow
canter, and incredible stamnina and recoveries. I DO trot on her,
but she can do some sort of a singlefoot or gait, but it is too
hard to keep her in it. I used to own a Foxtrotter, and discovered
that I really liked the trot, and missed it. My foxtrotter was not
very smooth.
I don't know any breeders-_ ran into this one by a fluke. She has a
lot of good qualities-she drinks at every water source, eats,
trailers, camps, ties, does gates, all those things. But she is
a very alpha mare, and when I got her, was getting away with nipping
and crowding people-just a nasty mare! Two years has made a big
difference, and I am ending up with a very dependable, enjoyable
trail horse, which comes first, before we do much endurance.
You should post to Truman Prevatt-I believe he is crossing Arabs and
Walkers.
Karen
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