Re: Hazards on endurance rides related to horse size

[Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>]

Cathy,

My best training buddy has decided that Star is one of those horses who
lets you know when something is out of order in the universe --as in "who
put that rock over there." "that log doesn't belong in a field." "there is
a horse-eating deer in the woods a mile away adn I can see him."

Maybe yours is one of these prophets, too.

chris

At 09:07 AM 1/3/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Chris Paus wrote:
>> 
>> Tracy,
>> 
>> My tall, leggy Arab also hops sideways. And he is 10. But his better trick
>> is coming to a complete halt in mid stride when he sees something scary
>> that I don't see. Other riders get worried looks on their faces when I go
>> flying over Star's head. But Star just stands there waiting for me to get
>> back on and away we go.
>> 
>> He may have long legs, but he is agile and quick as a cat.
>> 
>> But he IS getting better about the whole thing. One of my training buddies
>> commented that she hasn't seen him shy for a long time.
>> 
>> chris paus & star
>> 
>> At 05:40 PM 1/1/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> >Glenda R. Snodgrass wrote:
>> >> with 2 TB mares whose riders kept exclaiming over how "sure-footed"
Lakota
>> >> is, how he zigged and zagged around the trees, fallen logs, over
streams,
>> >
>> >When my husband is riding behind me he often comments that Pro just
>> >lengthens or shortens his stride to miss rocks or holes in the trail.
>> >
>> >When he was riding the old (and half blind) Quarter mare, they would hit
>> >every single thing in the trail...maybe she was going by feel!
>> >
>> >The tall arab seems to do pretty well missing things too, what you have
>> >to watch for with him is the unexpected leaps 6 feet  to the
>> >side....he's coming 10 this year...dare I hope he'll ever mature?
>> >
>> >tracy
>> >
>> >
>
>It's funny you should say that I've got a 15.1 hand Arab and he is 11
>years old going on 12 this year and I would almost swear that our horses
>are related because mine will do the same thing--it doesn't matter the
>speed but if something looks like it's going to eat him he stops/spins
>to go the other way; I fly over the head and then he stops and waits for
>me to try that again.... I wonder if he will ever stop doing that--oh
>well that's life.  I've owned him since he was 2 I must be a glutton for
>punishment.
>
>Cathy and Moses (hey Mom what's that up ahead, we should turn around
>right now and go the other way!)
>
>