Re: Type/Build

[Connie Hoge <connieh@etalco.com>]

Well,  it should be interesting.  I have one of those slightly taller, egyptian
mares with substance, but no feet - who was bred last Aug. to a well built, but
"stocky" type, black egyptian stallion, with Babson on the bottom (great legs &
feet!).

The wait is killing me!
Connie H.

P.S.

We here in the NW are now experiencing some luck with "Leaps & Bounds"
suppliment.  Has anyone else tried it?

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 98-06-02 09:39:53 EDT, natcon@afrox.boc.com writes:
>
> << What we have noticed is that the stocky ,
>  strong built arab ( more bone and substance) seem to be better suited to
>  the shorter distances and speed , whereas the finer (more Egyptian
>  type??) seem to excel more at 100 milers ? >>
>
> Cindy, I would have to say that I have observed just the opposite.  The
> leaner, "scopier" horses tend to be able to go faster, but tend not to have
> the "bottom" that the stronger-built horses do.  And yes, I have noticed a
> real difference in body types beginning to show up as to what excels at which
> distance over the years.  The leaner horses have a bit of an advantage in
> cooling out (built more like a radiator) but they are often the horses that
> either don't eat as well or don't utilize their "fiber vat" in the large colon
> as well.  They tend to "run out of gas" while their stockier peers who may
> have been a bit slower at 50 miles tend to keep going and going like the
> energizer bunny.
>
> Heidi Smith, DVM--Sagehill Arabians (Oregon)