Re: RC: sportsmanship, LD etc

[nickiyoung@mindspring.com (Nicki Young)]

>>...  I don't like the idea of CTR so much
>>for my horses because they do not have very good manners.  They don't kick
>>or bite but they also don't stand still and they shy a lot and in general
>>are a bit of a pain in the b*** to ride at times but I like them that way.
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>Not quite sure how you meant the above, but as a vet, I find manners every
>bit as necessary in an endurance horse as in a CTR horse. It isn't easy to
>vet something that's tap dancing around you.
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>                --CMNewell, DVM
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  I am a vet also so I know exactly what you are talking about, impossible
to get a good pulse on a horse that will not stand still more than 5
seconds.  my horses stand very quietly in line, trot out without fussing
and can be ridden in any company.  What I meant is they like to get in a
good buck and huge spook at nothing and if I haven't fallen off them in the
past month then I haven't been riding enough.  And maybe I'm crazy but I
like that challenge, excellent ground manners but very exciting at times to
ride.
Nicki



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