Re: RC: Arab or TWH

[DVeritas@aol.com]

In a message dated 13-Apr-99 00:59:20 Mountain Daylight Time, 
Thiessej@aol.com writes:

> Ask yourself what is the most common injury to end 
>  an endurance career for an Arab horse.

    ...Operator error, i.e., rider stupidity, i.e., in either the type of 
conditioning, setting of realistic goals or riding at the level of the 
horses(rider's) abilities/conditioning.
    We have had, trained and competed with gaited horses and we love them.  
They can do trail riding, CTR's and endurance...they just are not "bred" for 
it and though they can be conditioned to compete at their optimum abilities, 
FOR THE MOST PART, it falls short of the endurance capabilities of the 
"correctly bred and conformed" Arabian horse.
    As to you contending that the Arabian horse has poor legs (suspensories) 
and feet...as with any horse, breeding tells.  The correctly bred Arabian 
horse has no inherently (breed-specifc) leg or foot weaknesses...no more so 
than a correctly bred TWH, Foxtrotter, Montana Traveler, etc.
    It IS a question of bio-mechanical efficiency and related cardio-vascular 
expenditure as it pertains to workload efficacy.
    I ride all breeds of horses, but when I compete in endurance, it's on an 
Arabian.

Frank Solano.
Eastwind Valley Ranch
Gering, Nebraska


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