Re: Re: It's not an arab thing

["Tamara Jane Habberley" <tamarahabberley@lineone.net>]

.>The first is one my littlest arab gelding does...he is short with a short
.>neck, and he stretches a dancer's stretch:  lifts his poll, straight up
into
.>the air, as high as he can, tucks his chin and looks like the Bucephalus
>figurine in "Black Stallion".

OH cute know the very image you are talking about!

My welsh cob streches in the morning by tucking his head up then in ( same
pose) then spreading his front legs and sort of swinging forward so his back
legs are camped out and his chest touches the floor! He then araches his
neck , grunts and stans up. This is the same horse who for back streches
learnt to tuck his head under his front legs for a treat. he now does this
unprompted ifhe feels neglected in the stable!

Guess he was given a book on yoga as a foal!

Tamara


----- Original Message -----
From: owens <owensall@sierranet.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 5:56 PM
Subject: RC: Re: It's not an arab thing


>
> Dear All;
> I share the fascination you all do in watching horses stretch, itch behind
> their ears, and all.  There are two I've seen that haven't been mentioned
> yet, tho.
> The first is one my littlest arab gelding does...he is short with a short
> neck, and he stretches a dancer's stretch:  lifts his poll, straight up
into
> the air, as high as he can, tucks his chin and looks like the Bucephalus
> figurine in "Black Stallion".
> The second one that sticks in my memory banks is when my first endurance
> horse, Chico, a large, black non-arab, stretched with his front feet on my
> trailer's fender, first forward then back, then gently got back down,
before
> competing in the Lakeside ride one year.  He went on to finish his first
and
> only top ten placing, sixth place!  This was in the early 80's, and I have
> never seen another do this.
> Katee
>
>
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