Re: RE: 'cheap' horses in endurance / no $ in owning a stallion

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

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From: "Truman Prevatt, Ph.D." <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>
> I don't know about other parts of the country, but back in the SE a
> large number of the horses are coming off the track. The are not broken
> down, they are not necessarily culls - they either didn't have th speed
> for 6 furlongs, they hadn't matured sufficiently by 2 yo to be
> competitive on the track, etc

Hi Truman, I assume you are talking about Arabians.  This brings up some
questions I have; if anyone knows.  First of all, at what age are Arabians
being raced?  Second, if they haven't matured enough by 2 to be competitive
on the track, doesn't that imply that they have been backed/trained/raced
some BEFORE or at age 2?  I would think this would be extremely detrimental
to development-regardless of breed (Tbs, Arabs, QH-much too young to be
ridden, and not a good beginning for an endurance horse?

Karen