Re: gangly Arab

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

Can my horses come and live at your house?
Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: David & Vicki Wheeler <dwheeler@icx.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 4:59 AM
Subject: RC: gangly Arab


> I need help/advice.  Spellbinder is my first Arab & he looks awfully
> *gangly* to me.  He is a BIG 3 yo: 15.1 at withers/15.2+ at rump (so he's
> still going thru a very active growth stage), 8.75" canon bone.  He is
> still very narrow in the chest & very lean (see ribs) in the barrel.  The
> fields he is turned out on have rolling hills & he is showing muscle
> development in the shoulders & backend.
>
> Is this normal for a 3yo?  I'm used to TWHs & App's with more development
> by this age.  He is feed 2x daily -- approx 1 lb of sweet feed (10%) +
beet
> pulp each feeding.  One field is fescue & clover, the other is timothy &
> orchard grass.  He's wormed every 8 weeks & had his teeth floated the
first
> of June.  Should I be concerned or is this just an unsightly teenage
stage?
>  I know I can add oil for extra calories, but if this is normal for an
> Arab, I'll just wait.  All the other horses are so plump right now, that
> Spell looks almost anorexic.  But he also runs & plays more than the
others.
>
> TIA
> Vicki Wheeler
>
>
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