Re: RC: Re: Re: Feet (was Thoroughbreds as Endurance Horses)

[BMcCrary27@aol.com]

I have no experience with TBs as endurance horses, but I remember a comment 
from Matthew Mackay-Smith, many years ago....TBs have both fast and slow 
twich muscle and are capable of making good endurance horses, but "a 
Thoroughbred's cross to bear is his feet".  In other words, MM-S felt that 
TB's feet were of poor quality and inclined to fail holding up to endurance 
work. 

Barbara