was Bloodlines now halter

Respectfully disagree having heard stories that Remington Steele was shown at halter shortly after his Tevis completion and not only was a real crowd pleaser but ribboned as well. I have shown in halter and didn't do as well when the horse was fat (I was coming off of maternity leave) compared to when she was conditioned for riding, although not as conditioned as she was in NATRC/endurance condition. Also a lot of Arabian halter/show barns have their halter horses on the hot walker for up to an hour a day, or on a treadmill, they pony them, swim them, sweat them, and lounge them. For some reason they have a belief that riding halter horses ruins the appearance of their back, which is a very strange idea if you ask me, but they do indeed work those horses. Beth

>From: "Corbelletta, Antonio"

>To: "'Kathy Mayeda'" , ridecamp@endurance.net

>Subject: RC: RE: Bloodlines

>Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:41:05 -0700

>Funny you should mention "unconditioned". Having done the halter thing too,

>I was surprised what they mean by conditioned for halter. All it means is

>that the horse is FAT. They feed it non stop to get it to put on weight and

>then teach them to stand and park and bend the neck. If you took a

>conditioned endurance horse in the ring they would NEVER place. They are

>too thin.

>Tony

>-----Original Message-----

>From: Kathy Mayeda [mailto:Kathy_Mayeda@atce.com]

>Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:31 AM

>To: SandyDSA@aol.com; CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com; ridecamp@endurance.net

>Subject: RC: Bloodlines

>Point taken! But I was first a little bit in the halter world where the

>"pretty heads

>and hooky necks" meant "type." Didn't stay there too long.

>Also, the halter ring showing techniques leave much to be desired in showing

>an Arabian's saddle horse potential. When I visit my ex - he loves nothing

>better

>to turn out his unconditioned show mare and have me watch her bounce around

>like a bunny rabbit in the arena. He thinks she's cool, but it makes me

>want to puke.

>I bet if this mare had proper endurance conditioning, she would function as

>well as any horse

>under saddle instead of flouncing around.

>K.

>-----Original Message-----

>From: SandyDSA@aol.com [mailto:SandyDSA@aol.com]

>Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:11 AM

>To: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com; Kathy Mayeda; ridecamp@endurance.net

>Subject: Re: RC: Bloodlines

>In a message dated 7/24/01 10:32:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

>CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com writes:

>How can they NOT come in the same package? True Arabian "type" includes

>basically correct riding conformation, as the Arabian was and is still

>supposed to be a riding horse. This has been lost along the wayside

>somewhere in some mythical sort of "type" that has come to mean "pretty

>heads and hooky necks." You should be able to look at a functional Arabian

>body and say, "Hey, THAT is an ARABIAN!" And that is what type is all

>about. As for beauty--how some of these caricatures today can be

>considered beautiful is beyond me. It is almost painful to watch many of

>them move, and they look like a discombobulated combination of unrelated

>parts. Well conformed horses, on the other hand, are downright beautiful,

>and a joy to watch in motion. There is simply no way you can SEPARATE

>type, correctness, and beauty--you can't have one without the others.

>Hey, the English language CAN explain something succinctly! Way to go ,

>Heidi!

>San( who breeds for type, beauty and ability)

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