Re: RC: re: athletic horses

[Ruth Abair <shakesbearides@texoma.net>]

My vet - whom I have used for years and knew of my intent for the horse
- warned me of this when we did a vet check prior to purchase. I guess
I should have stated this was my personal experience and left it at that.
The Arabian I currently have has a "dishy" face - not considered to be
the "extreme" type - with ample air passage. I believe San summed it up
very nicely. Thanks San.

Ruth Abair in Texas
email: shakesbearides@texoma.net

Trailrite@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 7/25/2001 2:58:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
shakesbearides@texoma.net writes:
 
 

Extreme dished Arabians are beautiful to behold but the air passage will
likewise be "extremely" restricted. I had a wonderful gelding - Bask &
Fadjur lineage - that I did some LD with. He had a lot of heart but
struggled mightily with this problem.

Ruth Abair in Texas

    I'm going to have to disagree on this one...Just because one horse, or a
few horses, might have a problem with breathing due to a super dished face.
(??) This doesn't mean all dished faced horses are going to have this problem.
    I would be interested in knowing how this conclusion came about.  Were
these horses put on a tread mill of sorts and tested for this specific
restricted air flow problem?
Tammy Robinson
Trail-Rite Ranch & Products
18171 Lost Creek Road
Saugus, CA 91390
661/513-9269 or  713-3912
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