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Be careful of looking at halter classes for conformation! They are breeding for different goals.
Like the flat croup – functionally is not as good for a dressage horse or jumper – and I have actually
seen articles written to look for Arabs with a sloping croup for performance.
Muscle definition has been a plus for a long time. I haven’t been around the halter world for very long,
but treadmilling was definitely used 15 years ago so I don’t think that the the halter world is
changing to look at good muscling. I mean, you know how women go ga ga over well defined
pecs and quads rather than pudgy and soft!
K.
-----Original Message-----
From: Corbelletta, Antonio [mailto:Antonio_Corbelletta@affymetrix.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:04 AM
To: 'Bette Lamore'
Cc: Kathy Mayeda; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RE: RE: Bloodlines
Yes that is true that they do work them but still we are not talking
anything remotely approaching the conditioning one would do for endurance.
Most of the work that I saw was done on flat ground with no rider or weight.
Now that was probably due to the age of the horses. The trainers I worked
with were very conservative. This is from my experience and I am not the
authority. But still, the big emphasis was on making them nice and plump,
or Round as you say. I just thought they were all fat. But that is the
endurance rider/marathon runner/bike rider in me coming out. Now if things
are changing and they are looking at good muscling that is great.
I did enjoy watching the halter classes thought it did teach me alot about
conformation. Not that I know that much LOL!
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Bette Lamore [mailto:woa@stormnet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 7:46 PM
To: Corbelletta, Antonio
Cc: 'Kathy Mayeda'; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: RE: Bloodlines
Hi Tony
Actually when we were in halter competition the horses had to be worked
6 days a week to build up the hind quarters---- usually the big trainers
used treadmills and lunging in the bull pen---- it was REALLY important
to have muscling. Flab never won. Round was the key.
Bette
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of 16.2hh TLA Halynov
(Yes, really 16.2!)
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com
"Corbelletta, Antonio" wrote:
>
> 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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