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Hi Birgit - I always thought
that when people said 'You don't HAVE to ride an Arab to do well in endurance',
it was in reply to someone who had a horse of a different breed that they just
loved and wondered if they could try endurance or needed to get a different
horse. Not that riding Arabs is a 'necessary evil' -
:-)
Jude in Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck and Birgit
To: Karla Watson ; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday,
June 28, 2002 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] arabs
I have
noticed the same thing- LOTS of Arab-bashing going on. I am a =
newbie
and I I learned to ride on Arabs so it never occured to me at =
first that
they are any different than other breeds. I now own a six =
year old
Arab and I kinda like having to be on my toes all the time. I =
am
never bored riding him, that's for sure! He never fails to amaze me
=
and I am totally in awe of his intelligence and strength. So it was
=
really strange to me to hear all these negative things when people talk
=
about Arabs. I guess each breed is different and therefore different
=
riders prefer different traits. To each his own, right...
Sometimes I =
almost feel like I have to defend myself for riding an
Arab. Often I =
hear, well, you don't HAVE to ride an Arab to do well
in endurance... I =
got my little guy and then discovered endurance and
I just finished my =
first 50 (it happened to be the Old Dominion 50)on him
and he did GREAT, =
and I was so proud of him!
So, I guess my point
is that you don't have to have an Arabian, but =
they SURE are
fun!
Birgit
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I saw heaven standing
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before me was a white horse, whose
rider is called
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