Before you "trash Appaloosas" I suggest
you open your eyes to the fact that not every horse of every breed is
outstanding... Perhaps you seek out the CHEAP imitations? Please
take a look at these two sites: http://www.dallionmedia.com/dal/index.htm this
stallion is a beautiful black leopard who excells in endurance as well as
hunter/jumper work...
and this young horse who will likely be
making a name for himself in the near future:
This breeder has also bred several nice
Arab mares to her Ap stallion with great results!
Good Aps and AraAps exist if you just
look....
Vickie Smith
Smithfield Performance
Horses
Addison, Vermont
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 3:10
AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Non-Arab Horses??
Think half-Arab. Better yet, think Anglo-Arab. I
have an Anglo mare who is
15.1+H, who would easily be a jumper, dressage
horse, english pleasure or
anything else I want, as she has inherited the
best of both worlds. She is
not hot, but can be a bit stubborn about
certain things like shots and foot
care due to some early injuries and
doctoring. She is a wonderful ride,
smooth, long strided, and
fun. I take Dressage lessons on her, and have 2 50
mile rides, and
150 miles of LD on her. Anglos that have the mare as the
Thoroughbred parent tend to be taller than those where the mare is the
Arab
parent, like mine.
I know a young gal who also has an
Anglo-Arab that she jumps and is doing
VERY well on. He is jumping
3' easily and working his way up.
Anglos usually don't have the
splashy color, bay, chestnut, black and my
favorite--gray.
You also might look at other half Arabs, like a Quarab, or NSH.
The
Saddlebred comes in Pinto, so there are lots of half Arab NSH pintos
around.
Saddlebreds can jump and also do endurance (just ask
Howard). They tend to
be taller, lots of them over 16H and are not
all as hot as the showring
horses often appear to be. If she is
looking to show primarily she should
get a horse that will excel in that,
and also do endurance rather than a
horse that excels in endurance.
My reason for saying that is she will
probably be happier with a horse
that puts her in the ribbons than a horse
that top tens, if her friends
mainly show.
Nothing wrong with an Appy for endurance, as they
are very tough horses.
Some jump and show very well. Most of
the ones I have had experience with
were quite stubborn, and some were not
the easiest horses to train, but the
ones with good temperaments were
GREAT horses. Good luck,
jeri
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