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Re: [RC] Rios brother - Heidi SmithI remember Courtney telling the story of buying Cameo and the sellers telling him to just take Rio because they didn't want him or he was too small or some such reason. Courtney was always proud of the fact that the world's champion endurance horse had been a freebie. I remember thinking that's all very well, but Rio's success was due in great measure to Becky's skill in riding him. I always found it humorous that Rio was considered "worthless" because he was too small or too this or not enough that, when in fact his nearly ideal three-circle balanced conformation was overlooked. And while it is absolutely true that Becky was a vital part of the combination, I have also yet to see a top horse with a poor body, and Rio's body conformation should be a learning model for everybody. Too many folks will pass up a nearly ideal athlete because he isn't x hands tall, or because he doesn't match some other irrelevant criterion. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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