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Anywhere I could see a picture of him? Curiousity is aroused.LAD






> From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Barbara McCrary" 
> <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>,<Merryben@xxxxxxx>,<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Rios  brother
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:21:49 -0600
>
> > I 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
>
>
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