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Vi Bredl vbredl@xxxxxxxx
We had an arabian gelding who never seemed to be able to lock his legs when 
sleeping.  He would doze off and his legs would buckle, and he would start 
to fall, and then wake up as though nothing had happened.  We bought him 
when he was 9 years old, and he lived to the ripe old age of 32.  Among his 
accomplishments were buckles from the Tevis and Race of Champions.  He was 
still able to compete and place in a competitive ride at age of 22.  It was 
scary the first few times we saw him trying to sleep, and sometimes hard to 
explain to others at the rides that he did this all the time.  Narcolepsy 
may have been the cause? Equus magazine had some information on Narcolepsy. 
He never laid down to sleep.  His heart would also skip a beat sometimes, 
which would startle the vets that didn't know him, but I don't think that 
had anything to do with his sleep problem.

Vi



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