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Maybe Halter is performance, Sandy
The horses are desperately dodging those whips and cattle prods-- have 
to be VERY agile to escape. The ones without terror in their eyes are 
probably the most successful dodgers! ;-)
Bette (who despite sarcasm, does not think the ways employed by many 
halter trainers are funny at all) and Bunny (who would like to stand 
those cruel trainers in water and apply a cattle-prod to them!)

SandyDSA@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 6/14/2004 8:17:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
> heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>     That is no longer the case here. My understanding from the Registry is
>     > that breeding is down-- thank goodness-- and there actually is a
>     > shortage of athletic, performance horses. In 
>
> heh - there has beena  shortage of solid performance horses for a long 
> time - seems like it LOOKS worse partly because almost everything is 
> classified as "performance", and indeed, "perforamnce" does nto 
> necessarily lend itself to "athleticism". I just get such a hoot outta 
> the coalition trying to get halter re-classified as a "performance" 
> class. EGADS! What next?
>  
> Of course, way too many peeps make way too much money breedinf and 
> selling way too many horses who are in the end...good for nothing 
> after halter.
>  
> san ( who doesn't breed for flat croups!)


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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

Always remember: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." (George Carlin)



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