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Thanks Bette for pointing this out. Some of us have quality horses that we
compete with in many different venues, without big names, drugs,
mistreatment or poor conformation in lieu of "type". I do think there are
some breeders/judges out there that do not breed/pin what I prefer, but some
people do, so to each their own. But to make sweeping generalizations about
the drugs, mistreatment, etc is unfair to a large portion of the Arabian
show folks, in my experience. I suspect this argument is had in every breed
of every animal [ask a German Shepherd owner about "show lines" vs. "working
lines"...]

Also, according to the AHA itself, only 10% of Arabian horse owners
participate in the show circuit. So they are aware of the other 90% of the
Arab market and are trying to understand how to address it.  They are also
growing opportunities inside the show circuit due to the popularity of sport
horse competition [there is now a dedicated AHA Sport Horse Nationals] AND
one of the fastest growing parts of Arab competitions is working western
[trail, reining, & working cow].

Kristen in TX

PS Even inside shows, performance show people comment about the halter
winners never being able to be ridden!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bette Lamore" <woa@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Letters to the World -- showing


> There's been an awful lot of bashing of shows here-- At the risk of
> being flamed here-- there are many athletic Arabians competing in shows
> (and some also compete in competitive trail and endurance)

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If people would just think of the hoof as the foundation for the horse like
a house foundation.  when your horse plants his foot down in the ground and
pushes forward if the foot isn't 100% balanced your chances of injury go
up. 
~  Paula Blair

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