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Re: [RC] public image of the Arabian horse - Barbara McCraryI bought my current Arab gelding from a Montana rancher who used bred a fair number of Arabs. His grandfather used to breed for the Remount during WW2. I asked this man how he happened to be breeding Arabs in Montana-ranch-QH country, and he chuckled and said because he found out how long they last at work. One Arab can work, day after day after day. Oft times, ranchers with QHs have to have a whole string of them to keep up with the work load. My gelding has not yet done more than one 50 mile ride in one day, but considering the way he looks and feels after that 50 miles, I'd wager that he'd go out and do it again the next day, and the next. He hasn't shown any sign of being tired yet....... Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Worden" <ndrorydr@xxxxxxxxx> To: "EnduranceNet RideCamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:06 AM Subject: [RC] public image of the Arabian horse Most of us in the US can probably say we as Arabian owners are the minority as a whole. At least in this area it's Quarter Horses or gaited horses. It is not unusually to get funny looks or comments cause we ride Ay-rabs....or maybe it's cause I wear tights and a helmet when I ride instead blue jeans and a cowboy hat. This talk about how the Arabian breed is promoted in the public eye brings to mind this old guy I was talking with at a BLM auction last year. He mentioned he ran a guided trail ride on QHs through the mountains of Virginia. When I told him I ride Arabians he laughed and commented that Arabians would not do well walking for hours on the trails he takes his horses on. Since this guy was rather big and had a large knife on his hip, I decided to keep my thoughts to myself. What I did think to myself though was, yeah he probably was right, they wouldn't do well walking his trail for hours.....we'd probably trot the whole darn thing and travel twice as far:) I would guess this guy did not know what endurance riding was or ever heard of the Old Dominion or Tevis. I love my Ay-rab endurance horses. Tim ============================================================ There are 2 ways to win at this sport. You take a horse and race him for a short time and then find a new horse or you can take one horse , do the homework and spend many miles and years enjoying that horse. ~ Paddi Sprecher ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ This weekend, many of you are at rides...25's, 50's or 100's. You are the lucky ones. I know you did whatever you had to do to get to 'em. I know that each of you go to 'em with different so-called "goals" in mind...but I also know that each of you cares for your horse and realize that "carrying you" is the least of what he/she does for you. LIFTING YOU is the true effect. ~ Ryder ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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