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Re: [RC] [RC] Horses!!! stop with the height - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Nicole z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I know Bette's post is meant as a personal harpoon toward me 
and perhaps toward Maria (who is the only other CMK
breeder who has responded to this thread)


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I realize I don't breed as many horses as you or Maria, but I do
consider myself a very small-scale CMK breeder.  

BTW, I will presume that some of my comments about substance and
height and such might be considered "mean" if people don't know
me or read things and tone into my messages that aren't there or
are not intended. But, those that know me would read a line I 
know I put in at least one of my messages: I consider height, in 
and of itself, to be pretty darn unimportant one way or the 
other.  If I joke about the "16H" Arabians that's because the 
majority of them are nowhere near 16H, not because I'm saying 16H
Arabians are "bad" just because they're tall.  Read what you 
want into that.

As for those who say that those who like tall horses don't put
down the shorter horses, you have got to be kidding.  "Bigger is
better" is a common theme and shorter horses -- including those
smack dab in the middle of the breed standard, so by no means
short for the breed -- are constantly bashed, appologized for,
lied about, etc etc etc.  All based on something so trivial as
height... So, I guess some of us who like & breed & ride "short" 
horses do get sensitive since we are constantly hearing how our
horses are "too small."  Just as many of us Arabian owners get
sensitive to the constant Arabian bashing in many circles.

And for the comment that people who like short horses happen to
breed short horses.  Well, duh.  We're not saying we like them
because we breed them, we breed them because we like them. And,
as several of us have said, some of our own horses are actually
taller than our *personal* preferences.  That's because height 
just isn't a selection criteria some of us worry about.  

Those that know me know I'm a live and let live person.  :)

~Nicole


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