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Sooo how do I treat my 2.5 year old,1/2 arab, 1/2 Appendix Qh.( racing 
lines?) Who is a dun like a QH and reallly unflappable for his age, looks 
alot like a TB and is in your pocket like an arab? :) Laurie


> From: "Libby & Quentin Llop DVM" <qhll@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Adelia85@xxxxxxx>
> CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [RC]   rc: thoroughbreds and endurance
> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:02:37 -0500
>
>  If you treat an Arab like a Thoroughbred, it will behave like a Quarter
> horse.   Libby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:42 PM
> To: Adelia85@xxxxxxx
> Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC] rc: thoroughbreds and endurance
>
>
> > Halter animals as they have "evolved" do nothing but stand on the end of
> > a  lead in some kind of charactature resembling a horse.  They have no
> > relevance to  a working animal.
> <snip>
> >It would be my own humble opinion,  the
> > use of the  quarterhorse in crossed with other breeds has more to do
> > with trying to put that  quieter attitude into the mix.  Many riders
> > cannot quite live up to the  requirements of that  fire of the Arab or
> > the high spirited run instinct of the  thoroughbred.
> <snip>
> >A little
> > quarterhorse deftly brought into the mix can sometimes tone  that down a
> > notch to make a performance animal with a softer attitude.
> <snip>
> > The
> > popularity of  the Arab breed in the seventies caused havoc itself.
> > Popularity has its price.
>
> Just had to take these bits out of Adelia's post and reference this back
> to Arabs.
>
> 1)  The Arab traditionally WAS the horse with the sane and quiet attitude,
> that could be handled even by small children, etc., despite his quickness
> and fire.
>
> 2)  It was the breeding of Arabs into the caricature halter horses and
> ring-around-the-rosy English horses in the 70s that really wreaked havoc
> on the breed, not their popularity.  The changing of the breed into a
> fire-breathing twitching idiot that only a trainer could handle actually
> damaged the popularity of the Arab as the ideal family riding horse--and
> the boom and crash came about due to false investment values, rather than
> popularity.  The same premise that has done such damage to the QH has
> likewise damaged the Arabian.  Both breeds were generally more athletic
> working horses prior to the 60s and 70s, but there are still breeders of
> both breeds who have maintained their standards and continued to breed
> sane, sound working horses.  Kudos to those who stuck by their guns in
> both breeds and brought forward sane, sound individuals for those of us
> following after to both ride and breed--in both breeds!
>
> Heidi
>
>
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