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Hello.

 

I am looking at a half arab / half saddlebred horse(NSH).  His dad is an Arab and mom a Saddlebred.   Does anyone ride/have or have ridden NSH on endurance rides?  How do you like them and are their gates very different?    Does anyone has opinions on them from riding.  I understand all horses are different, but I wanted to see what people thought of them in general.  I ahve ridden Arabs all my life and well to tell you the truth, never had any other breed besides pure arabs except once or twice...(I know I needa get out there more), but how are they compared to Arabs.  I can tell that a lot of them lift their front legs up and do a different gait.  Does this wear them out easier in endurance or can they be trained to change their gait?  The horse is still very young, not old enough to race in 50's yet, but I am curious about the gaits as well.  Any other "important" things I need to know about them?  I would like to learn more about them, since I am now looking at them.  It seems to me that the only "tall" horses these days are half arabs, so I am looking at NSH's.  Please...I would appreciate comments from people who have actually ridden Arab/Saddlebred crosses(I am not trying to be rude, I just would like comments from people with experience riding them)...thank you.

-Erin

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