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That is great. I have a 14.2 H purebred Arab who has been very successful in dressage. He also trail rides and never has worn shoes. I know all of you are very tongue in cheek when you mock the dressage riders. I always defend the endurance riders when I hear dressage riders take a knock at them. I don't think that people who are expert at one discipline should take a bite at others. There are a fair share of bad feet in all breeds. One could take a swipe at the AQHA people with their pony sized hooves and horses travelling with their noses on the ground. Or how about the Arab halter shows with the horses being terrorized so they will look beautiful? Let us not leave out the gaited horses with their horrible long toes. There is some  very questionable horsemanship in the Endurance world also. A young dressage rider just got a bargain on a NSH mare. Top $$$ (asking price) was turned down by the seller because the prospective buyer mentioned they wanted to use her for endurance.. As you can see the endurance riders get a bad rap sometimes also! Well the Warmbloods are having their day in the sun (Remember when you still paid $$$ for a poor qualityArab?)

I never have had to apologize for my Arab in the dressage barn. He is a second level horse and has miles of talent to go on. Right now he is more clever at dressage then I am so he is stuck at Training leve with me. I have always shown him open and he consistently scores well.

I must say I am a little offended by someone showing any horse in dressage without any commitment to the discipline. It is not something you just take up on a whim...well if you do you probably will not do very well. That is why it is called a DISCIPLINE. Trust me ...it looks easier then it is. /Lucinda
Nancy Sturm <nsturm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My grandson has a goal of riding a dressage test next season on his endurance horse, a purebred Arab. 

 

Nancy Sturm

 

 

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From: Chris Paus

To: agilbxr@xxxxxxx;ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: 10/8/2005 6:10:03 PM

Subject: Re: [RC] Dressage horses

Interesting way to spend the afternoon, eh? I'm sure you saw lots of good things and bad ones, just like every other horse venue. besides the bad feet, my guess is you saw lots of nosebands cranked tight... gaaa, that's a pet peeve of mine.

 

when you search for a dressage trainer, please try to find one from the 'classical' school, not one of those "zee horse must fit in zee frame" kind.

 

And after talking to some European equestrians, they kind of laugh at the Americans who import expensive warmbloods for dressage and eventing. The Europeans are not exporting their best horses and get quite a chuckle. In fact, rather than warmbloods, some European riders, particularly the French, are riding Anglo Arabs. There were 5 Anglos in last year's Olympics in eventing. While the American horses were lugging along on the cross country course, breathing hard, the little Anglo mare was galloping for all she was worth, popping over the jumps and finished looking like she'd hardly worked at all.

 

Before the big warmblood craze hit the U.S., Anglos were a very popular horse for eventing, jumping and dressage.

 

Interesting the different points of view and the fads that come and go.

chris

agilbxr@xxxxxxx wrote

Today I spent the afternoon at the regional dressage finals for the southeast region. I talked to a lot of people, and met more than one $50,000 horse. Scratched a few $50,000 noses too!

 

  Of the 200+ horses there, I couldn't believe the sheer number of bad feet.

 

 

Anyway, we have decided that Spot is going to do our regional dressage shows.  Just cause.  It'll be pretty cool to stick a blue roan almost leopard appy in with all those brown warmbloods!  Of course, first we must find a dressage trainer.  That's next on our list.

 

Juli and Spot (you want me to do what???)

and Alpine (getting fat, but pretty happy)

"Slowee, slowee catchee monkey," Rudyard Kipling, from The Jungle Book

 

Chris Paus

BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus

Lake Region SWA  http://lakeregionswa.fws1.com

 

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