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I mentioned this thread to a friend of mine who also has a bunch of  
horses of varying ages and skills.  He says that it's because the  
horses who are working have much cooler stories to tell when they get  
back that the ones who have been sitting in the paddock all day. They  
are more interesting.

Maryanne

On Mar 8, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Rae Callaway wrote:

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> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dot Wiggins
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:41 AM
> To: ridecamp
> Subject: [RC] sorting by colors
>
> <snip>
>
> One other interesting thing, I think horses are snobs!
> Besides the "color" sorting, the working horses seemed to have a  
> higher
> status than the rest.   If one of them joined the workers, or an  
> unbroke
> horse started under saddle, they moved up the pecking order.
> Was a real lesson in "horse herd" social interaction.
>
> **********
>
> I've noticed this too! Albeit on a much smaller scale.  Scarlet is  
> my QB and
> my entire herd knows to keep out of her way.  She's not an  
> aggressive alpha,
> just a "leave me alone, I'll leave you alone" type. So, she's  
> always been
> off by herself, never sharing a hay pile.  Once those babies are  
> weaned, she
> doesn't want them anywhere near her.  Then Chief, her oldest, got  
> trained
> and started riding the trails with us.  Suddenly, I noticed that  
> Chief could
> doze near her during the day.  Then, General joined the ranks of  
> riding
> horses.  She quit being so mean to him as well. It really did seem  
> as though
> once a youngster earned her respect - ie. did the same work she did  
> - they
> moved up in her estimation.  Pretty cool.
>
> Rae
> Tall C Arabians - Central
>
>
>
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