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Bruce Weary DC wrote:

>   I don't think that people who ride gaited horses have a chip on 
> their shoulders any more than any other rider. I think people take 
> pride in whatever breed they are riding, whether it be mules, gaited 
> horses, Arabs, or drafts (which I have seen at endurance rides). I 
> have been riding gaited horses in endurance for about four years now, 
> and while the average gaited horse is at a genetic disadvantage over 
> many Arabs, there are some who can do a bang up job.

And when you fine one that does - and they are out there - you have the 
best of all worlds. It is easier riding a good gaited horse 100 miles 
than an Arab 50 miles. I know I've done both. You might also ask John 
Park about it.

Truman

>


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"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what 
we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."  - 
Bertrand Russell




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