I still have 2 gaited Arabian stallions, one who can foxtrot, and his
father who has a running walk and a rack to die for. The gaited ones are
still around...but they aren't the boy I love, my even smoother Tiger Horse
stallion, so they are not the focus of my breeding or endurance program. I
DO hope that as time and finances allow I can maybe cross them into my program,
but let's face it, my focus will probably stay with my non Arab boy who has done
915 endurance miles including 1 100 and 2 75s.
You know, I really wasn't trying to pick a fight when I posted my
response...I was HOPING you (generic group term to all) would maybe look at how
some comments feel slanted...If you notice, I never said "My horse is better
than any Arab" or "Any horse of any breed can excel at Endurance," I cited some
examples of the unintentional bias that I had personally experienced....and a
few other things (like the pedigree links) that look funny from the
outside...Anyway, happy arguing, I'm going to go for a ride (and not
bounce....and you still don't know which breed horse I'll be riding, now do you?
<grin!>)
Well then, I guess it is not to late for those that
have them to bring them out of the Closet and keep the Gait going... cause I
know that is what the Morgan People are
doing,
if you can find a few of the gaited Half Arabs, you
might be able to establish some lines of Gait in the Arabians, and then start
to breed for Gait, it sounds like it is not to late... I have been out of the
Arabian World for a long time...
if you see any Soderberg Arabians in your Pedigree's
that would have been my parents, I think they started with LouDon's Arabians
for a while too.. It has been 20 years I think since they quit breeding... How
time flies...
