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Yep, almost all TWH have the old time stuff way back there.  Carbon Copy, Ebony Masterpiece (that's a name I had not heard in a while), Roan Allan, Merry Go Boy, Midnight Sun.  I think you have to look at the horse and see what he looks like he could do............We used to have a horse called Rue's Blubelle and she was a pretty ugly bald faced roan but she was a true natural walker.   Some people moved into Trilby's barn with a roan walking horse and we commented that he looked like our old Rue's Bluebelle and it turned out to be the old horse's dam....small world...........Course I also had a horse named Little Black Booger (a mare)  That was her registered name and no I did not name her..................mb

On 9/6/06, Roberta Lieberman <kindredspiritrjl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>The TWH barns here have no idea which bloodlines would be
appropriate for
endurance.  They are completely focused on the shows.  Has anyone done
this research?  I would appreciate any information about TWH that have
excellent endurance records (mileage not wins).<

Hi E,

I don't know about a study -- but we have two currently competing
Walkers (one actually a Spotted Saddle Horse of TWH breeding) who
love this sport.

Bubba G just completed all five days of Bryce Canyon XP for a little
over 1,200 miles in less than ten months. He is 15.2 with nine-inch
cannons and a relatively light torso.

My mare Sports Infatuated Gypsy has 635 lifetime miles after starting
her endurance career last year at the age of ten. She is the
smartest, most sure-footed horse I've ever ridden.

Gypsy and Bubba share the stallion Ebony Masterpiece in the third
generation, both on the mare's side. There are lots of "Go Boy" and
"Midnight" horses but I'll bet they appear in lots of gaited horse
pedigrees.

I think the key is to look for a horse with good bone structure, well
shaped feet, a good back and clean way of going. Both of ours have a
tremendous work ethic and I think that's a virtue of the breed.

Hope this info is helpful.

Bobbie in Jamul, Calif.

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