This past summer I ended up
getting a half arab half quarter mare. Her previous owner wanted to make
her into a barrel horse, I think she?s very happy that didn?t happen.
She?s been amazing so far in our training. She is smooth and moves up
hills like they aren?t even there. She?d never had shoes and has flown
over major rocks like they aren?t there.
A couple weeks ago I mentioned to
a lady sending 2 of her horses to our place for training that I have really
begun to appreciate the arab/quarter cross and she asked me if I wanted a
horse of hers she wasn?t getting along with. She?s a western pleasure
rider and bought the horse to expand to hunter jumper. She?s 7/8 arab,
1/8 quarter and is very nicely forward and definitely got the butt from the
quarter side. Now I have to decide which one to ride and which to sell
(a thing I?m not good at since now I have 13 that all need
work!)
On another note, this new mare is
incredibly wide and has a very level back. Interestingly both of them
have very level backs, but the one that is sooooo wide has me needing a new
saddle. Anyone have an extra wide FnE saddle they want to sell or
trade?
