Interesting about the feet. If you listen
to farriers that shoe a lot of Arabians, you’ll hear them cuss the
Raffles get for really bad feet. They say he had bad feet and passed it on.
Karen
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ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharon Hahn Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007
4:03 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Raffles breeding
My
old mare is very heavily Raffles bred and looks just like him. She was
speedy when she was younger, but mainly she's just one tough cookie and puts up
with anything. Never been lame in the 12 years I've been her person
except once or twice from something obvious like getting kicked in the chest
(and that only lasted a couple of days and required no treatment). Went
through colic surgery and lost 8 feet of her large colon and started distance
riding the following year. Been chugging along ever since. Did her
first 50 miler last fall at age 22. She also has amazingly tough
feet that stay shapely and just need gentle rasping periodically. Wish I
could clone those feet. That's my one-rat study.
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