If we're looking at the old bloodlines, don't
forget the Shalimars. Rushcreek used to use Shalimar stallions back
when Bill Munson was alive. Anyway, I like my horses around
14.2h. The one I ride the most often is 15.2h and I need a step up to get on
gracefully. Therefore I'm not. (graceful, that is)
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a
game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and,
once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically
changed. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Last fall I bought my first mare with Rushcreek
breeding. Had her shipped from Nebraska. Have not got her under
saddle yet. She is just over 14h. BUT as I am not getting any younger,
don't mind a shorter horse. I have ridden short ones in the past and did
ok. I am not likely to be first in anything any more. lol I
started placing a saddle on her, forgot to retighten the cinch and the saddle
fell under her. She just stood and did not fuss at all but looked at
me: to do something. I think that is a good start.
The first distance horse I tried to buy was a
Rushcreek mare in Idaho. It still bothers me that she didn't pass a
pre-purchase exam. I so wanted a piece of the Rushcreek
history.
