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Re: [RC] Endurance in Russia! - Steph TeeterYes, fun stuff! I hadn't heard of the 'Don' breed before. The best horse I've ever known was my horse Nature's Khruschev - out of a Russian Orlov Trotter stallion, and an Arabian mare. Lari Shea (www.horse-vacation.com) came by an Orlov Trotter stallion - 'Nature's Ballet' decades ago and while she had him she bred many half-Orlov horses. We ended up with two of them - Khruschev and Quicksilver. Khruschev is now 17 and teaching a young girl how to do Endurance. Quicksilver is 18 and also still doing Endurance. (a little trivia, this mare bucked our Belgian friend Leo off before the start of the Outlaw Trail - 1996 I think :)For Tom Sites: do you remember the Orlov stallion that did the first half of the Great American Horse Race? that was Nature's Ballet. His owners pulled him at the halfway point (before Dave Nicholson took the rebel group across the country to finish in California). They pulled him from the GAHR (at 2000 miles) and then drove him to California where he finished the Tevis. An amazingly tough and brave and beautiful breed. They were bred in Russia to pull the Troika's (Dr. Zhivago style) - and had to go through a rigorous selection trail before they were accepted as breeding stock, which included a 100 mile race. Count Orlov created the breed by crossing Arabians with Warmbloods. a little bit of Russia ... Steph On Mar 17, 2008, at 9:02 PM, Laney Humphrey wrote: Lots of fun to look through. Laney =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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