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Well, Melissa, since Cabo is one of those horses that lives with lions, 
tigers and bears I can't imagine a little unfamiliar territory and top 
notch competition phasing him!!!  However, those of us with NORMAL 
horses (;-) just sort of take this kind of behavior for granted.  You 
also have to realize that we're looking at Arabs here - not really 
known for having much of a brain to begin with - what little they have 
can get lost pretty easily.  My motto has always been the higher they 
carry their heads the quicker their brains leak out (you'd think with 
all that bucking they'd push their brains back up where they belong, 
but those things are so tiny they get lost pretty easy - stuck in the 
nether regions somewhere I guess).  Perhaps these top notch riders need 
a saddle horn to hold onto so they can just ride out the storm.  Give 
them Larry Mayhan(sp?) riding lessons.   I could go on like this 
forever, God I'm having fun with this one!

Every horse I've owned has been trained extremely well, and every 
single one had moments of total uncontrollability.  Most of those 
moments came when total control was needed most - in the middle of a 
bunch of horses going fast.  To top that off, none of my horses has 
been an Arab (well, until now, but Hawkeye isn't old enough to be 
ridden yet).

I'm not the least surprised by the antics at the start of the WEC (I 
was more surprised by the number of riders that got dumped and couldn't 
keep hold of the reins).  I was surprised at how long it took for the 
horses to calm down and just get on with the business at hand.  I'm 
surprised the vets put up with that garbage at the checks.  Perhaps the 
reason why we don't win the international races is because we hold back 
our horses in the beginning and the other countries run that nonsense 
out of theirs.

OK people, except for the bit about Cabo being a cool cookie, this 
whole entire post needs to be taken as tongue in cheek.  Nothing, and I 
mean NOTHING is to be taken as serious and/or insightful thinking.  I'm 
just envisioning spurs and chaps and ten gallon hats with pick-up 
riders chasing down the loose broncs at next years WEC!

Tori


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