There are four good QH's that I can think of right off the top of my head here in the NW region. Look up their AERC records. One is owned by Alyssa Marre (Liberty Mountain Star.) Another is owned by Melissa Coy (Playboys Little Star - hmmm, I wonder if they're related.) Another owned by Madeline Smart (Sherrys Heza Krul) and the last one is "I think" Avtar ridden by Bloomfield, Julius but I could be wrong on the last one. I tried to look up by going to a ride I know they finished well in and got BC but I'm still not positive as the records don't indicate the breed. I do personall know
the first three riders and horses and they've all done pretty well, the occasional bout of bad luck like anyone else and their horses are all pretty heavily muscled. Melissa's horse rode part way with me at the Oregon 100 this last fall, she finished 3rd place in the 75 and her horse looked awesome, doing the QH jog nearly the whole way.
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--- On Sun, 12/21/08, a.hoins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <a.hoins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: a.hoins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <a.hoins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] big horses in endurance To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 12:12 AM
Hello everyone and Merry Christmas,
Actually had some time to enjoy RC and decided
to put this topic out to you all.
I have a coming seven year old grade quarter horse that I
have been toying with the idea of doing endurance with. My
concern is that he is a tank at 16 hands and 1200 lbs.
I know there are some big horses doing well in endurance,
just wondering what there humans do to insure their
well being in competition and if there is anything they do
different with a big horse in there conditioning program
as opposed to say a smaller/leaner
built one. He has a resting heart rate of 32
and is not legged up at all at this time. He is
a blast to ride down the trail,
forward but not spooky.
It would be a real encouragement to hear from others who
have big partners and would tell their stories.
My other horse is a 13.3 hand half arab mare. I
sometimes get vertigo going from to the other;o)
Best wishes to all,
Ann
Smoke and Penny
SW PA
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