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Just got this link from a friend:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?rn=222561&cl=11329931&ch=1329521

With the closure of racetracks in Quebec and the cancellation of the annual 
sale, many Quebec Standardbred trotters and pacers are headed for the auction, 
hopefully to be sold as riding horses, but mostly to be sold to the killer 
buyers.   

Standardbreds off the track require some retraining (many have never carried a 
rider because they pull a sulky in races) but they are generally nowhere near 
as "hot" as off-track Thoroughbreds.  The horses being sold off right now are 
fit, healthy, sound horses in extremely good condition, not broken-down speed 
junkies. 

Historically, STBs do extremely well in endurance themselves, and many top 
endurance horses are half arab, with the unmentioned half being a  
standardbred.  Look up  Pandora's Pixy and Catch Me If You Can for examples of 
this.

The breed is known for having a calm temperment, extremely hard feet, and a 
"good citizen" attitude.  They can be as fast and as enduring as arabs, and 
some can be taught to gait as well as walk-trot-canter.   

I know that most of us have a full barn already, but if you need a horse and 
can get to the Quebec sales, you can probably pick up a good one for pennies.  

Happy New Year, everyone,
Aarene and STB Fiddle in the Swamplands of W. Washington State
--
Don't just follow where the path may lead.  
Instead, figure out where you want to go, and build a sustainable trail to get 
there.   --Ron Silvern
aarenex@xxxxxxxxxxx  

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