Okay so everyone got a good giggle out of my last question, so
I thought I would try again. What I really should have asked was
what do you look for in choosing your endurance horse. I realize
each of you will have different views or ideas but that is okay I am
interested to hear them all.
Things like age, mare, gelding, personality, confirmation and yes colour.
I guess because I own one bright chesnut mare with polish lines and one
grey mare with egyptian lines of which I like both for different reasons I
was
curious about polish vs egyptian I realize that pedigree is not all that
important.
My chesnut mare is retired and my grey mare (ex-racehorse) who can do the
distance quite nicely, but her and I seem to have a bit of conflict in the
saddle
Anyways thanks again, sorry this is long. I really enjoyed ridecamp so
bare
with me as I am just a beginner.
Julia
e mail thomlabs@netbistro,com
Julie,
My personal preferences, colored by my experience:
1. A brain, intelligent enough to be rated, to stay calm, to think.
2. Good conformation, especially legs. 14.2 - 15.2 (A big, warm eye)
3. I ride a mare, & prefer them, but my husbands gelding is pretty special.
4. Willing to be the "apple of my eye", & return affection. A mutual
espect/love will get you there when nothing else does.
There's lots of good reading material out there - look up Lew Hollanders Home
Page.
Connie Hoge
pvtevt@msn.com