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From: Trishmare@aol.com writes....
The point of this lenghty letter is that I believe my original ignorance of
Arab bloodlines HELPED me in picking out my horse--I was immune to names on
paper, and concentrated on legs, and backs, and chests, and
loin-couplings---and when I did find a horse, it came as no surprise that he
came from primarily racing (i.e. atheletic) lines rather than halter--
Trish & "pretty David"
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Trish,
While I agree with the bulk of your post, I would not naturally
assume that a racing ARab would necessarly be a good distance
prospect, based on visiting a barn full of racing Arabs several
years ago. I was very surprised to see that consistently, these
horses had what I considered very "bad" conformation-in that their
croups were several inches higher than their withers-giving them a
very downhill back. It was explained to me that, like some quarter
horses, this is good conformation for a sprinter. But certainly not
ideal for a riding animal (pleasure) or distance prospect. Any
opinions on this?
Karen
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