ridecamp@endurance.net: Muscat/Russian Breeding--Louise Burton

Muscat/Russian Breeding--Louise Burton

Joane Pappas White (lyoness@castlenet.com)
Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:46:19 -0700 (PDT)

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I'm woefully behind on Ridecamp issues but have been busy trying out
Thumper's future replacement. I just came home with a beautiful dark bay 4
year old gelding named Tzar. I have religiously studied Crabbet/Davenport
bloodlines and endurance conformation and then turned around and bought this
little (15.2 and growing by the day) guy because he had the most beautiful
natural energy-efficient long trot I had seen and a wonderful dispostion.
He has only 30 days under saddle but has been very calm under the stress of
moving and very eager to please.

I assumed that he was from "show" bloodlines being Russian and Polish and
very large and powerful. I thought I was breaking all the endurance horse
rules. Interestingly, he was the first Arab that impressed even my cowboy
friends.

Now I have just read Louise Burton's comments on the Russian horses and find
that my little guy is a Muscat grandget with Silver Drift and Arax breeding.
He has some Bask and several that I don't recognize yet but when I go back
farther I find all the endurance names I was reading about in the endurance
books. Thanks Louise--I just fell in love with him and thought I had
decided that I couldn't "ride papers". It is nice to know that all of you
have taught me enough this last year to recognize an endurance horse when I
see one, even if I don't know why!

Joane and Thumper the 1/4 Horse who still has to do this for awhile longer and
Tzar (baby in training).

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