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Big horses, well, I don't have the long-term experience in competition
you're seeking, but just these little bits.
My 6 year old sticks at 16hh. Purebred Arab, Remington Steele
daughter. My two riding buddies often tease me that she isn't fit.
What we find out, though, is at the end of the training ride she's
matching heart rates with the fittest, and seems to get stronger
throughout the ride.
She's big-bodied (50" girth), but I can't seem to classify her as a
"chunk". She's hit the vet checks at criteria every time, got BC on her
third LD out of 75 entries. Finished 2nd at the EHSC (3 hrs 10
minutes), and had at least 10 miles left in her. First 50 at Manzanita,
I hope. She's still growing; I'm being very damn careful. Bought her as
a little 2 year old, rather surprised at the results.
She is a panter, her heart rate during hill work will drop 100 points
within a minute, while she continues to pant for quite a while. It's
not noticeable during work on the flat, except for in deep sand, a bit.
She has a tremendous talent for downhill work; she really showed it off
in pitch darkness this week. Guess that big ole hip helps. She's fairly
longbacked but well-coupled, making for very smooth gaits. During her 4
year old year, she had breeder-predicted problems at the trot, with
interfering. They went away as she continued to grow. She's never come
close to pulling a shoe, though she has dinged herself usually through
inattention. Her feet are size 1 in front, very tough, wears shoes all
around. I warned the farrier this week that we'd wear out his hoof
knife's sharpness with the two mares, and we did.
Hope that's of some use.
Lynne
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