Re: Training in the sand

Linda Merims (lmerims@jeckle.pubs.stratus.com)
Tue, 4 Nov 1997 18:03:53 -0500 (EST)

Truman Prevatt (truman.prevatt@netsrq.com) said:

>...If your horse is a "dasiy clipper" you may want to gallop and
>trot less because he will have a harder time at the trot than a
>horse that has a little more action at the trot. Power trotting
>a daisy clipper through the sand usually doesn't work very
>well...

Odd. Then why did Arabs--the horse of the desert--evolve to
have natural daisy-cutter action?

Linda B. Merims
lbm@ici.net
Massachusetts, USA