Re: horse size

[Annette Gordon <agordon@worldofwonder.net>]

Dear Samm 

What do you like about the Arab/Appaloosa cross? I have an Arab mare and an
Appaloosa gelding and although it can never be I've always wondered how it
would turn out? 

Annette
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> From: Samm C Bartee <bartesc@mail.auburn.edu> 
> To: Endurance <ridecamp@endurance.net> 
> Subject: horse size 
> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 08:51:26 -0500 (CDT)
> 
>Hey  Leigh (?)...
>
>I have a good friend who completed many, many LD miles with her 13.3 hand
>Arab X. She weighed about 150  at the time and had a fairly  heavy saddle.
>She is 5'6 or '7, don't remember for sure.  
>capability of carrying you has more to do than just the size in hands of
>the horse....as we have been talking a lot about on here....
>
>
>I prefer the Arab Appaloosa cross. I have several and they are shaping up
>nicely  My first homebred is now 5 and  we will see how she goes in
>something other than LD next year, for this year and LD, she is doing
>marvelous!!!
>
>Good luck with  what you choose to pursue.
>
>
>Samm Bartee
>#9432
>Miles in both distances
>
>