Fw: RE: Re: Re: breeding for endurance

["Becky Huffman" <TOS@htcomp.net>]

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From: Kerry Dykes <KDykes@cpes.com-
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> Looking at year end results for the past several years I notice that for
the > most part the same horse/rider combinations appear year after year.
Those > results are, to me, an indication that the top riders do take care
of their > horses - and I believe it's just as true for the rest of us

For how many years?
There is a core group of exceptional horses, but for the most part, what I
have seen indicates to me that most horses last 3-5 years.

There is some human nature at work... in that to someone who comes into the
sport, anyone who has been in the sport *longer* then them seems like an
'old-timer'.  AERC Endurance has grown at a phenomenal rate in the past few
years (anyone have the numbers?) and (disclaimer: I don't know Kerry!! so
please no offense) most people think that a horse that can top ten 2-3 years
is something pretty hot. . What I have seen is that many horses can run
pretty hard for 2-3 years, and it is the exceptional horses that last on
past that.

Becky Huffman AERC#6826 (Since 1987)
Huffman's Arabians ~ The Original Series ~
http://www.htcomp.net/Huffman/