Re: RC: RC: Breaking two year olds to ride -Reply

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

IMO, most QH have navicular because they are bred and shod to have small feet...too small to be a good base of support.

AND, from MY experience, arabs are NOT mature enough at 2, either mentally or physically to be ridden at age two.  Drive them, maybe.  MOST arabs that are physically mature enough at age two have been FED into growth, which is another can of
worms...

Anyone ever read "Race Horses at Risk"  Cornell U. - George Maylin, et al?  Tells all about why many race horses break down (over fed to get big money at young ages at the sales...

Colleen O'Donnell wrote:

> I don't have alot of experience with young horses, but I do know this, there are several quarter horses sporting naviculair and ring bone who were "broke out" as two year olds.
>
> In the scheme of things two extra years is not tooling to wait and the horse has the time to develop properly. BTY has anybody thought about how many of Mrs. Tankersley's horses, off her mass production farm end up in the slaughter house?
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> I would bet quite a few, I really don't think we should honor a woman who mass produces and "sells her culls" off as much as she does.
>
> Colleen
> (Hope my clothes are flame retardent today)
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