--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am personally opposed to breeding gaited horses with non gaited with the exception of breeding for mules.<<
My part Icelandic mare is VERY gaited. She was sooo good on the trails, bombproof, would go out alone or with anybody, a horse you could be a passanger on and have fun. That is why I bred her. To get a younger version of her. I bred her to my colt, Andi, now gelded, and the baby, Vinney is a gaiting fool! I decided to do it after a couple of years of deciding whether to do it or not. >> Like endurance people crossing arabs with gait to produce the fiery heart of an arab and smooth gait, what you will most likely get is a maniac that cant gait.<< Well, my 1/2 Arab, 1/2 TWH was not bred for endurance and she is not a maniac, and she has a wonderful gait and a smooth trot that I can post to easily and only come out of the saddle less than an inch, it is so smooth. Like I said, it IS a crap shoot. At our local auction, the meat horses are all quarter horses, some with impeccable pedigrees, so it is a problem with every breed, whether well-bred pure breds or grade horses (mutts). Susan in NV Happy High Desert Trails Susan in NV Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html
