On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 05:05:16PM -0700, Judy Ryder wrote: > Some excerpts from the Haflinger breed info: ah yes, marketspeak :) > Cheerful and willing to work, the Haflinger is a horse for everyone, easily > able to carry a large adult, and gentle enough for the most timid beginning > child rider. Perhaps, most of all, the Haflinger is a friend and companion. > Over the centuries of living so closely with his human family, the Haflinger > developed a temperament that is not simply unflappable, but actively > outgoing and engaging. It is said that "Haflingers can do anything, with a > smile!"
we had a haflinger ex-broodmare at the barn i used to ride at. when we got her, she was indeed gentle as a lamb. once she got into shape, though, her favorite gait turned out to be the buck. i have never seen such a bucker before or since; she could buck near upside down all the way around the ring, long after her rider had flown away. she'd do it in the field, too; apparently it was just her idea of a good time. she went back to the farm from whence she'd come, and presumably back to making darling blond foals. --vicka (bailed after the first buck)
