>>> When I found out that my one of the horses I crewed for (Gdapper) was a single footer (with a pedigree containing some champion park horses) and that he had produced a couple daughters before he was gelded . . . well, I started thinking seriously about getting an Arab <g>. Long story short -- I got Gdella from my friends (and realized when I saw her papers that I had ridden with her dam, who gaited even better than her sire Gdapper!). At a Peruvian show I saw a National Champion Gait stallion owned by another friend be allowed to really move out in what in another breed would be called a speed rack. I had already purchased a couple breedings to that stallion and immediately asked my friend if she would be open to my using one of the breedings to make a cross bred, subject to them approving of Gdella's conformation! You can see Gdella's conformation in the photos with her son Arabe -- rounded rump, short back, same leg to body depth ratio (1:1) as a Peruvian, 14.3 hh -- she is built like any good saddle horse. She was approved . . . and now I have to wait two or three years until Arabe goes under saddle to see how he moves with a rider.
I found them here: http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/Arabe/ That's a nice looking Arab mare, and of course, the baby looks great. (She gaits too...? Nice.) Too bad we don't see more Arabs like her, in all the pursuits where you see Arabs used. When we bought Thunder 19 years ago, he was considered a "bad Arab" by many people - no dish face, no swan neck, not a very flat croup. He certainly had no halter-show or park-type potential, but he's been a very sound horse, plenty sensible and dependable for mature and talented kid - for show and trail/pleasure. He has NO gait to him though, and that's been perfectly fine for the jobs he's had. Is Arabe going to stay bay, or is he gray? It sounds to me that you put a lot of time and effort into picking this particular cross. I've always believed in the axiom, "breed good to good, like to like" and it sounds like you did that. Are their pics of his dad somewhere? Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1205 - Release Date: 12/31/2007 3:32 PM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
