----- Original Message ----- From: "amber applegate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "diane vieira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [RC] Do gaited horses do endurance?
> Diane, I have seen Rocky Mtn. Horse, Paso Fino, TWH, and MFT. Also my riding > partner does quite well in the LD's with her appendix. > > I am in training with my TWH for our first LD's this season. He is doing > great. His P&R are amazing. He is used to riding in steep rough country and > has the heart of an Arabian. > > I think that you will see many more gaited horses competing very soon. The > old notion that they are a Sissy Horse,(Har Har, that is what the Quarter > Horse people think of Arabians, like to see them jump on one!) just ain't > true. They are a wonderful, willing, great minded bunch of horses, Well, I > have MFT's and TWH, and new half Arabian/FT foals. Lots of us old farts with > banged up bods are letting the youngin's go for the Arabians and we are just > enjoying the Smoooooooooth, fast gaits of the Gaited breeds. I clocked my > TWH at 14.8 mph at the running walk, and he is still just a four year old > baby. > > I don't know that any horse can beat the Arabian, but if you want to at > least top ten and have a pleasurable ride, the gaited breeds are coming on > strong. > amber > > > > > : [RC] Do gaited horses do endurance? > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
