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> but she had to canter to keep up > with me and my > Standardbred.. and we were only doing a nice slow > trot.. my question is can > an arab canter for that many miles in a race??? and > actually finish with out > marks againts him??? In short...YES! My best friend uses her 1/2 Arab, 1/2 STB for endurance and has many, many miles, year-end awards, and BCs on him. My lil' Arab, Charlie Brown, has to canter to keep up with Fox. There has been many rides where Charlie cantered MOST of the 50/55/60 miles in order to stay with Fox. Usually, Kathy BCs with Fox. However, there has been a few occasions where Charlie wins the BC. Even when Fox wins BC, Charlie is usually only a few points behind him in the BC scoring. Depending on the environment, Kat and I can do a 50 in under 5 hours. However, we don't make a habit of that because we want to keep going down the trails with our "darlings" and pick our "races" very carefully. You'll find that just because a horse CAN go fast doesn't mean you'll want to do that very often. Weigh your long-term goals and set your priorities before racing down the trail. ===== Susan Young Casey, Princess of Pink, LIW, RRHA, RHS Semper Obliquo (Always aside) Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A. "Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!" - Charles Dickens (1812-1870) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
