[Homestead] horses

Lynda lurine at softcom.net
Thu Apr 17 19:13:53 EDT 2008


The "problem" with Arabs is that they are smarter than a lot of the people 
that buy them <g>

Our old Arab stallion (gorgeous Egytian/Polish cross) came to us about 
starved to death and trying to kill the two guys that delivered him.  The 
old woman we got Mah-Riff from had been exceeding cruel to him and he HATED 
her.  She got two breedings back to him for her mares as part of the sale. 
She'd come out to the ranch to see her mares and he delighted in scaring her 
about half to death.  pesonally, I didn't mind in the least after the 
condition he was in when we got him (under 600 pounds).  We turned him out 
with the mares and I'd whistle and he'd come running, see her and the ears 
would go flat back.  She'd scream and run and he'd be totally tickled with 
himself, head up, tail flagged and prancing around the field.  Then he'd 
come over to me for a head rub.

We sold a sweet little Polish/English cross mare to a woman with a really 
bad back injury which affected her balance.  Kazma would walk on eggshells 
when Laura rode her.  They looked like a couple of drunks because Kazzy 
would keep walking under Laura when she would loose her balance.  They'd 
zigzag all over the place but Kazzy never lost her rider!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- >>
Gloria wrote:

>  Another small breed that is handy and versatile is the Arabian. I once 
> had a 7/8's
> Arabian mare that I broke, and she turned out to be a wonderful, athletic,
> willing little> horse - able to anything I asked of her. I think I paid 
> $200 for her
> (that was after she cleared a barn of people when she threw a fit - she
> was a bit wild and had been improperly handled as a filly when I got her).




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