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  • From: "T'mi Fi" <tfinkle@erols.com>
  • To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] gaited horses for sar
  • Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:15:04 -0400

Jim,

I think it would extremely  interesting and educational if some one comprised a file of the breeds of equines that are currently being used as MSAR mounts.  I believe such a list of breeds would prove to be rather enlightening.

PS: I am not sure which Paso Breed you are referring to, but you may want to contact the manager of the Commonwealth Search and Rescue Team's Mounted Unit (near Roanoke VA) for a couple of pictures.  On May 2nd 2009, while deployed (on my TWH) on a search task at the Knight Search in Amherst County VA , I witnessed 2 MSAR Responders from the CSAR Mounted Unit whose horses were very calm and quiet! The breeds of those 2 horses were a Paso Fino and a Peruvian Paso.  

T'mi
www.trotsar.org


no name name none wrote:
Well I'm glad this came up as I was thinking it but not writing in!

In all my 40 years around horses I have yet to meet a Paso I would try to do SAR with. I can't imagine Pasos riding calmly, quietly and with forward looking attention, much less any attention span at all. No offense, just my humble opinion...

I realize any horse can be trainined to do just about anything. I've just never seen a Paso that was trained to be calm and quiet.

Jim




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