Posted on 09/28/2017 10:03:33 AM PDT by street_lawyer
Nothing wrong with a good trail and general riding horse - in fact my big hunters would not be good trail horses. Besides the fact that I would be hitting every low lying tree limb and getting all the spider webs, a springy hunter trot is NOT the way you want to spend 2-3 hours! that's why the Plantation Walkers are so popular . . .
The English-speaking peoples' prejudice against the horse as food is said to originate with the worship of the horse-goddess Epona. Dunno if that's true . . .
Used to be one at our barn that was named RT. That stood for Rotten Thing. She was a kook and her ground manners were appalling, but she could jump the moon.
LOL. Appaloosas are extremely smart, have a self preservation instinct that is unbelievable and most will not be told what to do. They will, however, when asked do the impossible. And if asked right, will behave like angels. They really don’t want to fight, they just refuse to be bullied.
I’ve always that if you could train and ride an Appaloosa or Arab that you could train and ride anything.
One thing I’ve noticed is that their looks are really improving. The old ewe-necked, big-headed, rat-tailed Apps seem to have fallen by the wayside.
Most of those were draft crosses. Go to my facebook page and I’ll post an album of Edward Curtis indian photos from late 1800’s, early 1900’s. You’ll see pictures of appaloosas and mustangs. Most really good looking horses.
I think it was a result of people breeding for the markings and color and putting conformation a distant second. We've seen this also in halter classes . . . and dog shows.
Well, breeding for color throws a lot out the window sometimes. I see it here in paints a lot.
They ARE good looking horses. Figure that (1) the Indians were still dependent on having GOOD horses for daily life and (2) photography was still a big event in those days, the folks would put their best foot forward for the photog and put on their best clothes AND get the best horse out of the corral -
I have no doubt that we will be eating horse meat if the republicans don’t get behind President Trump and the democrats control congress. They already control the bureaucracy.
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