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Posted on 06/19/2006 8:46:45 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
I did notice you were missing! Thanks for checking in. Good luck to you in finding the right job, lab or otherwise :~)
I've always said, you ought to think about turning that barn into a lab:') There should be a way to combine the two things you love.
It didn't really "surprise" me, just found it interesting with all the barefoot thing going around. It's still a big controversy among the NATRC people, and one of the "horses need to be shod" advocates over there pointed it out:) Things could get interesting over there today:)
As for me, I just find it hard to believe that a horse rode as much as endurance horses are could go barefoot, but there are those who think they can.
Becky
HI:)
Well, be sure to check in whenever you can.
Becky
Ah - I'll be sure to check in over there and see how it goes... Still waking up here.
I looked again at the others, and I saw them as all shod, some with pads.
Hello! Wondered what you were doing. Good luck in whatever you do. Keep us posted.
I didn't look for pads.
I've wondered how much protection they give.
Becky
I don't know how much they do for them, I wonder the same thing about Bay's, but Bay sure walks out over those stumble rocks :~)
I noticed too, that the horses were all pretty lean, but none of them looked ribby.
That tight underline in all of them is what I've been hoping to see in Harley. Belle's underline looked like that, altho she still maintained her very muscular, heavy looking build. Looked beautiful to me:)
Becky
OK, I wondered how you "saw" the pads. I never enlarged any of the other pictures.
Becky
One more comment on the "weight" of these horses...The bay looks the heaviest, IMO...
This week when I noticed Harley looking like he was tightening up, I increased his feed again:), not much, just a little to see if it will help him from the little show of gassing out he displayed last week.
Becky
I noticed just now that all the manes are pulled short or roached, one who had a long mane it was braided in long braids... I bet that's all about heat shedding too. A long mane would hold the heat on one side of the neck when they want to be cooling.
Most of the riders at the CTR's I go too braid long, heavy manes. I use to do that with Belle's. Her's wasn't long but it was pretty thick.
Harley's is soooooo thin, I don't think it's an issue for him. It is all about helping them to cool.
Becky
I admit I'm surprised Harley has as much gut as he has, with the complete feed and the amount of work he's doing. It's just his build probably, he looks more like an old fashioned QH and not as much like a Thoroughbred as some. How big his Belle? I have the impression that she's a much taller horse than Harley.
The greys all look thin, don't they? The Bay looks like a thoroughbred. I think he's a bigger horse than the greys are too. Hard to tell what the height of all those riders are, but his rider looks very tall and he still looks tall.
Belle and Harley are right at the same height, but IMO, she always looked like a heavier built horse then he is. I don't think he looks like the old fashioned QH's, I've always thought he had a longer leaner look to him. One thing that might have been an advantage for Belle, is her back was shorter, which maybe why she "looked" heavier, and wider built then Harley. That is why I was so surprised that her saddle didn't fit Harley. She looks heavier and wider. But it must be optical illusion.
I'm going to need to bring her up here and stand them side by side, and compare.
Becky
Yes it does:)
Was this horse in the competiton pictures?
Becky
Endurance Net: 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games - World Endurance Championship
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