Unlikely Competitors

Jumpers · 12-16-2003, 12:08 PM

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Blistering Winds · 12-16-2003, 12:10 PM

I like it when they have the feathers, personally. It makes their feet look flashier as they do their movements...

monica-n-shiloh · 12-16-2003, 12:14 PM

Yeah me too Blistering Winds...

Its part of their power look wink

Dawn · 12-16-2003, 12:17 PM

However, it's not what you want in dressage.

Blistering Winds · 12-16-2003, 12:19 PM

Really? They place them lower if they have feathers, yet are awesome in the movements?

EventingDayDream · 12-16-2003, 12:23 PM

What a great thread! Hmmm let me look around for some neat horses and I'll get back to you! I do have a personal story about a unique breed though. My next door neighbor had thos GORGEOUS 16.2 hand light bay TB/Hano gelding, just gorgeous, the perfect looking hunter in training. Well she went to a local schooling show and showed against a mule in the 3ft amature hunter class. Her horse didn't have the cleanest round, misjudging a few distances and lost to the mule, who was terrific. She was FURIOUS but I laughed for hours after hearing it. Now anytime she gets to high and mighty about her horse I remind her of the time "That Mule" beat her

Dawn · 12-16-2003, 12:24 PM

That's not exactly what I was saying. The feather movement will do one of two things. Both would be bad. One, it will overemphasize the classic draft movement which is not what you want in dressage. Or, it will hide the correct dressage movement if the horse happens to have it. So all in all, it would be best to not have the feathers either way. It will either bring out the bad or hide the good.

Jumpers · 12-16-2003, 12:24 PM

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Dawn · 12-16-2003, 12:25 PM

Sorry, posted at the same time Jumpers.

Jumpers · 12-16-2003, 12:38 PM

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12-16-2003, 12:08 PM	#1
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12-16-2003, 12:10 PM	#2
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 32,425 Images: 864 Blog Entries: 18	I like it when they have the feathers, personally. It makes their feet look flashier as they do their movements... __________________ Can I have a midlife crisis now?

12-16-2003, 12:17 PM	#4
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 37,225 Images: 1580	However, it's not what you want in dressage. __________________ Sexy by Christmas Challenge-r!! Goal: 11 lbs LOST CURRENT: 4 lbs LOST Starting Weight 170 lbs. Goal Weight 155 lbs. Reached! 20 pound club 2009 Starting Weight 152 lbs. Goal Weight 140 lbs. Reached!

12-16-2003, 12:19 PM	#5
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 32,425 Images: 864 Blog Entries: 18	Really? They place them lower if they have feathers, yet are awesome in the movements? __________________ Can I have a midlife crisis now?

12-16-2003, 12:23 PM	#6
EventingDayDream Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,719 Images: 108	What a great thread! Hmmm let me look around for some neat horses and I'll get back to you! I do have a personal story about a unique breed though. My next door neighbor had thos GORGEOUS 16.2 hand light bay TB/Hano gelding, just gorgeous, the perfect looking hunter in training. Well she went to a local schooling show and showed against a mule in the 3ft amature hunter class. Her horse didn't have the cleanest round, misjudging a few distances and lost to the mule, who was terrific. She was FURIOUS but I laughed for hours after hearing it. Now anytime she gets to high and mighty about her horse I remind her of the time "That Mule" beat her __________________ BAYLOREQUESTRIAN "Sic Em Bears!" OBAMA/BIDEN '08

12-16-2003, 12:24 PM	#7
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 37,225 Images: 1580	That's not exactly what I was saying. The feather movement will do one of two things. Both would be bad. One, it will overemphasize the classic draft movement which is not what you want in dressage. Or, it will hide the correct dressage movement if the horse happens to have it. So all in all, it would be best to not have the feathers either way. It will either bring out the bad or hide the good. __________________ Sexy by Christmas Challenge-r!! Goal: 11 lbs LOST CURRENT: 4 lbs LOST Starting Weight 170 lbs. Goal Weight 155 lbs. Reached! 20 pound club 2009 Starting Weight 152 lbs. Goal Weight 140 lbs. Reached!

12-16-2003, 12:24 PM	#8
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12-16-2003, 12:25 PM	#9
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 37,225 Images: 1580	Sorry, posted at the same time Jumpers. __________________ Sexy by Christmas Challenge-r!! Goal: 11 lbs LOST CURRENT: 4 lbs LOST Starting Weight 170 lbs. Goal Weight 155 lbs. Reached! 20 pound club 2009 Starting Weight 152 lbs. Goal Weight 140 lbs. Reached!

12-16-2003, 12:38 PM	#10
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