This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/27/05 5:45:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> And Gayle, > you beat me to the punch in describing the Stallion Class of 5 at Turlock > that > year. I don't remember that Diamont won it, I think it was Dusty. Am I > right? Yes he did. > > In any case, as most of you know, Erlend and Dusty know when they are in the > ring and when they are not. Erlend is an extremely easy stallion to handle > at > shows, hand breeding, etc. I have shown him in several stallion halter > classes > with no concern about his behavior. At Turlock, however, Gayle was lucky > enough to be the one in front of Diamont, and I was "lucky" enough to be > just > behind him. I can tell you that I maintained as much distance from that > white > horse as I could and still be in the same arena. > > Diamont was displaying most of the time and vocally challenging the other > stallions in the class. Never had I been in a situation where a stallion was > on the very edge of control like that. At Libby, a lovely stallion was shown > who had pretty much just come in from the pasture and certainly never had > been > shown. He was restless and worried, but never behaved in such a way that I > was > afraid. There is a big difference between being nervous in a new situation, > and challenging other stallions! In both situations, Erlend never gave a > sign > of taking his mind off business. I didn't hear what Gayle said, but I was > sure > glad she said it, because then the "handler" moved Diamont a fair distance > away from the rest. That was when I told him that if he didn't get that horse under control, I was going to come back there and castrate both of them! He said that he was trying. I told him he wasn't trying hard enough and I was pulling out my pocket knife! That's when he MOVED! Funny now, but NOT at the time! Gayle Ware Field of Dreams Eugene, OR www.fjordhorse.com
