>>> OTOH, those warmbloods that don't make the cut as breeding stallions or >>> six figure Olympic hopefuls wind up somewhere, and not all are pulling >>> carriages. There was an 18 hh (unbranded) Hanoverian at our NATRC ride >>> this weekend and he had good recoveries and took very good care of his >>> rider.
Yes, but the topic here was breed standards, not the exceptions to the breed. I have an Arab who did remarkably well in hunters when there was a strong prejudice against the breed in that sport. We also have a supposed-to-be western pleasure App that couldn't jog if his life depended on it...but he made a nice low-mid level dressage horse, and was also a pretty decent hunter. There are always exceptions, and as I said before, I don't think too many people buy warmbloods to be pleasure horses. Karen Thomas, NC
