This message is from: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dusty has
developed a pretty awesome
extended trot (flip, hang time and all) which I have
added to my routine. I
am quite sure the QH's could not perform this
movement, nor am I sure that
the QH judges could fully appreciate it, but the
rest of the world does!
Gayle,
We saw Dusty do his extended trot at the Little Horse Show this
weekend. I must say it is impressive - something for the rest of us to
work long and hard for. I have seen lots of Quarter Horses since we
seem to be surrounded by them here, and haven't seen a one that could
pull it off - whether being ridden or running in the pasture. Our old
mare, Line, does it when she is fired up and being silly - you know
the routine, tail up, head up, nostrils flared, feet floating over the
ground. Her reach is still pretty good even at 28 with arthritis. Now
that she is getting on in years she rarely ever gallops, she mostly
trots off or ambles when she is in a hurry. Fred startled her with
the tractor yesterday (she was behind the trailer and he didn't know
she was there) and she took off in a hurry with an amble that looked
like what I saw the Icelandics doing when they were let loose in a herd
in the arena Friday night. She has only recently begun to do this,
maybe because she is getting stiff in the hocks and her trot won't
always kick into gear.
Guys, if you get a chance to see Dusty do his extended trot, it is
truly awesome. Something you don't see every day under a Western
saddle.
Mary
Gayle Ware
Field of Dreams
Eugene, OR
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Mary Thurman
Raintree Farms
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