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The only reason Apps were so popular with native americans is they were the only breed that the indians could run down on foot and catch ....

It's been a little while since I worked horses for a living, but I have several favorites. My number one was a very large quarter Dun, that was the meanest SOB I've ever met. Also the smartest. Very square built, rough as a cob, but could go all day, faster uphill than level. Had to get rid of him, because he was opening gates and killing calves. My next favorite was a Welsh/Quarter cross who wasn't much for frame, but was smooth and licky split fast. Smarter than I am, and I could go to sleep, and he'd take me to where we were going, if he'd been there before.

My last ride was actually a customer's. Little Morgan named "Chips", who would do anything you told him to do. Always learned and remembered things, the first time you told him.

I miss horses. You guys are making me want another one.

First time I have dropped in here and would have skipped over it again if I hadn't seen that 120 had been in. The 2 horses I remeber most fondly were a Morgan/Quarter cross named Pepper( nice little cutting horse,just point out which cow and stay out of his way,no humans needed thankyou,and a natural) and the other was a Morgan/Arabian cross. She didn't have any special training but remembered everything she had ever been shown. She was also a natural babysitter for rookie riders but like me had no tolerance for idiots! As for another horse,remember what I said on the BO board about horses 120, The landbound version of a boat(a hole in the water into which one pours money). Well at least a horse will love you back and one can eat it if need be. derf

I have never ceased to wonder at how fragile horses are. It seems like you just look at them and they get injured and/or sick, and die. And usually after sinking a second mortgage on the house in vet bills on them.

We used to raise, train and sell show horses. I've seen horses that would've won a bunch of shows loaded into the back of a rendering truck plenty of times.

Hello;
A horses Life is a tentative thing, just like ours. I read recently, can't remember his name, about a multi-million dollar race horse stallion. He was sold to Japan and ended up at slaughter.
Grizz