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The rare red dun appaloosa thread

Daylene Alford March 16, 2009 February 22, 2011

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I went ahead and deleted the thread at appyfqh's request. I think that was probably the best course of action considering she already has bad feeling about the board and I think keeping the thread would have only made matters worse. Now about Rabbit. We all love her but I do think she was out of line. Well I think they both were but without Rabbit adding fuel things wouldn't have progressed to the point of us loosing a member. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Daylene

Daylene Alford Wed, 03/18/2009 - 07:48

I know you ladies didn't mean anything disrespectful toward Frodo and Andrea. I also don't think what you said would have offended anyone given the context but talking negatively about someone's horse even in the privacy of this forum could possibly lead to bad feelings and I'd like to avoid as much of that as possible.

Hope you understand,

Daylene

Sara Wed, 03/18/2009 - 11:39

I changed the wording in my post a little bit but feel what I said was relevant to the conversation (breeding Welshes to horses outside the Welsh world) so I've left most of it.

again, I'm not being critical (which would be like saying that there is something wrong with his conformation or something), just stating an opinion which isn't any different from acc saying that she doesn't like bay horses or Diane and me saying that we don't like gaited horses. Heck, I've had numerous people tell me to my face that TBs and WBs have ugly heads! :lol: It's just an opinion

Heather Wed, 03/18/2009 - 12:09

SO I just cpmpletely messed up and edited your post sara!!! I met to reply and hit edit on yours ...ohhhhho we got to watch the responding features ..Im glad I jsut did that here and not out there, note to self ...... watch what buttons I push! LOL!!! IM SORRY!!!

I will fix it now...

My reply was : LOL

"I havent run into that experience in the hunter farms I have worked for in the east, maybe its a regional thing? Really they didnt get hung up on heads as you know its more about how it goes we can always dress up a head in a fancy bridle, but boy oh boy when the got a cute little headed welsh they would oooo and ahhhh and drag its behind right into the model class about 100 lbs to heavy LOL"

Sara Wed, 03/18/2009 - 12:39

cute headed, yes, but not extremely dish-faced. When you get anything more than a slight dish they think "Arabian" and there is a pretty big bias against Arabians.

Other than that, what you say about heads is true here, too. There is no head hang-up on the open hunter circuit and a common-headed pony or horse will place just as well as one with a "fancy" head. The pony at my trainer's who I mentioned qualifies for the pony finals every year has a big, common head. She moves and jumps great though so she wins and wins, which is the way it should be. ;)

Maigray Wed, 03/18/2009 - 14:36

We all managed for years and years without any moderation on the old board, Rabbit along with it. If a thread turns caustic between two members, let them hash it out. If someone can step in and cool things down without picking sides, so be it. Everything should be out in the open, then there will no question about what happened.