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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1812482" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>I have had both Quarter horses and Arabs over the years along with a number of Grade horses at one time owning over a dozen horses at the same time. I have never owned an Appaloosa. I always found the Arabs easier to train and more responsive to my requests than any other breed. They just seemed much smarter, so perhaps quicker to learn both good and bad habits. My Arabs seemed to learn new things much faster, but they responded better to encouragement than they did to force. It felt like my Arabs wanted to please me, while the Quarter Horses had to be convinced that they had to do it. Most of my Arabs bonded to me in a way I was never able to accomplish with a Quarter Horse. I never had an Arab horse buck either, and I can't say that about other breeds of horses. Some people claim they are more likely to shy, I never found that to be true either. I remember riding a narrow trail through the woods at a trot behind two Quarter horses one time. Both shied and jumped off the trail into the woods to reveal a confused woodchuck in the middle of the trail scrambling to get across. My Arab extended her trot and went right over the top without missing a beat. The difference probably had little to do with their breeds and more to do with how many wet saddle blankets they had seen. My horses were ridden 6 or 7 days a week and had seen most things before.</p><p></p><p>Like I said before, I found the Arabs easier to train. As a simple example, I remember working with two 3 year olds at the same time and we were working on crossing a stream. The Quarter horse planted all four feet and I spent a great deal of time convincing her that it was safe to cross. We had to repeat the same process with every crossing for the next week or so. The Arab danced around a bit, but I got her to cross in just a few minutes and from then on she trusted my judgement. Those are just two horses, and of course they all have different personalities, but I trained dozens of horses in my youth and I always found the Arabs easiest. My experience was mostly in the area of distance riding and Arabs are the superior animal in that area, so my opinions are colored by that. Those horses would go wherever you asked at whatever speed you asked. I could ask that they walk quietly into a rest stop or race for first place finish, and they would oblige me either way. The best part was that when I went to get them from the pasture, most would come when called, ready to go for a ride. The few Quarter Horses I owned would need to be tricked into coming for food, so I could catch them. I know it isn't fair to judge from the few Quarter Horses I have owned, so I'm sure that isn't always the case, but I also think people that make derogatory comments about Arab horses have never spent much time around them.</p><p></p><p>I now own only one horse. Finese turned 41 in February. I watched him come into the world on February 1 1982. It was 10 below zero that night and he was born in a stall in a small barn. He is the last of my endurance horses. In 2019 we had a snowstorm that left us trapped and without power for a week. We lost the last of the others to colic in the first few days. After that, we opened the gate to his pasture and he has been allowed to roam free in the yard ever since. He could take the long road down the driveway and off the ranch, but he seems happy to stay here and hang out with us. I am attaching a photo of him taken in May. He still gets around well, but he is hard to keep weight on since most of his teeth are gone. He gets a mash of Purina SR each morning and night. I was in my late 20's when he was born. I never would have dreamed we would still be together when I was in my 70's. He wasn't the best endurance horse I ever owned, but he was steady and consistent. He usually placed in the top 5 and was ready to race again. He won the high mileage horse in the Midwest in 1990, competing 1270 miles that summer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1812482, member: 9933"] I have had both Quarter horses and Arabs over the years along with a number of Grade horses at one time owning over a dozen horses at the same time. I have never owned an Appaloosa. I always found the Arabs easier to train and more responsive to my requests than any other breed. They just seemed much smarter, so perhaps quicker to learn both good and bad habits. My Arabs seemed to learn new things much faster, but they responded better to encouragement than they did to force. It felt like my Arabs wanted to please me, while the Quarter Horses had to be convinced that they had to do it. Most of my Arabs bonded to me in a way I was never able to accomplish with a Quarter Horse. I never had an Arab horse buck either, and I can't say that about other breeds of horses. Some people claim they are more likely to shy, I never found that to be true either. I remember riding a narrow trail through the woods at a trot behind two Quarter horses one time. Both shied and jumped off the trail into the woods to reveal a confused woodchuck in the middle of the trail scrambling to get across. My Arab extended her trot and went right over the top without missing a beat. The difference probably had little to do with their breeds and more to do with how many wet saddle blankets they had seen. My horses were ridden 6 or 7 days a week and had seen most things before. Like I said before, I found the Arabs easier to train. As a simple example, I remember working with two 3 year olds at the same time and we were working on crossing a stream. The Quarter horse planted all four feet and I spent a great deal of time convincing her that it was safe to cross. We had to repeat the same process with every crossing for the next week or so. The Arab danced around a bit, but I got her to cross in just a few minutes and from then on she trusted my judgement. Those are just two horses, and of course they all have different personalities, but I trained dozens of horses in my youth and I always found the Arabs easiest. My experience was mostly in the area of distance riding and Arabs are the superior animal in that area, so my opinions are colored by that. Those horses would go wherever you asked at whatever speed you asked. I could ask that they walk quietly into a rest stop or race for first place finish, and they would oblige me either way. The best part was that when I went to get them from the pasture, most would come when called, ready to go for a ride. The few Quarter Horses I owned would need to be tricked into coming for food, so I could catch them. I know it isn't fair to judge from the few Quarter Horses I have owned, so I'm sure that isn't always the case, but I also think people that make derogatory comments about Arab horses have never spent much time around them. I now own only one horse. Finese turned 41 in February. I watched him come into the world on February 1 1982. It was 10 below zero that night and he was born in a stall in a small barn. He is the last of my endurance horses. In 2019 we had a snowstorm that left us trapped and without power for a week. We lost the last of the others to colic in the first few days. After that, we opened the gate to his pasture and he has been allowed to roam free in the yard ever since. He could take the long road down the driveway and off the ranch, but he seems happy to stay here and hang out with us. I am attaching a photo of him taken in May. He still gets around well, but he is hard to keep weight on since most of his teeth are gone. He gets a mash of Purina SR each morning and night. I was in my late 20's when he was born. I never would have dreamed we would still be together when I was in my 70's. He wasn't the best endurance horse I ever owned, but he was steady and consistent. He usually placed in the top 5 and was ready to race again. He won the high mileage horse in the Midwest in 1990, competing 1270 miles that summer. [/QUOTE]
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