(Raises an eyebrow at Dressage Arabs--though, which type? I could see Polish, as the Polish Arabs I rode had nicer strides.)

(Then again, learned dressage on an Appy, so not one to talk.)

Oh, I know 'em and love 'em -- and I should've said that I meant the "small" comment in the context of the dressage world, which has a raging height fetish.

Yeah. In that or in Grand Prix, you'll see a 16.2 solid-as-a-rock fellow called small.

Plei! On that eskimo site:

Favory II Gabriella II-1--.Bon Bon(!), his call name, has a great sense of humor and loves to play, but that, of course, may just be his young age! As with all the other "boys", he also loves attention and comes without delay when called.

Decidedly polish, Plei -- basically, anything you'd use for endurance, you can use for dressage, in that small-but-solid sense. The conformation types? Dumb and ding-y.

Bon bon was the one I was actually trying to link to and failed. Pretty pretty boy.

If you were off on a two-day trip, fleeing for safety, would you walk, then trot, then walk, then trot, or would you walk all the way, or what?

If you were off on a two-day trip, fleeing for safety, would you walk, then trot, then walk, then trot, or would you walk all the way, or what?

Trot most of the way, but walk for brief breaks when you need a rest. The trot is kinda like jogging for horses -- if they're in half-decent shape, they can go on doing it for miles and miles. If you watch documentaries of horses in the wild, it's what they do to cover serious ground (i.e., while migrating, but neither running from a threat nor stopping to graze/breed/birth/whatever).

If you normally ride for pleasure rather than for a living, are you going to be saddle-sore?

Yep.

Someone needs to get my mama in law in here. She actually has a stake in Judy's lippi stud. Pretty babies, they are, and the arab crossbreeds as well.

(pant, pant, just arrived)

I took most of the baby photos of Pookie. (Pooks, Pooka, any variation)

I took a look at that informational web site. Pretty much what has been discussed in various writers groups over the years. Good stuff for the most part (not that Western site tho)

One thing to think about. Food. Horses are conditioned to spend great amounts of time grazing. Lipps are very easy keepers (don't eat much). They, and Arabs had much more stamina than most other horses. Judy took her first mare, Capria, on an endurance run once and beat the other horse (all Arabs) into the ground. The owner of Favory Arabs had challenged the tiny Lipps. He was properly amazed. (tiny is about 14-15 hands. A hand is 4 inches)

Pooks can separate his mind from breeding when he is in other situations, like dressage training. He will not, however, tolerate other males in with his mares. I am certain that war horses were either mares or geldings. I am planning a trip there in January. If you have specific questions, e me and I will ask. (If the need is urgent I can e Judy right away.)

My cousin's eventer loves jumping so much that he'll jump from one of their fields to the other in the middle of the night.