What's worrisome is that poor breeding practices seem to spread more than sound practices, either because everyone makes more money, or the horses look "prettier"/flashier, or some combination thereof.
I don't have anything to do with horses now, but I was horse-mad as a youngster. Read the Marguerite Henry and Farley books and every book I could find about different breeds. Played with little model horses--my grandma made me a barn out of a cardboard box and covered it with holiday wrapping paper. When I was eight or nine, I was always asking my Dad if I could have a horse. We were in no financial shape to even think about getting one, so Dad said that there were too many stones in our yard and that a horse would hurt itself--I needed to clear out the stones before we could even consider getting one. So there I was, in the hot Florida sun, walking though the yard searching for stones...
I still like to watch horses. This year, I am going to visit the Tempel Lipp farm and watch an exhibition.
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Date: 2008-05-04 01:34 am (UTC)I don't have anything to do with horses now, but I was horse-mad as a youngster. Read the Marguerite Henry and Farley books and every book I could find about different breeds. Played with little model horses--my grandma made me a barn out of a cardboard box and covered it with holiday wrapping paper. When I was eight or nine, I was always asking my Dad if I could have a horse. We were in no financial shape to even think about getting one, so Dad said that there were too many stones in our yard and that a horse would hurt itself--I needed to clear out the stones before we could even consider getting one. So there I was, in the hot Florida sun, walking though the yard searching for stones...
I still like to watch horses. This year, I am going to visit the Tempel Lipp farm and watch an exhibition.