The future of the Arabian English style performance horse is really quite clear; the movement afoot is to produce horses that are capable of upright, uphill carriage. In my opinion this movement has been invigorated and much more highly defined, in part, by a group called the AEPA. The Arabian English Performance Association instituted a ...
More »The Arabian horse and the Missing Rear-End Part II: The Road Back to Health.
In the last installment of this series, I chronicled the decline of the Arabian breeding scene in America. In the time frame of this downturn everyone participating has witnessed good breeding, fad breeding, stupid breeding, no breeding, highly concentrated breeding, and any other type of breeding that is possible. The good news is that all ...
More »The Arabian horse and the missing rear-end
The Arabian horse and the missing rear-end. It’s like the saying, “Life is not about the destination, it’s the journey that’s important.” Where this breed has landed, is what it is. How we got here, in my opinion, is worth knowing. What follows is my interpretation of what I saw happening. I’ll begin this journey during the mid ...
More »The Arabian horse and the missing rear-end. Why worry?
I worry about our Arabian horse breed. I’m 54 years old and I really don’t think that, at this stage of my life, I should have to worry about our breed, but I do. Why do I worry? Because I still care. What do I worry about? All kinds of things. I worry that we have no growth within our ...
More »Can Breeding For The Future Be Good For Your Pocketbook?
Besides horse training and being a coach, I am a consultant and as such, sometimes people hire me to find them “the right horse”. Right now I have 2 requests to find a National Champion quality purebred English Pleasure horse. You would think that finding these horses wouldn’t be that difficult, but there’s a catch. ...
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