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- From: teresa@astro.as.arizona.edu (Teresa Bippert-Plymate)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Paddling
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.160418.14787@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:04:18 GMT
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- Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- In article <1jl55sINN2vc@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, cindyp@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Cindy Petermann) writes:
- >
- > I'm a beginner looking at a 10 yr old mare to buy for hunter/jumper.
- > She paddles with her left front leg.
- >
- > Should I be concerned about this?
- >
- > Any info/comments appreciated!
-
- > Cindy
-
- >problem to him and he was an A-grade showjumper. IMHO, paddling would not
- >stop me buying a horse except under the following conditions:
- >1. it was due to poor conformation
- >2. a vet or chiropracter suggested it was due to a recurring problem with its
- > back or shoulder etc.
- >3. the horse knocked its other leg
- >4. I wanted to do competitive dressage with the horse.
- >
- >- Ross
-
- I agree with Ross on this, but just one comment. Some horses with Spanish
- blood naturally paddle and it is considered normal for them to do so. This
- is especially true for the Peruvian Paso and Paso Fino breeds. But this
- probably isn't the case here since she only does it with one side. I had
- a wondeful QH mare that paddled quite a bit, but we still did well in H/J
- shows because she was so willing-we rarely hit the poles and generally got
- the striding in, and never blew up, so we usually brought home some ribbons.
- Good Luck!
-
- Teresa
- Leo
- Ari
-