[drivingpairs] Re: "dog ugly" standardbreds and ponies??



It's inappropriate on any list to refer to a breed as "dog ugly".  Was the 
horse a good driving 
horse, safe, sane, 
sound, easy to handle on the ground, well behaved on the roads, in traffic with 
young 
children, etc.  If the 
gentleman didn't want a STB all he had to do was flip his lip. Most STB's are 
tattoed either on 
the upper lip, 
neck or haunches most TW's are not.  Many Amish I have met prefer a Pacer 
rather than a 
Trotter for driving. 
STB's are beautiful creatures not only in looks but in their incredible spirit 
and their 
willingness to give their all 
in whatever they do.  "Dog Ugly" does not fairly describe any STB I have met 
and the phrase is 
offensive to all of 
us who truely love the breed.

Ansley

----- Original Message -----
From: Merrie Mills <mynorvegicus@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:51 am
Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: "dog ugly" standardbreds and ponies??
To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

> 
> 
> 
> I meant that this guy's horse was as ugly as they come
> and appeared to be an Amish-reject Standardbred that
> paced every step.  It didn't even have a regular walk,
> much less a running walk of a Tennessee Walker, which
> he thought it was.  I used to have a Standardbred who
> wasn't ugly at all.  I turned him back in to the
> Standardbred Retirement Foundation a few months ago
> because my husband wasn't using him and the horse was
> eating $125 in food each month, standing around.  He's
> now a husband-horse in SC.  He was a pacer that I
> broke to amble.
> 
> As for ponies, I am a pony person and I breed Welsh
> Ponies.  My ponies are very, VERY fancy.  The general
> feeling around here is that a "pony" is one of those
> creepy little things that sell for $50-$500, inferior
> animals at best.  The exceptions are the hunter
> people, and I am also a member of the Virginia Pony
> Breeders Association.  It's "nothing" for the parents
> of an aspiring little show girl to spend $20K - $70K
> for a "Virginia-bred," since if you ARE anyone in the
> hunter world, your parents will provide you with "the
> best," meaning a registered Virginia-bred hunter pony.
> The trail club members for the most part are not
> aware of this.  My personal trail riding pony is a
> half brother to Muffy Seaton's Findeln Paleface and
> also to the Miller's Pony Finals national champion
> hunter pony Pony Dot Com.  They don't get any fancier
> than that.  But still, he's "just a pony."
> 
> Laura 
> 
> --- debbystai <debbystai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Please...in the first place I have a wonderful pony
> > and my daughter has a wonderful standardbred, and we
> > have friends who have wonderful dogs....I don't
> > understand the "dog ugly" remark and find it
> > unfair....Please remember, beauty is in the eye of
> > the beholder....Maybe you aren't happy with the
> > owners of these horses, but don't belittle the
> > horses and/or dogs by throwing insults their way...
> > Debby in Texas
> >
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