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Cage Alma Arabians
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England
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 Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 5:02:23 PM
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| One of our mares does it- particularly when she's feeling well! Then we yturned our yearling filly out with her and now she's copied and started doing it too. I do try and discourage it when I am leading them or working with them or anything but don't bother of they are just out having fun showing off. |
     
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Judith S
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Wales
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Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 7:24:36 PM
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Ah - so not to worry then!! The rest of my Arabs all do it Must be a breed trait as Charlie is in with Cuckoo (Sec B) & Polly (QH) - neither which head wring! Ruby his Quarab sis isn't doing it - so far! Tessa Charlies dam wasn't a head wringer, Rowan his big brother is & so is Rameed their sire - he does it BIG time
Also think its a copied thing - as Amigo my American Saddlebred does it - he's in with the Arab geldings who all do it! Also Ginger my American Saddlebred x PBA (only little bit Arab) - does it - but then she has a VERY good head wringer to copy in my mare Vlacq Majid - I often worry her head will come off
The worse ever, ever head wringer I've ever come across was Sparkle a palomino mare I used to own - she was Welsh x TB - wonder if there was Arab in her Welsh background (Downland)? She did it all the time - I always had to lead her from the right side as she always did it to the left! I remember several times out riding she did it so violently that the reins ended up going over her head & ending up on the one side I used an Irish Martingale after that! |
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gossy
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England
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Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 9:49:14 PM
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| Judith they all do it its horses and i love to see it, its playful. |
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SarahA
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Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 10:43:45 PM
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| I dont think its learned behaviour. Amber doesnt do it at all and never has, jamaica has just started to do this occasionally, and no other horse on the yard does it, so she has decided to do it all on her own, wonder if her dad does it? Will have to ask Kate, friends mare and first foal dont do it but second foal used to do it quite alot. Think he even hit his poor head on the top of the stable once, but my memory have faded (very likely:) )interestingly he doesnt do it so much now he is older. |
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Mrs Vlacq
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Wales
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Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 11:32:55 PM
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LOL Judith - Vlacq's are top quality BINGE Wind Drinkers (her anglo sis does the same, in canter and she is short coupled - how she hasn;t ditched me yet is beyond me)
I had a Downland pony (have just tracked him down too on Facebook, small world... 15yrs on!) but he definitely showed his arab heritage at time  we must have similar taste |
    
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garnet
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Posted - 17 Oct 2008 : 10:46:11 AM
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| There's the answer then - she was bred to do it! Garnet does it when she is particularly pleased to be turned out - gallops down the field 'wind-drinking' (don't like the connotation of neck-wringing), scatters the whole herd, ponces around to announce her presence and then gets her head down to graze once she has stirred everyone up. She has always done it (25 now). Copying - I saw Jim the Irish cob, who has lived with her for 5 years, do it a few weeks ago when turned out - tried it once and didn't like it? |
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BeckyBoodle
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Australia
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Posted - 26 Nov 2008 : 10:20:28 AM
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| Uh oh, just noticed this morning that Eba's new friends has started doing this too - non-arab coloured sports horse. The only problem is that she doesn't seem to be able to do it and move at the same time!! Bit like me trying to add the arm movements in when doing step classes of old. Saffie comes trotting up the field, but every four or five strides, stops, swoops left with the head and carries on again. Do you think anyone else will notice???? :-) |
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Roseanne
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 Nov 2008 : 10:27:13 AM
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| You do have to 'teach' them that they can't do it when you ride them. Our youngster - who's a wringer for Britain - tried a couple of times but you do have to keep a rein contact and deter them and they very quickly realise it's only to be done in the field! I imagine it would be awful to have one doing it when you're riding! |
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