at Temple Smith Farms, in Wadsworth Illinois. I was a apprentice Horseshoer
and the guy I was learning from did Temple Smiths horseshoeing.
What brought me to this breed was the drafty good looking horse/pony type
horse. If you go back in the registry you had Drafty type Haflingers....old
breeders are still around but just not breeding anymore. They can shed some
light on this subject...
Our little drafty stile haflingers were the show stoppers! Then came the
tall leggy, skinny type haflinger. The small breeder was not in demand
anymore. Only big Dollar horses, tall,skinny Haflingers were showing up.
Prices fell...well before the recession and sales fell.
The affordable Little Haflingers were OUT. So was the people that paid into
the registry. The Haflinger Highlite stopped publishing. Why?
Judges won't even look at the small type Haflingers. The tread was turning
and not to the good either. The registry is in the shape it is to day
because the modern type haflingers are here and the old style drafty horses
are out.
The people that like the tall and skinny type Haflingers can enjoy there
registry. The small breeder. Didn't bring the Skinny type Haflingers here. I
enjoyed the Drafty type.
Let's stop all the complaining. You buy what you like to look at. Do not buy
the little guys for resale...! people don't want them anymore...there not
modern.....
John J. Borucki
Farrier Service
----- Original Message -----
From: <RkyMtnTrls@aol.com>
To: <haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 8:19 AM
Subject: [haflingerfriends] re: Into the fold ....breeding out the Drafty
> "...a pet peave of mine... the breeding out of the drafty type Hafy. I've
> never understood why people buy a certain breed of horse and then decide
> to
> "change it" to suit what they choose to do with it..."modern"
> haflingers...to me look more and more like Arabs every day... there are a
> lot of people
> who love our drafty wide loads!..."
> .
> Hello, Suzy -
> My girl Ellie is also a drafty n' short Haffie (non-reg.) Her
> photo here _rockymountaintrails.net/TrailBuddies_
> (http://rockymountaintrails.net/TrailBuddies) (first on the left)
> shows her in top shape, on our
> ride to the top of the Continental Divide. You can see there - short,
> round, very drafty old-style Haffie. (The photo to the right, she's
> actually
> standing on a slope and shadowed, it was taken on the same trip - doesn't
> really show her conformation well.)
> I don't have anything against the modern Haffie - and understand
> their place in the show ring & breeder's needs.
> For my personal like in build type ... what I wanted was a short,
> muscled trail buddy ... the shorter the better! At the same time, didn't
> want to break my mount's back, LOL! I am a hair under 5' tall, but not,
> welllllllll, skinny ;-) So, the two breeds that really filled that
> description (short and drafty) were the Haflinger and Fjord.
> Fjords are gorgeous but also PRICEY!! Haflingers are beautiful
> and more affordable.
> I tried both types - and like with any breed of horse, one has to
> hunt a bit before finding a good match (good for rider & for the horse.)
> My Fjord trial ended up in two hospital trips, with permanent damage -
> not
> because of breed but because of a nut-case horse ;-) My two
> Haflinger
> trials, prior to Ellie, met the short n' drafty build, but were both
> barely
> describeable as "half trained" and much hotter than my enjoyment-level.
> (Who wants "hot" on the side of a cliff?????) ;-) Ellie is my third
> Haffie trial - and it's a MATCH, halleluja!! :-) Short, drafty,
> cold-blooded, and reliable. She's not a saint - has the same pony-tude
> (attitude)
> of any "pony" breed .... but she is still a relaxing fun ride that I can
> trust in the Rockies when we're mountain riding. Dispite no registration
> papers - she's my riding partner till one of us can not physically do it
> anymore. (I have scoliosis & arthritis, with limited years before I can
> no
> longer ride.)
> Just wanted to chime in - I'm in the same boat - LOVE the
> Haflinger breed for the classic old-style build! :-) When hunting
> for my
> buddy, I passed up all other breeds - because I wanted a short draft ....
> no
> Quarterhorses, no Arabs, no Icelandics .... wanted that little draft
> partner! ;-)
> .
> Sher & Ellie in CO
>
>
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