^ Yup, very sound if you give them a chance to mature. Their blood originates in most breeds. Heh-heh ... when Beauty is out strutting his stuff with his tail flagged, I like to say that he is hearkening back to his Arabian heritage.

When the boss mare kicked me in my Morab mare's pasture I went down hard, wrenched my knee and couldn't get up. Mandy, who was the lowest in the herd saw that, she came running over and got herself between boss mare and I. She rolled her eyes, flattened her ears, snaked her neck at the mare and threatened to kick her. The mare backed off. That was my loyal, protective joy of a heart horse. I measure all other horses against her.

Every horse deserves to be so highly valued! Congrats to Ruby. She's won the owner lottery:

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The journey we have taken with Ruby is a long one but basically she is stage one navicular. Tiff and I both feel that it would not be right to expect her to run barrels even with the best farrier/vet care. She will breakdown somewhere else and we will end up killing her. Her life is worth more than the few dollars she may win.