BTB: Friesian/arab crosses, what do you think?

Friesian/arab crosses, what do you think?

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 02:20 PM PDT

NO, I did not forget to write an article for Friday. I forgot to post it. Sorry.
First time in over a year I've missed a post, by misdating a scheduled post.

You read a lot lately about people crossing Friesians with other breeds. Generally I'm skeptical of this practice, although there are some lovely individuals out there. Apparently the Arabo-Friesian is not just a cross but a breed or registry with fairly specific goals -- basically they are Friesians with 5-20% Arabian blood that meet particular criteria.

Arab-Friesian cross learning piaffe/passage

Horses of LA: Rooms with a view

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 01:17 PM PDT

clipped from latimesblogs.latimes.com

L.A. at Home

Design, Architecture, Gardens,
Southern California Living

June 5, 2010 | 6:00
am

Lost L.A.: For these horses, a room with a view

At a time when cars were replacing horses and Southern California's stables were being converted to garages, Capt. William Sanford Banning never lost his love for his four-hoofed friends. As Sam Watters writes in his latest Lost. L.A. column:

Middle-class horses bunked in barns, but Banning mounts lived in a manor ... a veritable Monticello, a shingle-roofed, vine-covered stable with column and pediment windows.

Find out the fate of Banning's stables by reading Watters' column. And for more Lost L.A., a look at Southern California social history as told through a home, garden or decor that is no more, click to our Lost L.A. archive.

-- Craig Nakano

Photo credit: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

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