Sandie -
Yes, I agree it's tempting to try to link colour with temperament. When I was a child I had a tortie (female of course) and she was my first great cat love, in fact the one who really cemented my great love for cats, even though I was brought up in a predominantly dog-owning family that liked cats well enough, but always believed that dogs were more important. I don't think they ever were for me, looking back 50 or so years, cats were always number one. Anyway, I have had a great many wonderful cats in the meantime but amazingly, never another tortie, and because of my childhood cat, it's always in the back of my mind that they have superior temperament. My next cat is definitely going to be a tortie (provided I get any say in the matter). It's about time after all those years.
Catherine -
Interesting about the Arabs. They were my first commercial horse venture back in the 60s, I had a really top Arab stallion, brought for a pittance, he went on to be undefeated in Queensland for two years and could well have been the best in Australia when he was at his top, it was too far to take him south to the big shows down there to prove it, though good judges said he would have taken some tossing in any show ring in Australia. The show world is not a nice place though, and I grew right away from it after a few years. Your son sounds like he does endurance riding (competitive) or trail riding (non-competitive). I did both myself, again I had a really top horse, first purebred Arabian gelding to complete the premier distance event here the 100 mile Quilty Cup back in 1971. It's not something I continued with, despite rigid vet checks I feel that endurance riding is a bit on the cruel side.
Australian camels are finding there way over to Saudi for racing purposes, I believe they're highly prized and very good. Ungainly looking things, aren't they, esp compared with a top-class Arab.
Yes, I agree it's tempting to try to link colour with temperament. When I was a child I had a tortie (female of course) and she was my first great cat love, in fact the one who really cemented my great love for cats, even though I was brought up in a predominantly dog-owning family that liked cats well enough, but always believed that dogs were more important. I don't think they ever were for me, looking back 50 or so years, cats were always number one. Anyway, I have had a great many wonderful cats in the meantime but amazingly, never another tortie, and because of my childhood cat, it's always in the back of my mind that they have superior temperament. My next cat is definitely going to be a tortie (provided I get any say in the matter). It's about time after all those years.
Catherine -
Interesting about the Arabs. They were my first commercial horse venture back in the 60s, I had a really top Arab stallion, brought for a pittance, he went on to be undefeated in Queensland for two years and could well have been the best in Australia when he was at his top, it was too far to take him south to the big shows down there to prove it, though good judges said he would have taken some tossing in any show ring in Australia. The show world is not a nice place though, and I grew right away from it after a few years. Your son sounds like he does endurance riding (competitive) or trail riding (non-competitive). I did both myself, again I had a really top horse, first purebred Arabian gelding to complete the premier distance event here the 100 mile Quilty Cup back in 1971. It's not something I continued with, despite rigid vet checks I feel that endurance riding is a bit on the cruel side.
Australian camels are finding there way over to Saudi for racing purposes, I believe they're highly prized and very good. Ungainly looking things, aren't they, esp compared with a top-class Arab.
