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Even though Im African American, my ancestry orginates other places than African.

All Negroids orginate in Africa. All of them.

[sarcasm]Because being male or female is always visible.[/sarcasm]

I agree
In Quebec (Canada) there is an association that's named ' ligue des Noirs' = League of Blacks.
Black people are not offended because they are identified as Black : they also identify themselves that way. Races do exist. It is part of every person's identity - along with other visible characteristics (being a male or a female).

Are people from Egypt or Morocco African-americans? Well, if they were born in Africa ...

I agree with you. I think we should get rid of the races labels. Even though Im African American, my ancestry orginates other places than African. Like you said we are just Americans.

lol.

You guys must not be doing too bad if you can all afford not only horses, but trainers for your horses. I have a few hundred horses but they all stay under the hood of my maxima.

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Originally posted by marine16:
You people are complete idiots. Racial profiling helps policemen do their jobs. I am not saying lock up people because they look like terrorists, I am not saying deny them the right of free speach, I am not saying they should not be allowed to vote, I am saying they should be watched more closely.

Speaking of complete idiots. So, racial terms were created so the police can do their jobs??

I see that we can still rely on you and Bush to amuse us.

Yeah, We used a guy from Wyoming once but he brokes our horses in like cattle "round-em-up" horses so we fired him.

Our trainer is from Montana. I swear he reminds me of Robert Redford in that Horse whisperer movie.

Our trainer, Andrew, has been in the family for years. He has been tring our horses for something like 35 years now, and he is one of the best. I can understand you sending them to a European stable, but we trust him and he does an excellent job. Besides, we once sent a horse out to one in Italy and they didn't even have heaters and cooling systems in the stalls. So now Andrew does every one of our horses.

I guess I don't really understand why you guys bring trainers for your horses. I just send my horses off to a stable over-seas because lets be honest - they are the best at trainning horses. A good stable will prepare a good horse for any rider.

I can understand keeping some hourses in the states to make your land look better. My Mom has two Arabians who roam her plot of land in Montana but besides from that all the horses I use for polo are sent to France. My brother sent his racing horse to some stable in North Carolina and lets just say that was a big mistake. That stupid stable couldn't get me brother's horse to even show at the local races so he sold her for a speed boat.

There's one thing when you say American you are all refuring to people who are citizens of the U.S.A. When you say American that should be refuring to people from South America and North America not just the U.S.A. Because when you say someone is from China they are Asain or when you say they are from Hungry they are European. So its hard to call us anything but American but the thing we have to remeber is there are more than just us as Americans. A person who is "black" or "white" that's refuring to skin color but when you say some one is African American that should only refure to people who were from Africa and then became American. Saldy labels have been used so much that it's all people use anymore. And Bushsupporter when you are refuring to people black or white thats usually in a police report which is also sad that u say thats a fine term, no its not. But whats even more sad thats the only way people can describe people. Can I state something right now I hate humans their so stupid. In general humans are dumb yes including myself.

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I miss my Paso Fino mare

They are beautiful animals.

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My family is more into racing then jumping or show.

I love racing, but of course just watching it; it's a loved sport here so it's easier to be a part of/watch. I love polo, but my family is of the few that want to bring the sport here. Show jumping is also common here, along with Paso Fino shows, which are OK.

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Their four-beat gait is so natural

I miss my Paso Fino mare ... my sister fell off her so my mom sold her

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His accent is pretty thick, but he makes up for it in his skill

London accent isn't that bad. Try north Scotland, Highlands I mean, accent. Yes, that's my father.

OK...

No offense, but how did we get from the topic to horses? lol.

Yeah, Paso's are smooth. Their four-beat gait is so natural. Rev. Thunder is an Arabian, but we just bought a Quarter. Our guy is from London I think, and he is really great. His accent is pretty thick, but he makes up for it in his skill. I don't jump, I pretty much play polo and just ride for fun. My family is more into racing then jumping or show.

Ive heard saying a paso fino is gated is like saying the pacific ocean is water.

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Paso finos can be nice.

Of course they are. You can have a glass of wine riding them and it won't drip. But they're too small and cowardish most times.

No, this guy's from Ireland. I don't like him. I feel like I'm going to die everytime I'm on the horse and he's near. I'm not ready for high jumps (don't know how you say that in English, here it's salto alto), damn it. I like galloping around better.

Plus, I've enough of a weird accent at home with my Dad and my semi-British semi-American English thing.

Paso finos can be nice.