Mary Allen
He aha nā Lio Lio ʻIke ʻia?
He ʻano lio ka Spotted Saddle Horses i puka mai ma ka hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua kaulana lākou no ko lākou hele ʻana, he maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi no ka poʻe holo holo. ʻO ka hui he hui o nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, me Tennessee Walking Horses, American Saddlebreds, a me Morgan Horses.
Pehea ko lakou ano?
Hiki mai nā Lio Lio Spotted i nā waihoʻoluʻu he nui, me ka ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo, ka ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo, a me ka chestnut a me ke keʻokeʻo. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o nā kiko ma ko lākou ʻaʻahu, hiki ke nui a wiwo ʻole a liʻiliʻi a maʻalahi paha. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe a nani ko lākou poʻo, me kahi hiʻohiʻona pololei a me nā maka nui. He ʻāʻī lōʻihi ko lākou, he umauma hohonu, a he kino ʻiʻo i kūpono.
He aha ka mea ʻokoʻa iā lākou?
Ua kaulana nā Lio Lio Spotted Saddle no ko lākou ʻano akahai a me ka makemake e ʻoluʻolu. Naʻauao lākou a pane i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, e hana ana iā lākou i koho kaulana no nā mea holo o nā makahiki āpau a me nā pae akamai. ʻO kā lākou heleʻana kūikawā,ʻo ia ka hui pūʻana o ka hele wāwaeʻehā a me ka hele wāwae, he maʻemaʻe aʻoluʻolu, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho kaulana no ka holo wāwae.
Loaʻa iā lākou nā hōʻailona ʻokoʻa?
ʻAe, loaʻa i nā Lio Spotted Saddle kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o nā kiko ma ko lākou ʻaʻahu. Hiki i nā kiko ke ʻano nui a i ʻole ke ʻano, a hiki ke loaʻa ma nā wahi āpau ma ke kino o ka lio. ʻO kekahi mau lio he mau kiko nui a wiwo ʻole e uhi ana i ka hapa nui o ko lākou kino, a ʻo kekahi mau wahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e ʻike ʻia ma kahi kokoke.
He aha ko lākou mau ʻano kino?
Aia ma waena o 14 a me 16 mau lima ke kiʻekiʻe o nā Lio Lio Spotted Saddle a me ke kaumaha ma waena o 900 a me 1200 paona. He ʻāʻī lōʻihi a nani ko lākou, he umauma hohonu, a he kino muscular. He lōʻihi a kahe ko lākou mane a me ka huelo, a ikaika a paʻa ko lākou mau wāwae. He poʻo maʻemaʻe ko lākou me kahi kikoʻī pololei a me nā maka nui a hōʻike.
Pehea ko lākou ʻokoʻa mai nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe?
He ʻano kū hoʻokahi ʻo Spotted Saddle Horses e hoʻohui i nā ʻano maikaʻi o nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou hele ʻana maʻemaʻe, ke ʻano akahai, a me ke ʻano o ka lole ʻokoʻa. He ʻokoʻa lākou mai nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe no ka mea ua hānai ʻia lākou no ko lākou hele ʻana, he maʻalahi a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi no ka poʻe holo. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou versatility, no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke holo no ka leʻaleʻa, ma ke alahele, a ma ke apo hōʻike.