Re: sloshing

["Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <gabbani@starnet.com.eg>]

Oh yes!! That is on the agenda here big time. I had trained my mare to be
drizzled with a sport water bottle as we rode so she could cool down during
the summer. The crews from the UAE were trying to dump water bottles on
horses at water stops during our 20 km and we had horses rearing in terror.
Good testimony to the skill and flexibility of our riders than no one fell
off, but I thought we might lose a couple of jeep roofs.  <G>  What a hoot.
You forget that you had to actually teach some things. Radar now only leaps
about 3 feet sideways when he gets drizzled, and I haven't gotten to squirt
yet. Mind you, he may not get there for a while as he slid on some concrete
while walking out of the stable and is laid up with a swollen front left
fetlock. Meanwhile, I'm looking for a backup if I can find a suitably fit
horse whose rider feels lazy. Gaaa. I'm going to do that 50 km if I have to
run by myself.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
gabbani@starnet.com.eg
----- Original Message -----
From: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>; Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: RC: Re: minimum maximum mileage


> Just for giggles....I forgot about "training" for sponging or sloshing.
> Last week, almost home, I used the last of my water to squirt down Malik's
> neck and cool him a bit....well, you would have thought a snake had bit
> him.  He "sidepassed" 4 feet sidewise with this wide eyed look that if I
> hadn't been trying to hang on, might have enjoyed.  So.....time for
"sponge
> training" and "slosh bottle training"!  :)
>
>
> Maggie Mieske
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> ----------
> > From: Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>
> > To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> > Subject: RC:  minimum maximum mileage
> > Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 6:58 AM
> >
> > >If speed is the culprit, then they're undertrained for speed.
> > Over-training >has a very specific meaning in exercise science. >I've
yet
> > to see an >overtrained horse, but I've seen plenty of >over-raced
horses.
> > I'm sure it's >the same in endurance competition.
> > ti
> >
> > Then lets think of a new name.  Since *everybody* loves acronyms, how's
> > about LAH (lamed at home), or PTS (pushed too soon) BJU (bad judgement
> > used) LDC (legs didn't cooperate)
> > For instance, the person who wrote you for advice on how fast to do
> > interval training on the track, and then the next post described the
> > multiple swellings and a somewhat off horse DHBT (didn't have banked
> > track).  Regardless of the cause, they overshot the mark. That's what I
> > call over training. It's fun to train for cardiac fitness...but so easy
> > to overshoot what the legs are ready for.  I think where you and I
differ
> > is our mental image of what the final result is.  I'll never consider
> > what they're doing in the UAE a challenge until they get rid of all
those
> > silly crew trucks, sit out some buckets and make those sheiks learn to
> > sling a sponge on the fly.
> >
> > Angie (borrowing a horse this weekend who's never been sponged off of!
> > :-O
> >
> >
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