Re: RC: hills and NATRC

[Linda Cowles <kadence@ix.netcom.com>]

NATRC is a great place for riders who loved showing but also like getting
out on the trail... it's VERY rules oriented because NATRC is a judged
event, and it's hard to differentiate between the participants without
having all of these "rules" that make sense under some circumstances but
not all...

NATRC often attracts people who take "riding rules" to an extreme, which
is why I don't do it often... I like most of the folks, but have trouble
taking it seriously. Frankly, it makes me crazy!

There's a lot to be learned from it... but, as an old cowboy taught me,
"Ride your own ride"... ride the horse between your legs today, not the
horse you rode yesterday, not all of the horses that someone you know has
ridden.  Take the good advice that you need now, and file the rest.

Linda

horseplay wrote:

> Subject: Re: Pulling up hills and muscles
>
> Is there a NATRC rule saying that we are only to walk our horses up
> and downhill?  This lady insists that we only walk on hills and I
> thought she said it was a rule.  Now...when we are riding in groups,
> it is sort of a "take care of each other" mentality.  One goes up
> first (but she insists on walk) and then the next and so on.  We also
> provide what she calls "a landing" for the next rider.  Waiting just
> past the top or bottom of the hill and planting our horse so as to
> block the horse in front of us from running away with its rider.
> Now...all this stuff is new to me.  I have never ridden this way in my
> life...but I've also ridden alone most of my life.  So...I just
> figured she knew stuff I didn't.  However, the more I read from this
> list and others, the more I think that she's made up her own rules.
> Shannon
> "If the grass is always greener on the other
> side of the fence.....try watering your yard!"
>
> Shannon
> "If the grass is always greener on the other
> side of the fence.....try watering your yard!"
>
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