RE: re: can my horse do endurance

[sharp penny <penelope_75647@yahoo.com>]

    Ihave only been to NATRC rides in Texas and
Arkansas. the picture you painted is very different
from what I saw and experienced. Its true you do have
a window to complete the ride in, which can be
accomplished very easily with walking and trotting.
Water was available at all the PR's as well as creeks
along the way inbetween the PR's. On the rides I
attended the PR stops were in the shade and I saw a
majority of the riders lyting their horses as well as
removing saddles and pouring water on their horses
necks. I guess it all depends on the ride and who puts
it on, but I imagine that would be true with endurance
as well. All I was pointing out was CTR is another
alternative to help you get your feet wet at lesser
milage and a slower pace, atleast in the novice
division.
   For a newbie its very hard to ride your own race,
pace yourself, and not get cought up in the excitement
of the moment at an endurance ride. For myself, I
found out CTR helped me learn to do this. I don't know
if I would have been so wise without the CTR learning
experiences.

Penny



--- Tamara Woodcock <nis75p06@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I would have to take the opposite track.  It is very
> easy to "ride your own
> race" in endurance and Limited Distance, taking you
> time and doing things to
> your horses benefit.  After just having ridden
> safety for the novice/CP
> division both days at a NATRC ride this weekend, and
> cannot see how it would
> benefit the horse in training, though it could
> possibly benefit the rider in
> training.  The pacing is completely arbitrary, most
> of the horses (or at
> least all the ones I could watch from being at the
> back of the pack) walking
> then galloping to make up time.  No pacing at all. 
> The inability to water
> the horses until AFTER the PR stops (and making the
> horse stand in the sun
> while waiting for this), the complete lack of
> competitors electrolyting
> their horses (but all of the safety riders (all
> endurance folk) lyted their
> horses <g>), and the fact that there was only a
> single vet for the whole
> ride (and the vet was not at the PR stops where he
> would have been needed in
> an emergency) are also problems.  There is a much
> larger staff at endurance
> rides to assist newbies.  And I have found the best
> attitudes towards
> teaching (and not just knowing the rules) at
> endurance.  I'll stick with
> doing my training at home and my competing in
> endurance
> 

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