Ridecamp: Re: [RC] new topic re green horses

Maybe the best CTR choice would be to enter in the Open division, where the
average speed is 4-6 mph, a bit faster than the 3.5-5 mph Novice division.
I was looking at the NATRC website and liked the idea of 25-35 miles a day
for 1-3 days, as well.  Though you could get that as well at a multiday
endurance ride, in one form or another.

Susan G

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <msofen@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] new topic re green horses


Having just done a 25-mile LD in 5 hours on two green horses (well, I was
only on one, my husband was on the other...  <g>), and thinking it was
REALLLY slow, I don't think we could get many of our good prospects to go as
slow as what NATRC decrees for their novice rides.  That's less than 3 mph.
Unless the terrain is just tortuous ups and downs, we'd have to WALK the
whole way to go that slow.  We did 5 mph at the LD, which included A LOT of
walking, and a fair amount of time at a nice, medium, working trot, and
still had PLENTY of time to stop and learn about things along the way.
That's about as slow as I'd care to go with a horse that's got anything on
the ball at all.  Much slower, and he'll be looking for something else to do
along the way....

Heidi

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mike Sofen
  To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:23 PM
  Subject: RE: [RC] new topic re green horses


  On advice from Nancy Twight, I took my green horse to a NATRC novice ride
(20 miles in 7 hours) as his first event.




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