Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Sun River ride

Jeri...sounds like your saddle might be causing the problem???....Cora
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Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:10 PM
Subject: [RC] Sun River ride


> We did our first 50 at Cascade Challenge, now I'd like to do Sun River.
> Problem?  My mare has some sort of soreness that makes her reluctant to go
> down hills.  She appears to be absolutely sound at all gaits on a level or
> uphill, or even a gentle downhill.  When we go down steeper hills (like
the
> kind you want to get off and walk down) she short strides on the right
front.
>  She has some soreness in the left shoulder/withers/lower nuchal ligament
> area, which I found out when I was grooming her.  I've been doing some
body
> work on her, and the soreness seems better.  I also have her turned out on
a
> little pasture 24/7.
>
> So the question is, with the ride a week away, do I risk another slow 50?
I
> plan to ride her on some fairly level trails with just a tiny bit of
downhill
> over the weekend to see if she is still as sore as she was last weekend.
>
> Does the Sun River ride have a lot of up and down?  I think she would do
okay
> if it was a flatter ride like Grizzly Mt.  I wouldn't even think of taking
> her, but even last weekend after she was starting to show soreness (didn't
> put 2 & 2 together--dumb me) she started trotting toward the trailer when
she
> saw it and jumped in on her own.  So the soreness doesn't seem to bother
her
> too much.
>
> Otherwise, I'll wait another three weeks and see how she is for Renegade,
> which I know has a LOT of elevation change.
>
> jeri (If it ain't time, it's money and if it ain't money, it's lameness!)
>
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