Ridecamp: [RC] Suzie que....

I loved your story! I guess it really all comes down to the people themselves...because my trainer at a show, would cross off the class if my horse was off. For her, the horses always come first.

 Ridecamp Guest wrote:

> Suzie que garebaresangel@xxxxxxxxx
> I, myself have been raised with my parents doing endurance rides, while as a kid, I would rather be doing "Hunter Jumper". I can say that I have hit the dirt more with my hunter jumper, than my parents have with their endurance rides. I can also say that I have had instructor's thorugh out life, tell me with a dead lame horse "he's fine, your next class is being called, you better go". My parents have always treated our horses as a part of the family (myself being the only child out of 6 that rhode, still remembers the mocking from the rest of the bunch, that "mom would let the horses live in the house if they knew how to climb stairs and if dad would let them", I would have to agree with mom there, sorry dad). Any endurance ride they have gone on, if the horse was/and still till this day, a "little off", "little tired", or "just having a bad day" at any part of the ride, my parents have pulled, happily at t
> hat, just for the sake of the horse. They do NOT want to hurt their horses. If there is a bad part of the trail, they take it slow, I am sad to say, not for their "own" saftey as much for their horses saftey. "KNOCK ON WOOD" they have not had any "major" hardships on endurance rides. The horse comes first, if it's to dangerous, at any part of the trail, they will get off and walk and will not do that ride again. Their main concern is getting to the next hold/vet check, safely. They take it one vet check/hold at a time, not "I only have "x" amount of time to get to the finish". I have myself gone on a few endurance rides with them and just love that reassuring feeling that they give me even before we leave the house, if the either one of us (horse/myself) feels for whatever the little reason, can't go on, "just pull, it's not a big deal". I do know that accidents can happen, our family has been through some, but in the most part, we know our horses, if they are acting "strange/weird" then we don't take the chance. I have been around
>  a lot of endurance rides, being a crew member, wait a minute, "THE CREW MEMBER/BABYSITTER"(I still love you Lori, How's our dog?), I also have to say "DAD, I LOVE YOU AND AM GLAD YOU RE-TOOK YOUR PLACE IN THE CREW FEILD", I have been lucky enough to never "see" a person/horse death out there, but have heard of them. SO, enough with me blabing my mouth and making your eyes tired of reading all this, I will leave you with one thought: "Be safe, know yourself and your horse and DO NOT push harder than you both can handle, you might lose a horse, worst off you might lose your life, don't be selfish, it's only a ride, there will be more, lot's more, you can try again next year, it can become a new hurdle." RIDE SAFE AND RIDE SANE
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> Love to all that loves horses,
> lil' suzie que
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