Ridecamp: Re: [RC] show endurance

My daughter loved the Aragorn quote.

 

My daughter is doing English pleasure and hunter hack on her endurance Arab.  She is still a little, well, um, speedy.

 

Reminds me of a few years ago when my friend and I took our daughters to a jumping clinic on their Arabs.  The instructor was having everyone trot a half arena circle, then over the jump.  The girls were doing two circles to every one the quarter horses were doing...so their circles kept getting bigger and bigger, until they were going around the whole arena.  They were still lapping the quarter horse.  The instructor told them to do smaller circles so that their horses "would not get tired."  My friend and I just about died laughing.

 

About 30 minutes into this clinic, my daughers Arab, Ashley, decided this was boring and there was no point.  She started running around the jump.  The instructor jumped forward to block her, and Ashley crashed into the jump standard, falling down and ejecting my daughter.  I'll stick to endurance, far safer!

Karen

----- Original Message -----

From: Becky Huffman

To: Paddi ; ridecamp

Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 11:26 AM

Subject: Re: [RC] show endurance

we spent 14 hrs at a 4-h open show yesterday, if that isn't endurance, I don't know what is. !?!

 

I have to admit the boys didn't do too well with their little endurance mares in western pleasure, (I never did hear them ask for the extended trot?!??) but they sure made us proud in horsemanship and the speed events <BG>

 

Becky Huffman, Cleburne, Texas
www.TheOriginalSeries.com
www.BlueArabianHorseCatalog.org

 

"Good and Ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. "
-Aragorn, son of Arathorn

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Paddi

Went to a horse show yesterday as a substitute mom. My first one ever.

Between saddle and outfit changes it felt like I had crewed for 10 hundred milers.

I will take endurance over showing any day.

I also spent time explaining to my charge and any one else who would listen why they needed to have water at the trailers. They all thought I was crazy when I suggested they carry water from the trough to the trailer area. I am sure they wanted to commit me to the insane asylum when I did carry 2 - 5 gallon buckets to our trailer.

Had lots of laughs and saw another side to the horse world

Paddi Sprecher