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I've seen them pitch a fit and get loose from tie lines, tied to a 
trailer, in electric paddocks and pipe paddocks.  At one of those large 
organized trail rides I've saw rear in a stall when their buddy left and 
try to jump out and end up geting their front legs over the stall door. 
It's training not how they are restrained. There is very little that 
will keep a 1000 pound animal restrained if he wants to get out.  The 
less experience they have the more likely they are to panic and do 
something stupid.

This is where small rides are good for training a new horse - the 
excitement level is lower and you can usually find some space off by 
yourself where the adrenaline overload doesn't drive your horse bonkers. 
I really like Million Pines. It's a great ride with a great ride 
manager. However, it is not a ride I would select to take a horse that 
wasn't a rock solid proven camper. I sure would not select this is the 
first ride I took a horse to. Lots of people lots of activity lots of 
excitement all adding up to sensory overload.

The ride I would choose for training a new horse in the SE is the Ponce 
Pirate Run. Laid back ride with a huge camping area and lots of places 
you can get away from the crowd and excitment. For those that can get 
away to ride in Feb (or Oct) the Far Out Forest is also a good one for 
breaking in a new horse. The Big South Fork is also a pretty laid back 
ride that should provide a good experience for a new horse and if the 
horse is having a difficult time you can take him down to the stable and 
rent a stall away from the excitment. I am sure there are others that I 
have missed.

Truman

Laurie Durgin wrote:

> Need to maybe add "De-spooking" to the AERC manual. In Augusta I 
> watched a horse run thru the electric fence and the Vet I was with, 
> said, "thats' the 3rd time that horse has broken out that day." I 
> wonder if they have ever made someone "leave" because their horse was 
> too dangerous to others? Course I'd thought about a tape enclosure, 
> cause my horses have some crossfence and know what it was. Till one 
> day ,Rascal was in a tape, non electric grass paddock, alone,grazing 
> like he often does, (mowing the front) when the vet was here , and the 
> horses started whinneying, and the vet said "he's going to jump 
> that"(yes, he has jumped cross rails and 2 ft. under my daughter 
> some). My husband said "he's never done that before". Sure enough he 
> jumped the tape .
> Have no idea why, he did that that day, was very agitated about 
> something.
> I try to remember what John Lyons said,"If a horse gets into a wreck, 
> wait,  until the wreck is over, then see if you can pick up the 
> pieces. No horse is worth your life, or even your little finger."(this 
> is from an obviously bowlegged, crooked legged with a limp man,You bet 
> he has been hurt.)(course we think they are worth our lives, but try 
> to keep a clear head. . . .        Laurie and Rascal

>




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